Connecticut House Bill HB06667 Introduced / Bill

                       
 
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General Assembly  Governor's Bill No. 6667  
January Session, 2023 
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Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY  
 
 
Introduced by:  
Request of the Governor Pursuant 
to Joint Rule 9 
 
 
 
 
 
AN ACT ADDRESSING GUN VIOLENCE. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General 
Assembly convened: 
 
Section 1. Section 29-35 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2023): 2 
(a) (1) No person shall carry any pistol or revolver upon [his or her] 3 
such person's person, except when such person is within the dwelling 4 
house or place of business of such person, without a permit to carry the 5 
same issued as provided in section 29-28, as amended by this act.  6 
(2) No person shall knowingly carry any firearm openly, except when 7 
such person is within the dwelling house, on land leased or owned by 8 
the person appurtenant to such dwelling house or within the place of 9 
business of such person, or such person is engaged in firearm training 10 
or bona fide hunting activity. For the purposes of this subdivision, a 11 
person shall not be deemed to be carrying a firearm openly if such 12 
person has taken reasonable measures to conceal the fact that such 13 
person is carrying a firearm. A fleeting glimpse of a firearm shall not 14  Governor's Bill No.  6667 
 
 
 
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constitute a violation of this subdivision. 15 
(3) No person shall carry any firearm upon such person's person in 16 
any establishment licensed for on-premises alcohol consumption, unless 17 
such establishment is the dwelling house or place of business of such 18 
person. 19 
(4) The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to the carrying of 20 
any [pistol or revolver] firearm by any: [parole] 21 
(A) (i) Parole officer or peace officer of this state, or [any] (ii) parole 22 
officer or peace officer of any other state while engaged in the pursuit of 23 
official duties;  24 
(B) Department of Motor Vehicles inspector appointed under section 25 
14-8 and certified pursuant to section 7-294d; [, or parole officer or peace 26 
officer of any other state while engaged in the pursuit of official duties, 27 
or federal]  28 
(C) Federal marshal or federal law enforcement agent; [, or to any 29 
member]  30 
(D) Member of the armed forces of the United States, as defined in 31 
section 27-103, or of the state, as defined in section 27-2, when on duty 32 
or going to or from duty; [, or to any member] 33 
(E) Member of any military organization when on parade or when 34 
going to or from any place of assembly; [, or to the transportation of 35 
pistols or revolvers] 36 
(F) Person transporting a firearm as merchandise; [, or to any person 37 
transporting any pistol or revolver while] 38 
(G) Person transporting a firearm contained in the package in which 39 
[it] such firearm was originally wrapped at the time of sale and while 40 
transporting the same from the place of sale to the purchaser's residence 41 
or place of business; [, or to any person] 42  Governor's Bill No.  6667 
 
 
 
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(H) Person transporting a firearm as part of the process of removing 43 
such person's household goods or effects from one place to another; [, 44 
or to any person while] 45 
(I) Person transporting [any such pistol or revolver] a firearm from 46 
such person's place of residence or business to a place or [individual] 47 
person where or by whom such [pistol or revolver] firearm is to be 48 
repaired or while returning to such person's place of residence or 49 
business after the same has been repaired; [, or to any person] 50 
(J) Person transporting a [pistol or revolver] firearm in or through the 51 
state for the purpose of taking part in competitions, taking part in 52 
[formal pistol or revolver] firearm training, repairing such pistol or 53 
revolver or attending any meeting or exhibition of an organized 54 
collectors' group if such person is a bona fide resident of the United 55 
States and is permitted to possess and carry a pistol or revolver in the 56 
state or subdivision of the United States in which such person resides; [, 57 
or to any person] 58 
(K) Person transporting a [pistol or revolver] firearm to and from a 59 
testing range at the request of the issuing authority; or [, or to any 60 
person] 61 
(L) Person transporting an antique pistol or revolver, as defined in 62 
section 29-33, as amended by this act. 63 
(5) For the purposes of this subsection, ["formal pistol or revolver 64 
training"] " firearm training" means [pistol or revolver] firearm training 65 
at a [locally approved or permitted] firing range, [or] training facility or 66 
fish and game club or sporting club, and ["transporting a pistol or 67 
revolver"] "transporting a firearm" means transporting a [pistol or 68 
revolver] firearm that is unloaded and, if such [pistol or revolver] 69 
firearm is being transported in a motor vehicle, is not readily accessible 70 
or directly accessible from the passenger compartment of the vehicle or, 71 
if such [pistol or revolver] firearm is being transported in a motor 72 
vehicle that does not have a compartment separate from the passenger 73 
compartment, such [pistol or revolver] firearm shall be contained in a 74  Governor's Bill No.  6667 
 
 
 
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locked container other than the glove compartment or console. Nothing 75 
in this section shall be construed to prohibit the carrying of a [pistol or 76 
revolver] firearm during [formal pistol or revolver] firearm training or 77 
repair. 78 
(b) The holder of a permit issued pursuant to section 29-28, as 79 
amended by this act, shall carry such permit upon one's person while 80 
carrying such pistol or revolver. Such holder shall present his or her 81 
permit upon the request of a law enforcement officer who has 82 
reasonable suspicion of a crime for purposes of verification of the 83 
validity of the permit or identification of the holder, provided such 84 
holder is carrying a pistol or revolver that is observed by such law 85 
enforcement officer. 86 
(c) Not later than February 1, 2025, and annually thereafter, each law 87 
enforcement unit shall prepare and submit a report to the Institute for 88 
Municipal and Regional Policy at The University of Connecticut 89 
concerning any stops conducted on suspicion of a violation of 90 
subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of this section during the preceding 91 
calendar year, except that the initial report shall be based on the fifteen 92 
months preceding January 1, 2025. Such report shall be submitted 93 
electronically using a standardized method and form disseminated 94 
jointly by the Institute for Municipal and Regional Policy and the Police 95 
Officer Standards and Training Council. The standardized method and 96 
form shall allow compilation of statistics on each incident, including, 97 
but not limited to, the race and gender of the person stopped, provided 98 
the identification of such characteristics shall be based on the 99 
observation and perception of the police officer. The Institute for 100 
Municipal and Regional Policy and the Police Officer Standards and 101 
Training Council may revise the standardized method and form and 102 
disseminate such revisions to law enforcement units. Each law 103 
enforcement unit shall, prior to submission of any such report pursuant 104 
to this subsection, redact any information from such report that may 105 
identify a minor, witness or victim. 106 
(d) The Institute for Municipal and Regional Policy at The University 107  Governor's Bill No.  6667 
 
 
 
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of Connecticut shall, within available appropriations, review the 108 
incidents reported pursuant to this section. Not later than December 1, 109 
2025, and annually thereafter, the institute shall report, in accordance 110 
with the provisions of section 11-4a, the results of any such review, 111 
including any recommendations, to the Governor and the joint standing 112 
committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 113 
relating to the judiciary, public safety and municipalities. 114 
Sec. 2. Section 29-36a of the general statutes is repealed and the 115 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 116 
(a) No person shall complete the manufacture of a firearm without 117 
subsequently (1) obtaining a unique serial number or other mark of 118 
identification from the Department of Emergency Services and Public 119 
Protection pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, and (2) engraving 120 
upon or permanently affixing to the firearm such serial number or other 121 
mark in a manner that conforms with the requirements imposed on 122 
licensed importers and licensed manufacturers of firearms pursuant to 123 
18 USC 923(i), as amended from time to time, and any regulation 124 
adopted thereunder. 125 
(b) Not later than thirty days after a person completes the 126 
manufacture of a firearm, [or ninety days after the Department of 127 
Emergency Services and Public Protection provides notice in 128 
accordance with section 29-36b that the system to distribute a unique 129 
serial number or other mark of identification pursuant to this section is 130 
operational, whichever date is later,] such person shall notify the 131 
department of such manufacture and provide any identifying 132 
information to the department concerning the firearm and the owner of 133 
such firearm, in a manner prescribed by the Commissioner of 134 
Emergency Services and Public Protection. Upon receiving a properly 135 
submitted request for a unique serial number or other mark of 136 
identification from a person who completes manufacture of a firearm, 137 
the department shall determine if such person is prohibited from 138 
purchasing a firearm and if not, shall issue to such person a unique serial 139 
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more than three business days after the department receives such 141 
request. Issuance of a unique serial number or other mark of 142 
identification pursuant to this subsection shall not be evidence that the 143 
firearm is otherwise lawfully possessed. 144 
(c) (1) On and after January 1, 2024, no person shall possess a firearm 145 
without a serial number or other mark of identification unless such 146 
person has (A) declared possession of such firearm pursuant to 147 
subdivision (2) or (3) of this subsection, or (B) applied to obtain a unique 148 
serial number or other mark of identification from the Department of 149 
Emergency Services and Public Protection pursuant to subsections (a) 150 
and (b) of this section and such person has not yet received such serial 151 
number or other mark of identification. 152 
(2) Any person who, prior to January 1, 2024, lawfully possesses a 153 
firearm without a serial number or other mark of identification 154 
manufactured prior to October 1, 2019, shall apply by January 1, 2024, 155 
or, if such person is a member of the military or naval forces of this state 156 
or of the United States and is unable to apply by January 1, 2024, because 157 
such member is or was on official duty outside of this state, shall apply 158 
within ninety days of returning to the state to the department to declare 159 
possession of such firearm. Such application shall be made on such form 160 
or in such manner as the Commissioner of Emergency Services and 161 
Public Protection prescribes. 162 
(3) Any person who moves into the state in lawful possession of a 163 
firearm without a serial number or other mark of identification shall, 164 
within ninety days, either (A) obtain a unique serial number or other 165 
mark of identification from the department and engrave upon or 166 
permanently affix to the firearm such serial number or other mark 167 
pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, (B) render such firearm 168 
permanently inoperable, (C) sell such firearm to a licensed gun dealer, 169 
or (D) remove such firearm from the state, except that any person who 170 
is a member of the military or naval forces of this state or of the United 171 
States, is in lawful possession of a firearm without a serial number or 172 
other mark of identification and has been transferred into the state after 173  Governor's Bill No.  6667 
 
 
 
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January 1, 2024, may, within ninety days of arriving in the state, apply 174 
to the department to declare possession of such firearm. 175 
(4) For purposes of this subsection, "lawfully possesses", with respect 176 
to a firearm without a serial number or other mark of identification, 177 
means that a person has (A) actual and lawful possession of such 178 
firearm, (B) constructive possession of such firearm pursuant to a lawful 179 
purchase that was transacted prior to or on the date preceding the 180 
effective date of this section, regardless of whether the firearm was 181 
delivered to the purchaser prior to or on the date preceding the effective 182 
date of this section, which lawful purchase is evidenced by a writing 183 
sufficient to indicate that (i) a contract for sale was made between the 184 
parties prior to or on the date preceding the effective date of this section, 185 
for the purchase of the firearm, or (ii) full or partial payment for the 186 
firearm was made by the purchaser to the seller of the firearm prior to 187 
or on the date preceding the effective date of this section, or (C) actual 188 
possession under subparagraph (A) of this subdivision, or constructive 189 
possession under subparagraph (B) of this subdivision, as evidenced by 190 
a written statement made under penalty of false statement on such form 191 
as the commissioner prescribes. 192 
(5) The department may adopt regulations, in accordance with the 193 
provisions of chapter 54, to establish procedures with respect to 194 
applications under this subsection. Notwithstanding the provisions of 195 
sections 1-210 and 1-211, the name and address of a person who has 196 
declared possession of a firearm without a serial number or other mark 197 
of identification shall be confidential and shall not be disclosed, except 198 
such records may be disclosed to (A) law enforcement agencies and 199 
employees of the United States Probation Office acting in the 200 
performance of their duties and parole officers within the Department 201 
of Correction acting in the performance of their duties, and (B) the 202 
Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services to carry out the 203 
provisions of subsection (c) of section 17a-500. 204 
(6) (A) Except as provided in this subsection, no person within this 205 
state shall distribute, import into this state, keep for sale, offer or expose 206  Governor's Bill No.  6667 
 
