Overview
- Updates Ballot Measure 114 permit and transfer rules, with changes to timelines, training, fees, and enforcement during injunctions.
Key provisions
- Specifies where a person may apply for a permit to purchase and adds an eligibility requirement.
- Makes permit and background check information in the permit database exempt from public disclosure.
- Extends the permit agent decision window from 30 to 60 days.
- Increases maximum permit fees and specifies the portion paid to the Department of State Police for background checks.
- Expands acceptable training alternatives for the firearm safety requirement.
- Delays permit requirements for transfers until July 1, 2026.
- Creates a temporary exception to the transfer permit requirement for certain firearms until July 1, 2028.
- Adds an exception for certain active and retired law enforcement officers.
- Modifies the affirmative defense language for large-capacity magazine provisions.
- Requires challenges to the Act to be filed in Marion County Circuit Court.
Penalties / enforcement
- Prohibits prosecution for conduct that occurred while Measure 114 enforcement was enjoined.
- Gives dealers and manufacturers 180 days after an appellate judgment lifting an injunction to take specified actions on large-capacity magazines.
- Declares an emergency, effective on passage if enacted.
Effective date / timeline
- Emergency clause: effective on passage.
- Permit requirement delayed to July 1, 2026.
- Temporary transfer exception runs through July 1, 2028.
Exceptions / carve-outs
- Exception for certain active and retired law enforcement officers.
- Temporary exception to transfer permit requirement for certain firearms.
- Non-prosecution provision for conduct during court injunctions.