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Guns & Public Safety In Committee Kentucky · 2026RS
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SB 304

AN ACT relating to firearms.

In Plain Language

This bill would require gun owners to store firearms in a locked safe or use a locking device that makes the gun unable to fire. Gun owners and ammunition sellers would also have to report any lost or stolen firearms or ammunition to police. The bill creates penalties for people who don't follow these rules.

Official summary

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 237 to define "safe storage depository" and require an owner or custodian of a firearm to store the firearm in a safe storage depository or render the firearm incapable of being fired using a gun-locking device; require an owner or other person lawfully in possession of a firearm or any person who sells ammunition to report the loss or theft of the firearm or ammunition to a law enforcement agency; amend KRS 237.990 to establish penalties for violations.

Sponsor

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Cosponsors

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Latest action

to Committee on Committees (S)

Feb 27, 2026

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Action history

Feb 27, 2026 to Committee on Committees (S)

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