 
 
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for sale or purchase a firearm without a serial number or other mark of 207 
identification. 208 
(B) The provisions of subparagraph (A) of this subdivision shall not 209 
apply to the transfer of a firearm without a serial number or other mark 210 
of identification (i) the possession of which has been declared to the 211 
department pursuant to this section, by bequest or intestate succession, 212 
or, upon the death of a testator or settlor: (I) To a trust, or (II) from a 213 
trust to a beneficiary; or (ii) to a police department or the Department of 214 
Emergency Services and Public Protection. 215 
[(c)] (d) The provisions of subsections (a), [and] (b) and (c) of this 216 
section shall not apply to the manufacture of a firearm manufactured 217 
using an unfinished frame or lower receiver on which a serial number 218 
or other mark has been engraved or permanently affixed pursuant to 219 
subsection (c) of section 53-206j. 220 
[(d)] (e) No person shall transfer to another person any firearm 221 
manufactured in violation of this section. 222 
[(e)] (f) The provisions of this section shall not apply to (1) the 223 
manufacture of firearms by a federally licensed firearm manufacturer, 224 
(2) (A) any antique firearm, as defined in 18 USC 921, as amended from 225 
time to time, or (B) any firearm manufactured prior to [the effective date 226 
of this section] December 16, 1968, provided such firearm is otherwise 227 
lawfully possessed, or (3) delivery or transfer of a firearm to a law 228 
enforcement agency.  229 
[(f)] (g) No person shall knowingly, recklessly or with criminal 230 
negligence facilitate, aid or abet the manufacture of a firearm (1) by a 231 
person or for a person who is otherwise prohibited by law from 232 
purchasing or possessing a firearm, or (2) that a person is otherwise 233 
prohibited by law from purchasing or possessing. 234 
[(g)] (h) If the court finds that a violation of this section is not of a 235 
serious nature and that the person charged with such violation (1) will 236 
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of a violation of this section, and (3) has not previously had a 238 
prosecution under this section suspended pursuant to this subsection, 239 
the court may order suspension of prosecution. The court shall not order 240 
suspension of prosecution unless the accused person has acknowledged 241 
that he or she understands the consequences of the suspension of 242 
prosecution. Any person for whom prosecution is suspended shall agree 243 
to the tolling of any statute of limitations with respect to such violation 244 
and to a waiver of his or her right to a speedy trial. Such person shall 245 
appear in court and shall be released to the supervision of the Court 246 
Support Services Division for such period, not exceeding two years, and 247 
under such conditions as the court shall order. If the person refuses to 248 
accept, or, having accepted, violates such conditions, the court shall 249 
terminate the suspension of prosecution and the case shall be brought 250 
to trial. If such person satisfactorily completes such person's period of 251 
probation, he or she may apply for dismissal of the charges against such 252 
person and the court, on finding such satisfactory completion, shall 253 
dismiss such charges. If the person does not apply for dismissal of the 254 
charges against such person after satisfactorily completing such 255 
person's period of probation, the court, upon receipt of a report 256 
submitted by the Court Support Services Division that the person 257 
satisfactorily completed such person's period of probation, may on its 258 
own motion make a finding of such satisfactory completion and dismiss 259 
such charges. Upon dismissal, all records of such charges shall be erased 260 
pursuant to section 54-142a. An order of the court denying a motion to 261 
dismiss the charges against a person who has completed such person's 262 
period of probation or terminating the participation of a defendant in 263 
such program shall be a final judgment for purposes of appeal. 264 
[(h)] (i) Any person who violates any provision of this section shall 265 
be guilty of a class C felony for which two years of the sentence imposed 266 
may not be suspended or reduced by the court, and five thousand 267 
dollars of the fine imposed may not be remitted or reduced by the court 268 
unless the court states on the record its reasons for remitting or reducing 269 
such fine, and any firearm found in the possession of any person in 270 
violation of any provision of this section shall be forfeited. 271  Governor's Bill No.  6667 
 
 
 
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[(i)] (j) For purposes of this section, "manufacture" means to fabricate 272 
or construct a firearm including the initial assembly, "firearm" means 273 
firearm, as defined in section 53a-3 and "law enforcement agency" 274 
means law enforcement agency, as defined in section 29-1i. 275 
Sec. 3. Section 29-33 of the general statutes is repealed and the 276 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 277 
(a) No person, firm or corporation shall sell, deliver or otherwise 278 
transfer any pistol or revolver to any person who is prohibited from 279 
possessing a pistol or revolver as provided in section 53a-217c, as 280 
amended by this act. 281 
(b) On and after October 1, 1995, no person may purchase or receive 282 
any pistol or revolver unless such person holds a valid permit to carry a 283 
pistol or revolver issued pursuant to subsection (b) of section 29-28, as 284 
amended by this act, a valid permit to sell at retail a pistol or revolver 285 
issued pursuant to subsection (a) of section 29-28, as amended by this 286 
act, or a valid eligibility certificate for a pistol or revolver issued 287 
pursuant to section 29-36f, as amended by this act, or is a federal 288 
marshal, parole officer or peace officer. 289 
(c) No person, firm or corporation shall sell, deliver or otherwise 290 
transfer any pistol or revolver except upon written application on a form 291 
prescribed and furnished by the Commissioner of Emergency Services 292 
and Public Protection. Such person, firm or corporation shall ensure that 293 
all questions on the application are answered properly prior to releasing 294 
the pistol or revolver and shall retain the application, which shall be 295 
attached to the federal sale or transfer document, for at least twenty 296 
years or until such vendor goes out of business. Such application shall 297 
be available for inspection during normal business hours by law 298 
enforcement officials. No sale, delivery or other transfer of any pistol or 299 
revolver shall be made unless the person making the purchase or to 300 
whom the same is delivered or transferred is personally known to the 301 
person selling such pistol or revolver or making delivery or transfer 302 
thereof or provides evidence of his identity in the form of a motor 303  Governor's Bill No.  6667 
 
 
 
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vehicle operator's license, identity card issued pursuant to section 1-1h 304 
or valid passport. No sale, delivery or other transfer of any pistol or 305 
revolver shall be made until the person, firm or corporation making 306 
such transfer obtains an authorization number from the Commissioner 307 
of Emergency Services and Public Protection. Said commissioner shall 308 
perform the national instant criminal background check and make a 309 
reasonable effort to determine whether there is any reason that would 310 
prohibit such applicant from possessing a pistol or revolver as provided 311 
in section 53a-217c, as amended by this act. If the commissioner 312 
determines the existence of such a reason, the commissioner shall (1) 313 
deny the sale and no pistol or revolver shall be sold, delivered or 314 
otherwise transferred by such person, firm or corporation to such 315 
applicant, and (2) inform the chief of police of the town in which the 316 
applicant resides, or, where there is no chief of police, the warden of the 317 
borough or the first selectman of the town, as the case may be, that there 318 
exists a reason that would prohibit such applicant from possessing a 319 
pistol or revolver. 320 
(d) No person, firm or corporation shall sell, deliver or otherwise 321 
transfer any pistol or revolver, other than at wholesale, unless such 322 
pistol or revolver is equipped with a reusable trigger lock, gun lock or 323 
gun locking device appropriate for such pistol or revolver, which lock 324 
or device shall be constructed of material sufficiently strong to prevent 325 
it from being easily disabled and have a locking mechanism accessible 326 
by key or by electronic or other mechanical accessory specific to such 327 
lock or device to prevent unauthorized removal. No pistol or revolver 328 
shall be loaded or contain therein any gunpowder or other explosive or 329 
any bullet, ball or shell when such pistol or revolver is sold, delivered 330 
or otherwise transferred. 331 
(e) Upon the sale, delivery or other transfer of any pistol or revolver, 332 
the person making the purchase or to whom the same is delivered or 333 
transferred shall sign a receipt for such pistol or revolver, which shall 334 
contain the name and address of such person, the date of sale, the 335 
caliber, make, model and manufacturer's number and a general 336 
description of such pistol or revolver, the identification number of such 337  Governor's Bill No.  6667 
 
 
 
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person's permit to carry pistols or revolvers, issued pursuant to 338 
subsection (b) of section 29-28, as amended by this act, permit to sell at 339 
retail pistols or revolvers, issued pursuant to subsection (a) of said 340 
section, or eligibility certificate for a pistol or revolver, issued pursuant 341 
to section 29-36f, as amended by this act, if any, and the authorization 342 
number designated for the transfer by the Department of Emergency 343 
Services and Public Protection. The person, firm or corporation selling 344 
such pistol or revolver or making delivery or transfer thereof shall (1) 345 
give one copy of the receipt to the person making the purchase of such 346 
pistol or revolver or to whom the same is delivered or transferred, (2) 347 
retain one copy of the receipt for at least five years, and (3) send, by first 348 
class mail, or electronically transmit, within forty-eight hours of such 349 
sale, delivery or other transfer, (A) one copy of the receipt to the 350 
Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, and (B) one 351 
copy of the receipt to the chief of police of the municipality in which the 352 
transferee resides or, where there is no chief of police, the chief executive 353 
officer of the municipality, as defined in section 7-148, in which the 354 
transferee resides or, if designated by such chief executive officer, the 355 
resident state trooper serving such municipality or a state police officer 356 
of the state police troop having jurisdiction over such municipality. 357 
(f) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (2) of this subsection, (A) no 358 
person shall sell, deliver or otherwise transfer more than one pistol or 359 
revolver to any individual during a thirty-day period, and (B) no person 360 
shall sell, deliver or otherwise transfer a pistol or revolver to any 361 
individual who has purchased a pistol or revolver in the previous thirty 362 
days. 363 
(2) The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to (A) any firearm 364 
transferred to a federal, state or municipal law enforcement agency, or 365 
any firearm legally transferred under the provisions of section 29-36k, 366 
(B) the exchange of a pistol or revolver purchased by an individual from 367 
a federally licensed firearm dealer for another pistol or revolver from 368 
the same federally licensed firearms dealer within thirty days of the 369 
original transaction, provided that the federally licensed firearm dealer 370 
reports the transaction to the Commissioner of Emergency Services and 371  Governor's Bill No.  6667 
 
 
 
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Public Protection, (C) as otherwise provided in subsection (g) or (h) of 372 
this section, (D) any firearm transferred by bequest or intestate 373 
succession, or, upon the death of a testator or settlor: (i) To a trust, or (ii) 374 
from a trust to a beneficiary, or (E) a transfer to a museum at a fixed 375 
location that is open to the public and displays firearms as part of an 376 
educational mission. 377 
(g) The provisions of this section shall not apply to antique pistols or 378 
revolvers. An antique pistol or revolver, for the purposes of this section, 379 
means any pistol or revolver which was manufactured in or before 1898 380 
and any replica of such pistol or revolver provided such replica is not 381 
designed or redesigned for using rimfire or conventional centerfire fixed 382 
ammunition except rimfire or conventional centerfire fixed ammunition 383 
which is no longer manufactured in the United States and not readily 384 
available in the ordinary channel of commercial trade. 385 
[(g)] (h) The provisions of this section shall not apply to the sale, 386 
delivery or transfer of pistols or revolvers between (1) a federally-387 
licensed firearm manufacturer and a federally-licensed firearm dealer, 388 
(2) a federally-licensed firearm importer and a federally-licensed 389 
firearm dealer, or (3) federally-licensed firearm dealers. 390 
[(h)] (i) If the court finds that a violation of this section is not of a 391 
serious nature and that the person charged with such violation (1) will 392 
probably not offend in the future, (2) has not previously been convicted 393 
of a violation of this section, and (3) has not previously had a 394 
prosecution under this section suspended pursuant to this subsection, 395 
the court may order suspension of prosecution. The court shall not order 396 
suspension of prosecution unless the accused person has acknowledged 397 
that he understands the consequences of the suspension of prosecution. 398 
Any person for whom prosecution is suspended shall agree to the 399 
tolling of any statute of limitations with respect to such violation and to 400 
a waiver of his right to a speedy trial. Such person shall appear in court 401 
and shall be released to the supervision of the Court Support Services 402 
Division for such period, not exceeding two years, and under such 403 
conditions as the court shall order. If the person refuses to accept, or, 404  Governor's Bill No.  6667 
 
