2023 House Bill 4140

House Fiscal Agency Analysis

House Bills 4139, 4140, 4141, and 4144 would do all of the following: • Require a firearm being stored or left unattended to be unloaded and locked with a locking device or stored in a locked box or container if it is reasonably known that the firearm may be accessible to a minor. (HB 4144) • Establish, with some exceptions, a range of penalties for a violation, based on the level of injury to a minor or another individual if the minor obtains the firearm. (HB 4144) • Require the Department of Health and Human Services to inform the public of the bill’s penalties, publish lethal means counseling literature, and provide that literature to federally licensed firearms dealers. (HB 4144) • Revise the wording of a notice that a federally licensed firearms dealer must post where firearms are sold. (HB 4144) • Include the proposed felony offenses in the sentencing guidelines. (HB 4139) • Exempt firearm safety devices from sales and use taxes through 2024 and require a notice of that exemption to be posted where firearms are sold. (HBs 4140 and 4141)