 
 
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having accepted, violates such conditions, the court shall terminate the 405 
suspension of prosecution and the case shall be brought to trial. If such 406 
person satisfactorily completes his period of probation, he may apply 407 
for dismissal of the charges against him and the court, on finding such 408 
satisfactory completion, shall dismiss such charges. If the person does 409 
not apply for dismissal of the charges against him after satisfactorily 410 
completing his period of probation, the court, upon receipt of a report 411 
submitted by the Court Support Services Division that the person 412 
satisfactorily completed his period of probation, may on its own motion 413 
make a finding of such satisfactory completion and dismiss such 414 
charges. Upon dismissal, all records of such charges shall be erased 415 
pursuant to section 54-142a. An order of the court denying a motion to 416 
dismiss the charges against a person who has completed his period of 417 
probation or terminating the participation of a defendant in such 418 
program shall be a final judgment for purposes of appeal. 419 
[(i)] (j) Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be 420 
guilty of a class C felony for which two years of the sentence imposed 421 
may not be suspended or reduced by the court, and five thousand 422 
dollars of the fine imposed may not be remitted or reduced by the court 423 
unless the court states on the record its reasons for remitting or reducing 424 
such fine, except that any person who sells, delivers or otherwise 425 
transfers a pistol or revolver in violation of the provisions of this section 426 
knowing that such pistol or revolver is stolen or that the manufacturer's 427 
number or other mark of identification on such pistol or revolver has 428 
been altered, removed or obliterated, shall be guilty of a class B felony 429 
for which three years of the sentence imposed may not be suspended or 430 
reduced by the court, and ten thousand dollars of the fine imposed may 431 
not be remitted or reduced by the court unless the court states on the 432 
record its reasons for remitting or reducing such fine, and any pistol or 433 
revolver found in the possession of any person in violation of any 434 
provision of this section shall be forfeited. 435 
Sec. 4. Subsection (a) of section 29-28 of the general statutes is 436 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 437 
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(a) (1) No person who sells ten or more [pistols or revolvers] firearms 439 
in a calendar year or is a federally licensed firearm dealer shall advertise, 440 
sell, deliver, or offer or expose for sale or delivery, or have in such 441 
person's possession with intent to sell or deliver, any pistol or revolver 442 
at retail without having a local permit, and, on or after October 1, 2023, 443 
a state license therefor issued as provided in this subsection.  444 
(2) The chief of police or, where there is no chief of police, the chief 445 
executive officer of the municipality, as defined in section 7-148, or, if 446 
designated by such chief executive officer, the resident state trooper 447 
serving such municipality or a state police officer of the state police 448 
troop having jurisdiction over such municipality, may, upon the 449 
application of any person, issue a permit in such form as may be 450 
prescribed by the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public 451 
Protection for the sale at retail of [pistols and revolvers] firearms within 452 
the jurisdiction of the authority issuing such permit. No local permit for 453 
the sale at retail of [any pistol or revolver] firearms shall be issued unless 454 
(A) if the application is filed prior to October 1, 2023, the applicant holds 455 
a valid eligibility certificate for a pistol or revolver issued pursuant to 456 
section 29-36f, as amended by this act, or a valid state permit to carry a 457 
pistol or revolver issued pursuant to subsection (b) of this section; and 458 
(B) the applicant submits documentation sufficient to establish that local 459 
zoning requirements have been met for the location where the sale is to 460 
take place. [, except that any person selling or exchanging a pistol or 461 
revolver for the enhancement of a personal collection or for a hobby or 462 
who sells all or part of such person's personal collection of pistols or 463 
revolvers shall not be required to submit such documentation for the 464 
location where the sale or exchange is to take place.] 465 
(3) The commissioner shall, upon the application of any person in 466 
such form and manner as may be prescribed by the commissioner, issue 467 
a state license to sell firearms at retail if the application includes: 468 
(A) Such person's valid federal firearms license; 469 
(B) For each individual listed as a responsible person, as defined in 470  Governor's Bill No.  6667 
 
 
 
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27 CFR 479.11, as amended from time to time, on such federal firearms 471 
license, a valid state permit to carry a pistol or revolver issued to such 472 
individual pursuant to subsection (b) of this section; 473 
(C) A valid local permit issued pursuant to subdivision (2) of this 474 
subsection; and 475 
(D) Any other materials required by the commissioner. 476 
(4) Each person who holds a state license to sell firearms at retail shall 477 
apply to renew such license every five years in such form and manner 478 
as may be prescribed by the commissioner. 479 
(5) (A) For sufficient cause found pursuant to subparagraph (B) of 480 
this subdivision, the commissioner may suspend or revoke a license or 481 
registration, issue fines of not more than twenty-five thousand dollars 482 
per violation, accept an offer in compromise or refuse to grant or renew 483 
a state license issued pursuant to this subsection or place such licensee 484 
on probation, place conditions on such licensee or take other actions 485 
permitted by law. Information from inspections and investigations 486 
conducted by the Department of Emergency Services and Public 487 
Protection related to administrative complaints or cases shall not be 488 
subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, as defined 489 
in section 1-200, except after the department has entered into a 490 
settlement agreement, or concluded its investigation or inspection as 491 
evidenced by case closure, provided that nothing in this section shall 492 
prevent the department from sharing information with other state and 493 
federal agencies and law enforcement as it relates to investigating 494 
violations of law. 495 
(B) Any of the following shall constitute sufficient cause for such 496 
action by the commissioner, including, but not limited to: 497 
(i) Furnishing of false or fraudulent information in any application or 498 
failure to comply with representations made in any application; 499 
(ii) False, misleading or deceptive representations to the public or the 500  Governor's Bill No.  6667 
 
 
 
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department; 501 
(iii) Failure to maintain effective controls against theft of firearms, 502 
including, but not limited to, failure to install or maintain the burglar 503 
alarm system required under section 29-37d; 504 
(iv) An adverse administrative decision or delinquency assessment 505 
from the Department of Revenue Services; 506 
(v) Failure to cooperate or give information to the department, local 507 
law enforcement authorities or any other enforcement agency upon any 508 
matter arising out of conduct at the premises of the licensee; 509 
(vi) Revocation, or suspension of the permit to carry a pistol or 510 
revolver, or federal firearms license required pursuant to subdivision (3) 511 
of this subsection; 512 
(vii) Failure to acquire an authorization number for a firearm transfer 513 
pursuant to sections 29-36l and 29-37a, as amended by this act; 514 
(viii) Failure to verify that the recipient of a firearm is eligible to 515 
receive such firearm; 516 
(ix) Transfer of a firearm to a person ineligible to receive such firearm, 517 
unless the licensee relied in good faith on the information provided to 518 
such licensee by the department in verifying the eligibility of such 519 
ineligible person; 520 
(x) Evidence that the licensee is not a suitable person to hold a state 521 
license; and 522 
(xi) Failure to comply with any other provision of sections 29-28 to 523 
29-37s, inclusive, as amended by this act, or any other provision of state 524 
or federal law regarding the manner in which licensed persons may 525 
lawfully sell or otherwise transfer firearms. 526 
(6) State licenses issued pursuant to this subsection may not be 527 
transferred. 528  Governor's Bill No.  6667 
 
 
 
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Sec. 5. Subsection (d) of section 29-28 of the general statutes is 529 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 530 
1, 2023): 531 
(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 1-210 and 1-211, the 532 
name and address of a person issued a local permit to sell firearms at 533 
retail [pistols and revolvers] pursuant to subsection (a) of this section or 534 
a state or a temporary state permit to carry a pistol or revolver pursuant 535 
to subsection (b) of this section, or a local permit to carry pistols and 536 
revolvers issued by local authorities prior to October 1, 2001, shall be 537 
confidential and shall not be disclosed, except (1) such information may 538 
be disclosed to law enforcement officials acting in the performance of 539 
their duties, including, but not limited to, employees of the United 540 
States Probation Office acting in the performance of their duties and 541 
parole officers within the Department of Correction acting in the 542 
performance of their duties, (2) the issuing authority may disclose such 543 
information to the extent necessary to comply with a request made 544 
pursuant to section 29-33, as amended by this act, 29-37a, as amended 545 
by this act, or 29-38m, as amended by this act, for verification that such 546 
state or temporary state permit is still valid and has not been suspended 547 
or revoked, and the local authority may disclose such information to the 548 
extent necessary to comply with a request made pursuant to section 29-549 
33, as amended by this act, 29-37a, as amended by this act, or 29-38m, as 550 
amended by this act, for verification that a local permit is still valid and 551 
has not been suspended or revoked, and (3) such information may be 552 
disclosed to the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services 553 
to carry out the provisions of subsection (c) of section 17a-500. 554 
Sec. 6. Subsection (a) of section 29-30 of the general statutes is 555 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 556 
2023): 557 
(a) The fee for each local permit originally issued under the 558 
provisions of subsection (a) of section 29-28, as amended by this act, for 559 
the sale at retail of [pistols and revolvers] firearms shall be two hundred 560 
dollars and for each renewal of such permit two hundred dollars. The 561  Governor's Bill No.  6667 
 
 
 
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fee for each state license originally issued under the provisions of 562 
subsection (a) of section 29-28, as amended by this act, shall be two 563 
hundred dollars and for each renewal of such license two hundred 564 
dollars, except that any person who applies for such state license prior 565 
to October 1, 2023, and is in possession of a local permit to sell or deliver 566 
pistols or revolvers at retail on the date such person applies shall not be 567 
charged any fee for such person's initial application. The fee for each 568 
state permit originally issued under the provisions of subsection (b) of 569 
section 29-28, as amended by this act, for the carrying of pistols and 570 
revolvers shall be one hundred forty dollars plus sufficient funds as 571 
required to be transmitted to the Federal Bureau of Investigation to 572 
cover the cost of a national criminal history records check. The local 573 
authority shall forward sufficient funds for the national criminal history 574 
records check to the commissioner no later than five business days after 575 
receipt by the local authority of the application for the temporary state 576 
permit. Seventy dollars shall be retained by the local authority. Upon 577 
approval by the local authority of the application for a temporary state 578 
permit, seventy dollars shall be sent to the commissioner. The fee to 579 
renew each state permit originally issued under the provisions of 580 
subsection (b) of section 29-28, as amended by this act, shall be seventy 581 
dollars. Upon deposit of such fees in the General Fund, ten dollars of 582 
each fee shall be credited within thirty days to the appropriation for the 583 
Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection to a separate 584 
nonlapsing account for the purposes of the issuance of permits under 585 
subsections (a) and (b) of section 29-28, as amended by this act. 586 
Sec. 7. Section 29-31 of the general statutes is repealed and the 587 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2023): 588 
No sale of any [pistol or revolver] firearm shall be made except in the 589 
room, store or place described in the [permit for the sale of pistols and 590 
revolvers] local permit and state license to sell firearms at retail, and 591 
such local permit and state license or a copy [thereof] of each certified 592 
by the authority issuing the same shall be exposed to view within the 593 
room, store or place where [pistols or revolvers] firearms are sold or 594 
offered or exposed for sale. No sale or delivery of any [pistol or revolver] 595  Governor's Bill No.  6667 
 
 
 
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firearm shall be made unless the purchaser or person to whom the same 596 
is to be delivered is personally known to the vendor of such [pistol or 597 
revolver] firearm or the person making delivery thereof or unless the 598 
person making such purchase or to whom delivery thereof is to be made 599 
provides evidence of his or her identity. The vendor of any [pistol or 600 
revolver] firearm shall keep a record of each [pistol or revolver] firearm 601 
sold in a book kept for that purpose, which record shall be in such form 602 
as is prescribed by 27 CFR 478.125. The vendor of any [pistol or revolver] 603 
firearm shall make such record available for inspection upon the request 604 
of any sworn member of an organized local police department or the 605 
Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services 606 
and Public Protection or any investigator assigned to the state-wide 607 
firearms trafficking task force established under section 29-38e or any 608 
investigator employed by a federal law enforcement agency. 609 
Sec. 8. Subsection (b) of section 29-32b of the general statutes is 610 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 611 
1, 2023): 612 
(b) Any person aggrieved by any refusal to issue or renew a license, 613 
permit or certificate under the provisions of section 29-28, as amended 614 
by this act, 29-36f, 29-37p, as amended by this act, or 29-38n, as amended 615 
by this act, or by any limitation or revocation of a license, permit or 616 
certificate issued under any of said sections, or by a refusal or failure of 617 
any issuing authority to furnish an application as provided in section 618 
29-28a, may, within ninety days after receipt of notice of such refusal, 619 
limitation or revocation, or refusal or failure to supply an application as 620 
provided in section 29-28a, and without prejudice to any other course of 621 
action open to such person in law or in equity, appeal to the board. On 622 
such appeal the board shall inquire into and determine the facts, de 623 
novo, and unless it finds that such a refusal, limitation or revocation, or 624 
such refusal or failure to supply an application, as the case may be, 625 
would be for just and proper cause, it shall order such license, permit or 626 
certificate to be issued, renewed or restored, or the limitation removed 627 
or modified, as the case may be. If the refusal was for failure to 628 
document compliance with local zoning requirements, under subsection 629  Governor's Bill No.  6667 
 
 
 
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(a) of section 29-28, as amended by this act, the board shall not issue a 630 
permit. 631 
Sec. 9. Section 29-33 of the general statutes, as amended by section 3 632 
of this act, is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof 633 
(Effective October 1, 2023): 634 
(a) No person, firm or corporation shall sell, deliver or otherwise 635 
transfer any pistol or revolver to any person who is prohibited from 636 
possessing a pistol or revolver as provided in section 53a-217c, as 637 
amended by this act. 638 
(b) [On and after October 1, 1995, no] No person may purchase or 639 
receive any pistol or revolver unless such person holds a valid permit to 640 
carry a pistol or revolver issued pursuant to subsection (b) of section 29-641 
28, as amended by this act, a valid local permit and state license to sell 642 
firearms at retail [a pistol or revolver] issued pursuant to subsection (a) 643 
of section 29-28, as amended by this act, or a valid eligibility certificate 644 
for a pistol or revolver issued pursuant to section 29-36f, as amended by 645 
this act, or is a federal marshal, parole officer or peace officer. 646 
(c) No person, firm or corporation shall sell, deliver or otherwise 647 
transfer any pistol or revolver except upon written application on a form 648 
prescribed and furnished by the Commissioner of Emergency Services 649 
and Public Protection. Such person, firm or corporation shall ensure that 650 
all questions on the application are answered properly prior to releasing 651 
the pistol or revolver and shall retain the application, which shall be 652 
attached to the federal sale or transfer document, for at least twenty 653 
years or until such vendor goes out of business. Such application shall 654 
be available for inspection during normal business hours by law 655 
enforcement officials. No sale, delivery or other transfer of any pistol or 656 
revolver shall be made unless the person making the purchase or to 657 
whom the same is delivered or transferred is personally known to the 658 
person selling such pistol or revolver or making delivery or transfer 659 
thereof or provides evidence of his identity in the form of a motor 660 
vehicle operator's license, identity card issued pursuant to section 1-1h 661  Governor's Bill No.  6667 
 
 
 
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or valid passport. No sale, delivery or other transfer of any pistol or 662 
revolver shall be made until the person, firm or corporation making 663 
such transfer obtains an authorization number from the Commissioner 664 
of Emergency Services and Public Protection. Said commissioner shall 665 
perform the national instant criminal background check and make a 666 
reasonable effort to determine whether there is any reason that would 667 
prohibit such applicant from possessing a pistol or revolver as provided 668 
in section 53a-217c, as amended by this act. If the commissioner 669 
determines the existence of such a reason, the commissioner shall (1) 670 
deny the sale and no pistol or revolver shall be sold, delivered or 671 
otherwise transferred by such person, firm or corporation to such 672 
applicant, and (2) inform the chief of police of the town in which the 673 
applicant resides, or, where there is no chief of police, the warden of the 674 
borough or the first selectman of the town, as the case may be, that there 675 
exists a reason that would prohibit such applicant from possessing a 676 
pistol or revolver. 677 
(d) No person, firm or corporation shall sell, deliver or otherwise 678 
transfer any pistol or revolver, other than at wholesale, unless such 679 
pistol or revolver is equipped with a reusable trigger lock, gun lock or 680 
gun locking device appropriate for such pistol or revolver, which lock 681 
or device shall be constructed of material sufficiently strong to prevent 682 
it from being easily disabled and have a locking mechanism accessible 683 
by key or by electronic or other mechanical accessory specific to such 684 
lock or device to prevent unauthorized removal. No pistol or revolver 685 
shall be loaded or contain therein any gunpowder or other explosive or 686 
any bullet, ball or shell when such pistol or revolver is sold, delivered 687 
or otherwise transferred. 688 
(e) Upon the sale, delivery or other transfer of any pistol or revolver, 689 
the person making the purchase or to whom the same is delivered or 690 
transferred shall sign a receipt for such pistol or revolver, which shall 691 
contain the name and address of such person, the date of sale, the 692 
caliber, make, model and manufacturer's number and a general 693 
description of such pistol or revolver, the identification number of such 694 
person's permit to carry pistols or revolvers, issued pursuant to 695  Governor's Bill No.  6667 
 
 
 
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subsection (b) of section 29-28, as amended by this act, local permit and 696 
state license to sell firearms at retail, [pistols or revolvers,] issued 697 
pursuant to subsection (a) of said section, or eligibility certificate for a 698 
pistol or revolver, issued pursuant to section 29-36f, as amended by this 699 
act, if any, and the authorization number designated for the transfer by 700 
the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection. The 701 
person, firm or corporation selling such pistol or revolver or making 702 
delivery or transfer thereof shall (1) give one copy of the receipt to the 703 
person making the purchase of such pistol or revolver or to whom the 704 
same is delivered or transferred, (2) retain one copy of the receipt for at 705 
least five years, and (3) send, by first class mail, or electronically 706 
transmit, within forty-eight hours of such sale, delivery or other 707 
transfer, (A) one copy of the receipt to the Commissioner of Emergency 708 
Services and Public Protection, and (B) one copy of the receipt to the 709 
chief of police of the municipality in which the transferee resides or, 710 
where there is no chief of police, the chief executive officer of the 711 
municipality, as defined in section 7-148, in which the transferee resides 712 
or, if designated by such chief executive officer, the resident state 713 
trooper serving such municipality or a state police officer of the state 714 
police troop having jurisdiction over such municipality. 715 
(f) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (2) of this subsection, (A) no 716 
person shall sell, deliver or otherwise transfer more than one pistol or 717 
revolver to any individual during a thirty-day period, and (B) no person 718 
shall sell, deliver or otherwise transfer a pistol or revolver to any 719 
individual who has purchased a pistol or revolver in the previous thirty 720 
days. 721 
(2) The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to (A) any firearm 722 
transferred to a federal, state or municipal law enforcement agency, or 723 
any firearm legally transferred under the provisions of section 29-36k, 724 
(B) the exchange of a pistol or revolver purchased by an individual from 725 
a federally licensed firearm dealer for another pistol or revolver from 726 
the same federally licensed firearms dealer within thirty days of the 727 
original transaction, provided that the federally licensed firearm dealer 728 
reports the transaction to the Commissioner of Emergency Services and 729  Governor's Bill No.  6667 
 
 
 
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Public Protection, (C) as otherwise provided in subsection (g) or (h) of 730 
this section, (D) any firearm transferred by bequest or intestate 731 
succession, or, upon the death of a testator or settlor: (i) To a trust, or (ii) 732 
from a trust to a beneficiary, or (E) a transfer to a museum at a fixed 733 
location that is open to the public and displays firearms as part of an 734 
educational mission. 735 
(g) The provisions of this section shall not apply to antique pistols or 736 
revolvers. An antique pistol or revolver, for the purposes of this section, 737 
means any pistol or revolver which was manufactured in or before 1898 738 
and any replica of such pistol or revolver provided such replica is not 739 
designed or redesigned for using rimfire or conventional centerfire fixed 740 
ammunition except rimfire or conventional centerfire fixed ammunition 741 
which is no longer manufactured in the United States and not readily 742 
available in the ordinary channel of commercial trade. 743 
(h) The provisions of this section shall not apply to the sale, delivery 744 
or transfer of pistols or revolvers between (1) a federally-licensed 745 
firearm manufacturer and a federally-licensed firearm dealer, (2) a 746 
federally-licensed firearm importer and a federally-licensed firearm 747 
dealer, or (3) federally-licensed firearm dealers. 748 
(i) If the court finds that a violation of this section is not of a serious 749 
nature and that the person charged with such violation (1) will probably 750 
not offend in the future, (2) has not previously been convicted of a 751 
violation of this section, and (3) has not previously had a prosecution 752 
under this section suspended pursuant to this subsection, the court may 753 
order suspension of prosecution. The court shall not order suspension 754 
of prosecution unless the accused person has acknowledged that he 755 
understands the consequences of the suspension of prosecution. Any 756 
person for whom prosecution is suspended shall agree to the tolling of 757 
any statute of limitations with respect to such violation and to a waiver 758 
of his right to a speedy trial. Such person shall appear in court and shall 759 
be released to the supervision of the Court Support Services Division for 760 
such period, not exceeding two years, and under such conditions as the 761 
court shall order. If the person refuses to accept, or, having accepted, 762  Governor's Bill No.  6667 
 
 
 
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violates such conditions, the court shall terminate the suspension of 763 
prosecution and the case shall be brought to trial. If such person 764 
satisfactorily completes his period of probation, he may apply for 765 
dismissal of the charges against him and the court, on finding such 766 
satisfactory completion, shall dismiss such charges. If the person does 767 
not apply for dismissal of the charges against him after satisfactorily 768 
completing his period of probation, the court, upon receipt of a report 769 
submitted by the Court Support Services Division that the person 770 
satisfactorily completed his period of probation, may on its own motion 771 
make a finding of such satisfactory completion and dismiss such 772 
charges. Upon dismissal, all records of such charges shall be erased 773 
pursuant to section 54-142a. An order of the court denying a motion to 774 
dismiss the charges against a person who has completed his period of 775 
probation or terminating the participation of a defendant in such 776 
program shall be a final judgment for purposes of appeal. 777 
(j) Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be 778 
guilty of a class C felony for which two years of the sentence imposed 779 
may not be suspended or reduced by the court, and five thousand 780 
dollars of the fine imposed may not be remitted or reduced by the court 781 
unless the court states on the record its reasons for remitting or reducing 782 
such fine, except that any person who sells, delivers or otherwise 783 
transfers a pistol or revolver in violation of the provisions of this section 784 
knowing that such pistol or revolver is stolen or that the manufacturer's 785 
number or other mark of identification on such pistol or revolver has 786 
been altered, removed or obliterated, shall be guilty of a class B felony 787 
for which three years of the sentence imposed may not be suspended or 788 
reduced by the court, and ten thousand dollars of the fine imposed may 789 
not be remitted or reduced by the court unless the court states on the 790 
record its reasons for remitting or reducing such fine, and any pistol or 791 
revolver found in the possession of any person in violation of any 792 
provision of this section shall be forfeited. 793 
Sec. 10. Section 29-36l of the general statutes is repealed and the 794 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2023): 795  Governor's Bill No.  6667 
 
 
 
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(a) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection 796 
shall establish a state database that any person, firm or corporation who 797 
sells or otherwise transfers firearms may access, by telephone or other 798 
electronic means in addition to the telephone, for information to be 799 
supplied immediately, on whether a permit to carry a pistol or revolver, 800 
issued pursuant to subsection (b) of section 29-28, as amended by this 801 
act, a [permit] state license to sell firearms at retail, [a pistol or revolver,] 802 
issued pursuant to subsection (a) of section 29-28, as amended by this 803 
act, an eligibility certificate for a pistol or revolver, issued pursuant to 804 
section 29-36f, as amended by this act, or a long gun eligibility 805 
certificate, issued pursuant to section 29-37p, as amended by this act, is 806 
valid and has not been revoked or suspended. 807 
(b) Upon establishment of the database, the commissioner shall notify 808 
each person, firm or corporation holding a [permit] state license to sell 809 
firearms at retail [pistols or revolvers] issued pursuant to subsection (a) 810 
of section 29-28, as amended by this act, of the existence and purpose of 811 
the system and the means to be used to access the database. 812 
(c) The Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection 813 
shall establish days and hours during which the telephone number or 814 
other electronic means shall be operational for purposes of responding 815 
to inquiries, taking into consideration the normal business hours of 816 
retail firearm businesses. 817 
(d) (1) The Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection 818 
shall be the point of contact for initiating a background check through 819 
the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), 820 
established under section 103 of the Brady Handgun Violence 821 
Prevention Act, on individuals purchasing firearms. 822 
(2) The Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, 823 
Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services and Judicial 824 
Department shall, in accordance with state and federal law regarding 825 
confidentiality, enter into a memorandum of understanding with the 826 
Federal Bureau of Investigation for the purpose of implementing the 827  Governor's Bill No.  6667 
 
 
 
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National Instant Criminal Background Check System in the state. The 828 
Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall report 829 
the name, date of birth and physical description of any person 830 
prohibited from possessing a firearm pursuant to 18 USC 922(g) or (n) 831 
to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System Index, 832 
Denied Persons Files. 833 
(e) Any person, firm or corporation that contacts the Department of 834 
Emergency Services and Public Protection to access the database 835 
established under this section and determine if a person is eligible to 836 
receive or possess a firearm shall not be held civilly liable for the sale or 837 
transfer of a firearm to a person whose receipt or possession of such 838 
firearm is unlawful or for refusing to sell or transfer a firearm to a person 839 
who may lawfully receive or possess such firearm if such person, firm 840 
or corporation relied, in good faith, on the information provided to such 841 
person, firm or corporation by said department, unless the conduct of 842 
such person, firm or corporation was unreasonable or reckless. 843 
(f) Any person, firm or corporation that sells, delivers or otherwise 844 
transfers any firearm pursuant to section 29-33, as amended by this act, 845 
or 29-37a, as amended by this act, shall contact the Department of 846 
Emergency Services and Public Protection to access the database 847 
established under this section and receive an authorization number for 848 
such sale, delivery or transfer. The provisions of this subsection shall not 849 
apply to: (1) Any sale, delivery or transfer of an antique firearm 850 
manufactured in or before 1898, including any firearm with a 851 
matchlock, flintlock, percussion cap or similar type of ignition system 852 
manufactured in or before 1898; (2) any sale, delivery or transfer of any 853 
replica of any firearm described in subdivision (1) of this subsection if 854 
such replica uses rimfire or conventional centerfire fixed ammunition 855 
which is no longer manufactured in the United States and which is not 856 
readily available in the ordinary channels of commercial trade; (3) 857 
transactions between persons who are licensed as firearms importers or 858 
collectors, manufacturers or dealers pursuant to 18 USC 921 et seq.; (4) 859 
the transfer of firearms to and from gunsmiths for purposes of repair 860 
only; and (5) any sale, delivery or transfer of any firearm to any agency 861  Governor's Bill No.  6667 
 
 
 
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of the United States, the state of Connecticut or any local government. 862 
(g) No person shall complete the transfer of actual possession of any 863 
firearm for which an authorization number is required under this 864 
section until the eleventh calendar day or later after receipt of such 865 
authorization number. 866 
Sec. 11. Section 29-37a of the general statutes is repealed and the 867 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2023): 868 
(a) For the purposes of this section, "long gun" means a firearm, as 869 
defined in section 53a-3, other than a pistol or revolver. 870 
(b) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (2) of this subsection, no 871 
person, firm or corporation may sell, deliver or otherwise transfer, at 872 
retail, any long gun to any person under [eighteen] twenty-one years of 873 
age. 874 
(2) [No person, firm or corporation may sell, deliver or otherwise 875 
transfer, at retail, any semi-automatic centerfire rifle that has or accepts 876 
a magazine with a capacity exceeding five rounds to any person under 877 
twenty-one years of age.] The provisions of this [subdivision] subsection 878 
shall not apply to the sale, delivery or transfer of [such a rifle] any long 879 
gun to any person who is a member or employee of an organized local 880 
police department, the Department of Emergency Services and Public 881 
Protection or the Department of Correction or a member of the military 882 
or naval forces of this state or of the United States for use in the 883 
discharge of their duties.  884 
(c) [On and after April 1, 2014, no] No person may purchase or receive 885 
any long gun unless such person holds a valid long gun eligibility 886 
certificate issued pursuant to section 29-37p, as amended by this act, a 887 
valid permit to carry a pistol or revolver issued pursuant to subsection 888 
(b) of section 29-28, as amended by this act, a valid [permit] state license 889 
to sell firearms at retail [a pistol or revolver] issued pursuant to 890 
subsection (a) of section 29-28, as amended by this act, or a valid 891 
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29-36f, as amended by this act. 893 
(d) No person, firm or corporation may sell, deliver or otherwise 894 
transfer, at retail, any long gun to any person unless such person makes 895 
application on a form prescribed and furnished by the Commissioner of 896 
Emergency Services and Public Protection, which shall be attached by 897 
the transferor to the federal sale or transfer document and filed and 898 
retained by the transferor for at least twenty years or until such 899 
transferor goes out of business. Such application shall be available for 900 
inspection during normal business hours by law enforcement officials. 901 
No such sale, delivery or other transfer of any long gun shall be made 902 
until the person, firm or corporation making such sale, delivery or 903 
transfer has ensured that such application has been completed properly 904 
and has obtained an authorization number from the Commissioner of 905 
Emergency Services and Public Protection for such sale, delivery or 906 
transfer. The Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection 907 
shall make every effort, including performing the national instant 908 
criminal background check, to determine if the applicant is eligible to 909 
receive such long gun. If it is determined that the applicant is ineligible 910 
to receive such long gun, the Commissioner of Emergency Services and 911 
Public Protection shall immediately notify the (1) person, firm or 912 
corporation to whom such application was made and no such long gun 913 
shall be sold, delivered or otherwise transferred to such applicant by 914 
such person, firm or corporation, and (2) chief of police of the town in 915 
which the applicant resides, or, where there is no chief of police, the 916 
warden of the borough or the first selectman of the town, as the case 917 
may be, that the applicant is not eligible to receive a long gun. When any 918 
long gun is delivered in connection with any sale or purchase, such long 919 
gun shall be enclosed in a package, the paper or wrapping of which shall 920 
be securely fastened, and no such long gun when delivered on any sale 921 
or purchase shall be loaded or contain any gunpowder or other 922 
explosive or any bullet, ball or shell. Upon the sale, delivery or other 923 
transfer of the long gun, the transferee shall sign in triplicate a receipt 924 
for such long gun, which shall contain the name, address and date and 925 
place of birth of such transferee, the date of such sale, delivery or 926  Governor's Bill No.  6667 
 
 
 
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transfer and the caliber, make, model and manufacturer's number and a 927 
general description thereof. Not later than twenty-four hours after such 928 
sale, delivery or transfer, the transferor shall send by first class mail or 929 
electronically transfer one receipt to the Commissioner of Emergency 930 
Services and Public Protection and one receipt to the chief of police of 931 
the municipality in which the transferee resides or, where there is no 932 
chief of police, the chief executive officer of the municipality, as defined 933 
in section 7-148, in which the transferee resides or, if designated by such 934 
chief executive officer, the resident state trooper serving such 935 
municipality or a state police officer of the state police troop having 936 
jurisdiction over such municipality, and shall retain one receipt, 937 
together with the original application, for at least five years. 938 
(e) No sale, delivery or other transfer of any long gun shall be made 939 
by a person who [is not a federally licensed firearm manufacturer, 940 
importer or dealer] does not possess a local permit and state license to 941 
sell firearms at retail issued pursuant to subsection (a) of section 29-28, 942 
as amended by this act, to a person who is not a federally licensed 943 
firearm manufacturer, importer or dealer unless: 944 
(1) The prospective transferor and prospective transferee comply 945 
with the provisions of subsection (d) of this section, [and] the 946 
prospective transferor has obtained an authorization number from the 947 
Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection for such 948 
sale, delivery or transfer and the prospective transferor will have sold 949 
ten or fewer firearms in the current calendar year and is not a federally 950 
licensed firearm manufacturer, importer or dealer; or 951 
(2) The prospective transferor or prospective transferee requests a 952 
federally licensed firearm dealer to contact the Department of 953 
Emergency Services and Public Protection on behalf of such prospective 954 
transferor or prospective transferee and the federally licensed firearm 955 
dealer has obtained an authorization number from the Commissioner of 956 
Emergency Services and Public Protection for such sale, delivery or 957 
transfer, and the prospective transferor will have sold ten or fewer 958 
firearms in the current calendar year and is not a federally licensed 959  Governor's Bill No.  6667 
 
 
 
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firearm manufacturer, importer or dealer. 960 
(f) (1) [On and after January 1, 2014, for] For purposes of a transfer 961 
pursuant to subdivision (2) of subsection (e) of this section, a 962 
prospective transferor or prospective transferee may request a federally 963 
licensed firearm dealer to contact the Department of Emergency 964 
Services and Public Protection to obtain an authorization number for 965 
such sale, delivery or transfer. If a federally licensed firearm dealer 966 
consents to contact the department on behalf of the prospective 967 
transferor or prospective transferee, the prospective transferor or 968 
prospective transferee shall provide to such dealer the name, sex, race, 969 
date of birth and state of residence of the prospective transferee and, if 970 
necessary to verify the identity of the prospective transferee, may 971 
provide a unique numeric identifier including, but not limited to, a 972 
Social Security number, and additional identifiers including, but not 973 
limited to, height, weight, eye and hair color, and place of birth. The 974 
prospective transferee shall present to the dealer such prospective 975 
transferee's valid long gun eligibility certificate issued pursuant to 976 
section 29-37p, as amended by this act, valid permit to carry a pistol or 977 
revolver issued pursuant to subsection (b) of section 29-28, as amended 978 
by this act, valid [permit] state license to sell firearms at retail [a pistol 979 
or revolver] issued pursuant to subsection (a) of section 29-28, as 980 
amended by this act, or valid eligibility certificate for a pistol or revolver 981 
issued pursuant to section 29-36f, as amended by this act. The dealer 982 
may charge a fee for contacting the department on behalf of the 983 
prospective transferor or prospective transferee. 984 
(2) The Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection 985 
shall make every effort, including performing the national instant 986 
criminal background check, to determine if the prospective transferee is 987 
eligible to receive such long gun. The Commissioner of Emergency 988 
Services and Public Protection shall immediately notify the dealer of the 989 
department's determination and the dealer shall immediately notify the 990 
prospective transferor or prospective transferee of such determination. 991 
If the department determines the prospective transferee is ineligible to 992 
receive such long gun, no long gun shall be sold, delivered or otherwise 993  Governor's Bill No.  6667 
 
 
 
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transferred by the prospective transferor to the prospective transferee. 994 
If the department determines the prospective transferee is eligible to 995 
receive such long gun and provides an authorization number for such 996 
sale, delivery or transfer, the prospective transferor may proceed to sell, 997 
deliver or otherwise transfer the long gun to the prospective transferee. 998 
(3) Upon the sale, delivery or other transfer of the long gun, the 999 
transferor or transferee shall complete a form, prescribed by the 1000 
Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, that 1001 
contains the name and address of the transferor, the name and address 1002 
of the transferee, the date and place of birth of such transferee, the 1003 
firearm permit or certificate number of the transferee, the firearm permit 1004 
or certificate number of the transferor, if any, the date of such sale, 1005 
delivery or transfer, the caliber, make, model and manufacturer's 1006 
number and a general description of such long gun and the 1007 
authorization number provided by the department. Not later than 1008 
twenty-four hours after such sale, delivery or transfer, the transferor 1009 
shall send by first class mail or electronically transfer one copy of such 1010 
form to the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection 1011 
and one copy to the chief of police of the municipality in which the 1012 
transferee resides or, where there is no chief of police, the chief executive 1013 
officer of the municipality, as defined in section 7-148, in which the 1014 
transferee resides or, if designated by such chief executive officer, the 1015 
resident state trooper serving such municipality or a state police officer 1016 
of the state police troop having jurisdiction over such municipality, and 1017 
shall retain one copy, for at least five years. 1018 
(g) [Prior to April 1, 2014, no sale, delivery or other transfer of any 1019 
long gun shall be made until the expiration of two weeks from the date 1020 
of the application, except that such waiting period shall not apply to any 1021 
federal marshal, parole officer or peace officer, or to the sale, delivery or 1022 
other transfer of (1) any long gun to a holder of a valid state permit to 1023 
carry a pistol or revolver issued under the provisions of section 29-28, a 1024 
valid eligibility certificate issued under the provisions of section 29-36f, 1025 
or a valid long gun eligibility certificate issued under the provisions of 1026 
section 29-37p, (2) any long gun to an active member of the armed forces 1027  Governor's Bill No.  6667 
 
 
 
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of the United States or of any reserve component thereof, (3) any long 1028 
gun to a holder of a valid hunting license issued pursuant to chapter 1029 
490, or (4) antique firearms. For the purposes of this subsection, "antique 1030 
firearm" means any firearm which was manufactured in or before 1898 1031 
and any replica of such firearm, provided such replica is not designed 1032 
or redesigned for using rimfire or conventional centerfire fixed 1033 
ammunition except rimfire or conventional centerfire fixed ammunition 1034 
which is no longer manufactured in the United States and not readily 1035 
available in the ordinary channel of commercial trade.] No person shall 1036 
complete the transfer of actual possession of any long gun for which an 1037 
authorization number is required under this section until the eleventh 1038 
calendar day or later after receipt of such authorization number. 1039 
(h) The provisions of subsections (c) to [(g)] (f), inclusive, of this 1040 
section shall not apply to the sale, delivery or transfer of (1) long guns 1041 
to (A) the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, 1042 
police departments, the Department of Correction, the Division of 1043 
Criminal Justice, the Department of Motor Vehicles, the Department of 1044 
Energy and Environmental Protection or the military or naval forces of 1045 
this state or of the United States, (B) a sworn and duly certified member 1046 
of an organized police department, the Division of State Police within 1047 
the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection or the 1048 
Department of Correction, a chief inspector or inspector in the Division 1049 
of Criminal Justice, a salaried inspector of motor vehicles designated by 1050 
the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, a conservation officer or special 1051 
conservation officer appointed by the Commissioner of Energy and 1052 
Environmental Protection pursuant to section 26-5, or a constable who 1053 
is certified by the Police Officer Standards and Training Council and 1054 
appointed by the chief executive authority of a town, city or borough to 1055 
perform criminal law enforcement duties, pursuant to a letter on the 1056 
letterhead of such department, division, commissioner or authority 1057 
authorizing the purchase and stating that the sworn member, inspector, 1058 
officer or constable will use the long gun in the discharge of official 1059 
duties, and that a records check indicates that the sworn member, 1060 
inspector, officer or constable has not been convicted of a crime of family 1061  Governor's Bill No.  6667 
 
 
 
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violence, for use by such sworn member, inspector, officer or constable 1062 
in the discharge of such sworn member's, inspector's, officer's or 1063 
constable's official duties or when off duty, (C) a member of the military 1064 
or naval forces of this state or of the United States, or (D) a nuclear 1065 
facility licensed by the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission 1066 
for the purpose of providing security services at such facility, or any 1067 
contractor or subcontractor of such facility for the purpose of providing 1068 
security services at such facility; (2) long guns to or between federally 1069 
licensed firearm manufacturers, importers or dealers; (3) curios or relics, 1070 
as defined in 27 CFR 478.11, to or between federally licensed firearm 1071 
collectors; or (4) antique firearms. [, as defined in subsection (g) of this 1072 
section] For the purposes of this subsection, "antique firearm" means 1073 
any firearm which was manufactured in or before 1898 and any replica 1074 
of such firearm, provided such replica is not designed or redesigned for 1075 
using rimfire or conventional centerfire fixed ammunition except 1076 
rimfire or conventional centerfire fixed ammunition which is no longer 1077 
manufactured in the United States and not readily available in the 1078 
ordinary channel of commercial trade. 1079 
(i) If the court finds that a violation of this section is not of a serious 1080 
nature and that the person charged with such violation (1) will probably 1081 
not offend in the future, (2) has not previously been convicted of a 1082 
violation of this section, and (3) has not previously had a prosecution 1083 
under this section suspended pursuant to this subsection, it may order 1084 
suspension of prosecution. The court shall not order suspension of 1085 
prosecution unless the accused person has acknowledged that he 1086 
understands the consequences of the suspension of prosecution. Any 1087 
person for whom prosecution is suspended shall agree to the tolling of 1088 
any statute of limitations with respect to such violation and to a waiver 1089 
of his right to a speedy trial. Such person shall appear in court and shall 1090 
be released to the supervision of the Court Support Services Division for 1091 
such period, not exceeding two years, and under such conditions as the 1092 
court shall order. If the person refuses to accept, or, having accepted, 1093 
violates such conditions, the court shall terminate the suspension of 1094 
prosecution and the case shall be brought to trial. If such person 1095  Governor's Bill No.  6667 
 
 
 
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satisfactorily completes his period of probation, he may apply for 1096 
dismissal of the charges against him and the court, on finding such 1097 
satisfactory completion, shall dismiss such charges. If the person does 1098 
not apply for dismissal of the charges against him after satisfactorily 1099 
completing his period of probation, the court, upon receipt of a report 1100 
submitted by the Court Support Services Division that the person 1101 
satisfactorily completed his period of probation, may on its own motion 1102 
make a finding of such satisfactory completion and dismiss such 1103 
charges. Upon dismissal, all records of such charges shall be erased 1104 
pursuant to section 54-142a. An order of the court denying a motion to 1105 
dismiss the charges against a person who has completed his period of 1106 
probation or terminating the participation of a defendant in such 1107 
program shall be a final judgment for purposes of appeal. 1108 
(j) Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be 1109 
guilty of a class D felony, except that any person who sells, delivers or 1110 
otherwise transfers a long gun in violation of the provisions of this 1111 
section, knowing that such long gun is stolen or that the manufacturer's 1112 
number or other mark of identification on such long gun has been 1113 
altered, removed or obliterated, shall be guilty of a class B felony, and 1114 
any long gun found in the possession of any person in violation of any 1115 
provision of this section shall be forfeited. 1116 
Sec. 12. Section 29-37i of the general statutes is repealed and the 1117 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2023): 1118 
No person shall store or keep any firearm, as defined in section 53a-1119 
3, on any premises under such person's control [if such person knows 1120 
or reasonably should know that (1) a minor is likely to gain access to the 1121 
firearm without the permission of the parent or guardian of the minor, 1122 
(2) a resident of the premises is ineligible to possess a firearm under state 1123 
or federal law, (3) a resident of the premises is subject to a risk protection 1124 
order issued pursuant to section 29-38c, or (4) a resident of the premises 1125 
poses a risk of imminent personal injury to himself or herself or to 1126 
another person,] unless such person [(A)] (1) keeps the firearm in a 1127 
securely locked box or other container or in a manner which a 1128  Governor's Bill No.  6667 
 
 
 
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reasonable person would believe to be secure, or [(B)] (2) carries the 1129 
firearm on his or her person or within such close proximity thereto that 1130 
such person can readily retrieve and use the firearm as if such person 1131 
carried the firearm on his or her person. [For the purposes of this section, 1132 
"minor" means any person under the age of eighteen years.] 1133 
Sec. 13. Section 29-38b of the general statutes is repealed and the 1134 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2023): 1135 
(a) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, 1136 
in fulfilling his obligations under sections 29-28 to 29-38, inclusive, as 1137 
amended by this act, and section 53-202d, as amended by this act, shall 1138 
verify that any person who [, on or after October 1, 1998,] applies for or 1139 
seeks renewal of a [permit] state license to sell firearms at retail, [a pistol 1140 
or revolver,] a permit to carry a pistol or revolver, an eligibility 1141 
certificate for a pistol or revolver or a certificate of possession for an 1142 
assault weapon, or who [, on or after July 1, 2013,] applies for or seeks 1143 
renewal of a long gun eligibility certificate, has not been confined in a 1144 
hospital for persons with psychiatric disabilities, as defined in section 1145 
17a-495, within the preceding sixty months by order of a probate court 1146 
or has not been voluntarily admitted to a hospital for persons with 1147 
psychiatric disabilities, as defined in section 17a-495, within the 1148 
preceding six months for care and treatment of a psychiatric disability 1149 
and not solely for being an alcohol-dependent person or a drug-1150 
dependent person as those terms are defined in section 17a-680, by 1151 
making an inquiry to the Department of Mental Health and Addiction 1152 
Services in such a manner so as to only receive a report on the 1153 
commitment or admission status of the person with respect to whom the 1154 
inquiry is made including identifying information in accordance with 1155 
the provisions of subsection (b) of section 17a-500. 1156 
(b) If the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection 1157 
determines pursuant to subsection (a) of this section that a person has 1158 
been confined in a hospital for persons with psychiatric disabilities, as 1159 
defined in section 17a-495, within the preceding sixty months by order 1160 
of a probate court or has been voluntarily admitted to a hospital for 1161  Governor's Bill No.  6667 
 
 
 
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persons with psychiatric disabilities, as defined in section 17a-495, 1162 
within the preceding six months for care and treatment of a psychiatric 1163 
disability and not solely for being an alcohol-dependent person or a 1164 
drug-dependent person as those terms are defined in section 17a-680, 1165 
said commissioner shall report the status of such person's application 1166 
for or renewal of a [permit] state license to sell firearms at retail, [a pistol 1167 
or revolver,] a permit to carry a pistol or revolver, an eligibility 1168 
certificate for a pistol or revolver, a certificate of possession for an 1169 
assault weapon or a long gun eligibility certificate to the Commissioner 1170 
of Mental Health and Addiction Services for the purpose of fulfilling his 1171 
responsibilities under subsection (c) of section 17a-500. 1172 
Sec. 14. Subsection (c) of section 29-38m of the general statutes is 1173 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1174 
1, 2023): 1175 
(c) [On and after October 1, 2013, no] No person, firm or corporation 1176 
shall sell ammunition or an ammunition magazine to any person unless 1177 
such person holds a valid permit to carry a pistol or revolver issued 1178 
pursuant to subsection (b) of section 29-28, as amended by this act, a 1179 
valid local permit and state license to sell firearms at retail [a pistol or 1180 
revolver] issued pursuant to subsection (a) of section 29-28, as amended 1181 
by this act, a valid eligibility certificate for a pistol or revolver issued 1182 
pursuant to section 29-36f, as amended by this act, or a valid long gun 1183 
eligibility certificate issued pursuant to section 29-37p, as amended by 1184 
this act, and presents to the transferor such permit or certificate, or 1185 
unless such person holds a valid ammunition certificate issued pursuant 1186 
to section 29-38n, as amended by this act, and presents to the transferor 1187 
such certificate and such person's motor vehicle operator's license, 1188 
passport or other valid form of identification issued by the federal 1189 
government or a state or municipal government that contains such 1190 
person's date of birth and photograph. 1191 
Sec. 15. Subsections (d) to (f), inclusive, of section 53-202f of the 1192 
general statutes are repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 1193 
thereof (Effective from passage): 1194  Governor's Bill No.  6667 
 
 
 
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(d) (1) Not later than December 31, 2013, any person who lawfully 1195 
possessed an assault weapon described in any provision of 1196 
subparagraphs (B) to (F), inclusive, of subdivision (1) of section 53-202a 1197 
on April 4, 2013, which was lawful under the provisions of sections 53-1198 
202a to 53-202k, inclusive, in effect on January 1, 2013, may transfer 1199 
possession of the assault weapon to a licensed gun dealer within or 1200 
outside of this state for sale outside of this state, and may transport the 1201 
assault weapon to such dealer for the purpose of making such transfer, 1202 
without obtaining a certificate of possession under section 53-202d. 1203 
(2) Not later than December 31, 2023, any person who lawfully 1204 
possessed a 2023 assault weapon on the date immediately preceding the 1205 
effective date of this section, which was lawful under the provisions of 1206 
sections 53-202a to 53-202k, inclusive, in effect on January 1, 2023, may 1207 
transfer possession of the 2023 assault weapon to a licensed gun dealer 1208 
within or outside of this state for sale outside of this state, and may 1209 
transport the 2023 assault weapon to such dealer for the purpose of 1210 
making such transfer, without obtaining a certificate of possession 1211 
under section 53-202d, as amended by this act. 1212 
(e) (1) Not later than October 1, 2013, any licensed gun dealer, 1213 
pawnbroker licensed under section 21-40, or consignment shop 1214 
operator, as defined in section 21-39a, may transfer possession of an 1215 
assault weapon to any person who [(1)] (A) legally possessed the assault 1216 
weapon prior to or on April 4, 2013, [(2)] (B) placed the assault weapon 1217 
in the possession of such dealer, pawnbroker or operator prior to or on 1218 
April 4, 2013, pursuant to an agreement between such person and such 1219 
dealer, pawnbroker or operator for the sale of the assault weapon to a 1220 
third person, and [(3)] (C) is eligible to possess a firearm on the date of 1221 
such transfer. 1222 
(2) Not later than October 1, 2023, any licensed gun dealer, 1223 
pawnbroker licensed under section 21-40, or consignment shop 1224 
operator, as defined in section 21-39a, may transfer possession of a 2023 1225 
assault weapon to any person who (A) legally possessed the 2023 assault 1226 
weapon prior to the effective date of this section, (B) placed the 2023 1227  Governor's Bill No.  6667 
 
 
 
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assault weapon in the possession of such dealer, pawnbroker or 1228 
operator prior to the effective date of this section, pursuant to an 1229 
agreement between such person and such dealer, pawnbroker or 1230 
operator for the sale of the assault weapon to a third person, and (C) is 1231 
eligible to possess a firearm on the date of such transfer. 1232 
(f) The term "licensed gun dealer", as used in sections 53-202a to 53-1233 
202k, inclusive, as amended by this act, means a person who has a 1234 
federal firearms license, and (1) prior to October 1, 2023, a permit to sell 1235 
firearms pursuant to section 29-28, as amended by this act, or (2) on or 1236 
after October 1, 2023, a local permit and state license to sell firearms at 1237 
retail pursuant to section 29-28, as amended by this act. 1238 
Sec. 16. Subsection (a) of section 53-202w of the general statutes is 1239 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1240 
1, 2023): 1241 
(a) As used in this section and section 53-202x, as amended by this 1242 
act: 1243 
(1) "Large capacity magazine" means any firearm magazine, belt, 1244 
drum, feed strip or similar device that has the capacity of, or can be 1245 
readily restored or converted to accept, more than ten rounds of 1246 
ammunition, but does not include: (A) A feeding device that has been 1247 
permanently altered so that it cannot accommodate more than ten 1248 
rounds of ammunition, (B) a .22 caliber tube ammunition feeding 1249 
device, (C) a tubular magazine that is contained in a lever-action 1250 
firearm, or (D) a magazine that is permanently inoperable; 1251 
(2) "Lawfully possesses", with respect to a large capacity magazine, 1252 
means that a person has (A) actual and lawful possession of the large 1253 
capacity magazine, (B) constructive possession of the large capacity 1254 
magazine pursuant to a lawful purchase of a firearm that contains a 1255 
large capacity magazine that was transacted prior to or on April 4, 2013, 1256 
regardless of whether the firearm was delivered to the purchaser prior 1257 
to or on April 4, 2013, which lawful purchase is evidenced by a writing 1258 
sufficient to indicate that (i) a contract for sale was made between the 1259  Governor's Bill No.  6667 
 
 
 
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parties prior to or on April 4, 2013, for the purchase of the firearm, or (ii) 1260 
full or partial payment for the firearm was made by the purchaser to the 1261 
seller of the firearm prior to or on April 4, 2013, or (C) actual possession 1262 
under subparagraph (A) of this subdivision, or constructive possession 1263 
under subparagraph (B) of this subdivision, as evidenced by a written 1264 
statement made under penalty of false statement on such form as the 1265 
Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection prescribes; 1266 
and 1267 
(3) "Licensed gun dealer" means a person who has a federal firearms 1268 
license and a local permit and state license to sell firearms pursuant to 1269 
section 29-28, as amended by this act. 1270 
Sec. 17. Subsection (e) of section 53-202x of the general statutes is 1271 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1272 
1, 2023): 1273 
(e) (1) If an owner of a large capacity magazine transfers the large 1274 
capacity magazine to a licensed gun dealer, such dealer shall, at the time 1275 
of delivery of the large capacity magazine, execute a certificate of 1276 
transfer. For any transfer prior to January 1, 2014, the dealer shall 1277 
provide to the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public 1278 
Protection monthly reports, on such form as the commissioner 1279 
prescribes, regarding the number of transfers that the dealer has 1280 
accepted. For any transfer on or after January 1, 2014, the dealer shall 1281 
cause the certificate of transfer to be mailed or delivered to the 1282 
Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection. The 1283 
certificate of transfer shall contain: (A) The date of sale or transfer; (B) 1284 
the name and address of the seller or transferor and the licensed gun 1285 
dealer, and their Social Security numbers or motor vehicle operator 1286 
license numbers, if applicable; (C) the licensed gun dealer's federal 1287 
firearms license number; and (D) a description of the large capacity 1288 
magazine. 1289 
(2) The licensed gun dealer shall present such dealer's federal 1290 
firearms license and seller's local permit and state license to the seller or 1291  Governor's Bill No.  6667 
 
 
 
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transferor for inspection at the time of purchase or transfer. 1292 
(3) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection 1293 
shall maintain a file of all certificates of transfer at the commissioner's 1294 
central office. 1295 
Sec. 18. Subsection (b) of section 54-36e of the general statutes is 1296 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1297 
1, 2023): 1298 
(b) Firearms and ammunition turned over to the state police pursuant 1299 
to subsection (a) of this section which are not destroyed or retained for 1300 
appropriate use shall be sold at public auctions, conducted by the 1301 
Commissioner of Administrative Services or said commissioner's 1302 
designee. Pistols and revolvers, as defined in section 53a-3, which are 1303 
antiques, as defined in section 29-33, as amended by this act, or curios 1304 
or relics, as defined in the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 27, Chapter 1305 
1, Part 178, or modern pistols and revolvers which have a current retail 1306 
value of one hundred dollars or more may be sold at such public 1307 
auctions, provided such pistols and revolvers shall be sold only to 1308 
persons who have a valid local permit and state license to sell [a pistol 1309 
or revolver] firearms at retail, or a valid permit to carry a pistol or 1310 
revolver, issued pursuant to section 29-28, as amended by this act. Rifles 1311 
and shotguns, as defined in section 53a-3, shall be sold only to persons 1312 
qualified under federal law to purchase such rifles and shotguns and 1313 
who have a valid long gun eligibility certificate issued pursuant to 1314 
section 29-37p, as amended by this act. The proceeds of any such sale 1315 
shall be paid to the State Treasurer and deposited by the State Treasurer 1316 
in the forfeit firearms account within the General Fund. 1317 
Sec. 19. Subsection (e) of section 53-202l of the general statutes is 1318 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 1319 
passage): 1320 
(e) If the court finds that a violation of this section is not of a serious 1321 
nature and that the person charged with such violation (1) will probably 1322 
not offend in the future, (2) has not previously been convicted of a 1323  Governor's Bill No.  6667 
 
 
 
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violation of this section, and (3) has not previously had a prosecution 1324 
under this section suspended pursuant to this subsection, it may order 1325 
suspension of prosecution in accordance with the provisions of 1326 
subsection [(h)] (i) of section 29-33, as amended by this act. 1327 
Sec. 20. Subsection (g) of section 53-202w of the general statutes is 1328 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 1329 
passage): 1330 
(g) If the court finds that a violation of this section is not of a serious 1331 
nature and that the person charged with such violation (1) will probably 1332 
not offend in the future, (2) has not previously been convicted of a 1333 
violation of this section, and (3) has not previously had a prosecution 1334 
under this section suspended pursuant to this subsection, it may order 1335 
suspension of prosecution in accordance with the provisions of 1336 
subsection [(h)] (i) of section 29-33, as amended by this act. 1337 
Sec. 21. Subsection (f) of section 53-206g of the general statutes is 1338 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 1339 
passage): 1340 
(f) If the court finds that a violation of this section is not of a serious 1341 
nature and that the person charged with such violation (1) will probably 1342 
not offend in the future, (2) has not previously been convicted of a 1343 
violation of this section, and (3) has not previously had a prosecution 1344 
under this section suspended pursuant to this subsection, it may order 1345 
suspension of prosecution in accordance with the provisions of 1346 
subsection [(h)] (i) of section 29-33, as amended by this act. 1347 
Sec. 22. Section 53a-217a of the general statutes is repealed and the 1348 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2023): 1349 
(a) A person is guilty of criminally negligent storage of a firearm 1350 
when such person violates the provisions of section 29-37i, as amended 1351 
by this act, and a minor or, a resident of the premises who is ineligible 1352 
to possess a firearm under state or federal law or who poses a risk of 1353 
imminent personal injury to himself or herself or to other individuals, 1354  Governor's Bill No.  6667 
 
 
 
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obtains the firearm and causes the injury or death of such minor, 1355 
resident or any other person. For the purposes of this section, "minor" 1356 
means any person under the age of eighteen years. 1357 
[(b) The provisions of this section shall not apply if the minor obtains 1358 
the firearm as a result of an unlawful entry to any premises by any 1359 
person.] 1360 
[(c)] (b) Criminally negligent storage of a firearm is a class D felony. 1361 
Sec. 23. Section 54-66a of the general statutes is repealed and the 1362 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 1363 
Any bail bond posted in any criminal proceeding in this state shall be 1364 
automatically terminated and released whenever the defendant: (1) Is 1365 
granted accelerated rehabilitation pursuant to section 54-56e; (2) is 1366 
granted admission to the pretrial alcohol education program pursuant 1367 
to section 54-56g; (3) is granted admission to the pretrial family violence 1368 
education program pursuant to section 46b-38c; (4) is granted admission 1369 
to the pretrial drug education and community service program 1370 
pursuant to section 54-56i; (5) has the complaint or information filed 1371 
against such defendant dismissed; (6) has the prosecution of the 1372 
complaint or information filed against such defendant terminated by 1373 
entry of a nolle prosequi; (7) is acquitted; (8) is sentenced by the court 1374 
and a stay of such sentence, if any, is lifted; (9) is granted admission to 1375 
the pretrial school violence prevention program pursuant to section 54-1376 
56j; (10) is charged with a violation of section 29-33, as amended by this 1377 
act, 53-202l or 53-202w, as amended by this act, and prosecution has 1378 
been suspended pursuant to subsection [(h)] (i) of section 29-33, as 1379 
amended by this act; (11) is charged with a violation of section 29-37a, 1380 
as amended by this act, and prosecution has been suspended pursuant 1381 
to subsection (i) of section 29-37a, as amended by this act; (12) is granted 1382 
admission to the supervised diversionary program for persons with 1383 
psychiatric disabilities, or persons who are veterans, pursuant to section 1384 
54-56l; (13) is granted admission to a diversionary program for young 1385 
persons charged with a motor vehicle violation or an alcohol-related 1386  Governor's Bill No.  6667 
 
 
 
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offense pursuant to section 54-56p; (14) is granted admission to the 1387 
pretrial drug intervention and community service program pursuant to 1388 
section 54-56q; or (15) is granted admission to the pretrial impaired 1389 
driving intervention program pursuant to section 54-56r. 1390 
Sec. 24. Subdivision (8) of section 54-280 of the general statutes is 1391 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 1392 
passage): 1393 
(8) "Offense committed with a deadly weapon" or "offense" means: 1394 
(A) A violation of subsection (c) of section 2-1e, subsection (e) of section 1395 
29-28, subsections (a) to (e), inclusive, or [(i)] (j) of section 29-33, as 1396 
amended by this act, section 29-34, subsection (a) of section 29-35, as 1397 
amended by this act, section 29-36, 29-36k, 29-37a, as amended by this 1398 
act, or 29-37e, subsection (c) of section 29-37g, section 29-37j, subsection 1399 
(b), (c) or (g) of section 53-202, section 53-202b, 53-202c, as amended by 1400 
this act, 53-202j, 53-202k, 53-202l, as amended by this act, 53-202aa or 53-1401 
206b, subsection (b) of section 53a-8, section 53a-55a, 53a-56a, 53a-60a, 1402 
53a-60c, 53a-72b, 53a-92a, 53a-94a, 53a-102a, 53a-103a, 53a-211, 53a-212, 1403 
53a-216, 53a-217, 53a-217a, as amended by this act, 53a-217b or 53a-217c, 1404 
as amended by this act, or a second or subsequent violation of section 1405 
53-202g; or (B) a violation of any section of the general statutes which 1406 
constitutes a felony, as defined in section 53a-25, provided the court 1407 
makes a finding that, at the time of the offense, the offender used a 1408 
deadly weapon, or was armed with and threatened the use of or 1409 
displayed or represented by words or conduct that the offender 1410 
possessed a deadly weapon; 1411 
Sec. 25. Section 53-202a of the general statutes is repealed and the 1412 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 1413 
As used in this section and sections 53-202b to 53-202k, inclusive:  1414 
(1) "Assault weapon" means: 1415 
(A) (i) Any selective-fire firearm capable of fully automatic, 1416 
semiautomatic or burst fire at the option of the user or any of the 1417  Governor's Bill No.  6667 
 
 
 
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following specified semiautomatic firearms: Algimec Agmi; Armalite 1418 
AR-180; Australian Automatic Arms SAP Pistol; Auto-Ordnance 1419 
Thompson type; Avtomat Kalashnikov AK-47 type; Barrett Light-Fifty 1420 
model 82A1; Beretta AR-70; Bushmaster Auto Rifle and Auto Pistol; 1421 
Calico models M-900, M-950 and 100-P; Chartered Industries of 1422 
Singapore SR-88; Colt AR-15 and Sporter; Daewoo K-1, K-2, Max-1 and 1423 
Max-2; Encom MK-IV, MP-9 and MP-45; Fabrique Nationale FN/FAL, 1424 
FN/LAR, or FN/FNC; FAMAS MAS 223; Feather AT -9 and Mini-AT; 1425 
Federal XC-900 and XC-450; Franchi SPAS-12 and LAW-12; Galil AR 1426 
and ARM; Goncz High-Tech Carbine and High-Tech Long Pistol; 1427 
Heckler & Koch HK-91, HK-93, HK-94 and SP-89; Holmes MP-83; MAC-1428 
10, MAC-11 and MAC-11 Carbine type; Intratec TEC-9 and Scorpion; 1429 
Iver Johnson Enforcer model 3000; Ruger Mini-14/5F folding stock 1430 
model only; Scarab Skorpion; SIG 57 AMT and 500 series; Spectre Auto 1431 
Carbine and Auto Pistol; Springfield Armory BM59, SAR-48 and G-3; 1432 
Sterling MK-6 and MK-7; Steyr AUG; Street Sweeper and Striker 12 1433 
revolving cylinder shotguns; USAS-12; UZI Carbine, Mini-Carbine and 1434 
Pistol; Weaver Arms Nighthawk; Wilkinson "Linda" Pistol; 1435 
(ii) A part or combination of parts designed or intended to convert a 1436 
firearm into an assault weapon, as defined in subparagraph (A)(i) of this 1437 
subdivision, or any combination of parts from which an assault weapon, 1438 
as defined in subparagraph (A)(i) of this subdivision, may be rapidly 1439 
assembled if those parts are in the possession or under the control of the 1440 
same person; 1441 
(B) Any of the following specified semiautomatic centerfire rifles, or 1442 
copies or duplicates thereof with the capability of any such rifles, that 1443 
were in production prior to or on April 4, 2013: (i) AK-47; (ii) AK-74; (iii) 1444 
AKM; (iv) AKS-74U; (v) ARM; (vi) MAADI AK47; (vii) MAK90; (viii) 1445 
MISR; (ix) NHM90 and NHM91; (x) Norinco 56, 56S, 84S and 86S; (xi) 1446 
Poly Technologies AKS and AK47; (xii) SA 85; (xiii) SA 93; (xiv) VEPR; 1447 
(xv) WASR-10; (xvi) WUM; (xvii) Rock River Arms LAR-47; (xviii) 1448 
Vector Arms AK-47; (xix) AR-10; (xx) AR-15; (xxi) Bushmaster Carbon 1449 
15, Bushmaster XM15, Bushmaster ACR Rifles, Bushmaster MOE Rifles; 1450 
(xxii) Colt Match Target Rifles; (xxiii) Armalite M15; (xxiv) Olympic 1451  Governor's Bill No.  6667 
 
 
 
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Arms AR-15, A1, CAR, PCR, K3B, K30R, K16, K48, K8 and K9 Rifles; 1452 
(xxv) DPMS Tactical Rifles; (xxvi) Smith and Wesson M&P15 Rifles; 1453 
(xxvii) Rock River Arms LAR-15; (xxviii) Doublestar AR Rifles; (xxix) 1454 
Barrett REC7; (xxx) Beretta Storm; (xxxi) Calico Liberty 50, 50 Tactical, 1455 
100, 100 Tactical, I, I Tactical, II and II Tactical Rifles; (xxxii) Hi-Point 1456 
Carbine Rifles; (xxxiii) HK-PSG-1; (xxxiv) Kel-Tec Sub-2000, SU Rifles, 1457 
and RFB; (xxxv) Remington Tactical Rifle Model 7615; (xxxvi) SAR-8, 1458 
SAR-4800 and SR9; (xxxvii) SLG 95; (xxxviii) SLR 95 or 96; (xxxix) TNW 1459 
M230 and M2HB; (xl) Vector Arms UZI; (xli) Galil and Galil Sporter; 1460 
(xlii) Daewoo AR 100 and AR 110C; (xliii) Fabrique Nationale/FN 308 1461 
Match and L1A1 Sporter; (xliv) HK USC; (xlv) IZHMASH Saiga AK; 1462 
(xlvi) SIG Sauer 551-A1, 556, 516, 716 and M400 Rifles; (xlvii) Valmet 1463 
M62S, M71S and M78S; (xlviii) Wilkinson Arms Linda Carbine; and 1464 
(xlix) Barrett M107A1; 1465 
(C) Any of the following specified semiautomatic pistols, or copies or 1466 
duplicates thereof with the capability of any such pistols, that were in 1467 
production prior to or on April 4, 2013: (i) Centurion 39 AK; (ii) Draco 1468 
AK-47; (iii) HCR AK-47; (iv) IO Inc. Hellpup AK-47; (v) Mini-Draco AK-1469 
47; (vi) Yugo Krebs Krink; (vii) American Spirit AR-15; (viii) Bushmaster 1470 
Carbon 15; (ix) Doublestar Corporation AR; (x) DPMS AR-15; (xi) 1471 
Olympic Arms AR-15; (xii) Rock River Arms LAR 15; (xiii) Calico 1472 
Liberty III and III Tactical Pistols; (xiv) Masterpiece Arms MPA Pistols 1473 
and Velocity Arms VMA Pistols; (xv) Intratec TEC-DC9 and AB-10; (xvi) 1474 
Colefire Magnum; (xvii) German Sport 522 PK and Chiappa Firearms 1475 
Mfour-22; (xviii) DSA SA58 PKP FAL; (xix) I.O. Inc. PPS-43C; (xx) Kel-1476 
Tec PLR-16 Pistol; (xxi) Sig Sauer P516 and P556 Pistols; and (xxii) 1477 
Thompson TA5 Pistols; 1478 
(D) Any of the following semiautomatic shotguns, or copies or 1479 
duplicates thereof with the capability of any such shotguns, that were in 1480 
production prior to or on April 4, 2013: All IZHMASH Saiga 12 1481 
Shotguns; 1482 
(E) Any semiautomatic firearm regardless of whether such firearm is 1483 
listed in subparagraphs (A) to (D), inclusive, of this subdivision, and 1484  Governor's Bill No.  6667 
 
 
 
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regardless of the date such firearm was produced, that meets the 1485 
following criteria: 1486 
(i) A semiautomatic, centerfire rifle that has an ability to accept a 1487 
detachable magazine and has at least one of the following: 1488 
(I) A folding or telescoping stock; 1489 
(II) Any grip of the weapon, including a pistol grip, a thumbhole 1490 
stock, or any other stock, the use of which would allow an individual to 1491 
grip the weapon, resulting in any finger on the trigger hand in addition 1492 
to the trigger finger being directly below any portion of the action of the 1493 
weapon when firing; 1494 
(III) A forward pistol grip; 1495 
(IV) A flash suppressor; or  1496 
(V) A grenade launcher or flare launcher; or 1497 
(ii) A semiautomatic, centerfire rifle that has a fixed magazine with 1498 
the ability to accept more than ten rounds; or 1499 
(iii) A semiautomatic, centerfire rifle that has an overall length of less 1500 
than thirty inches; or 1501 
(iv) A semiautomatic pistol that has an ability to accept a detachable 1502 
magazine and has at least one of the following: 1503 
(I) An ability to accept a detachable ammunition magazine that 1504 
attaches at some location outside of the pistol grip; 1505 
(II) A threaded barrel capable of accepting a flash suppressor, 1506 
forward pistol grip or silencer; 1507 
(III) A shroud that is attached to, or partially or completely encircles, 1508 
the barrel and that permits the shooter to fire the firearm without being 1509 
burned, except a slide that encloses the barrel; or 1510  Governor's Bill No.  6667 
 
 
 
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(IV) A second hand grip; or 1511 
(v) A semiautomatic pistol with a fixed magazine that has the ability 1512 
to accept more than ten rounds; or 1513 
(vi) A semiautomatic shotgun that has both of the following: 1514 
(I) A folding or telescoping stock; and 1515 
(II) Any grip of the weapon, including a pistol grip, a thumbhole 1516 
stock, or any other stock, the use of which would allow an individual to 1517 
grip the weapon, resulting in any finger on the trigger hand in addition 1518 
to the trigger finger being directly below any portion of the action of the 1519 
weapon when firing; or 1520 
(vii) A semiautomatic shotgun that has the ability to accept a 1521 
detachable magazine; or 1522 
(viii) A shotgun with a revolving cylinder; or 1523 
(ix) Any semiautomatic firearm that meets the criteria set forth in 1524 
subdivision (3) or (4) of subsection (a) of section 53-202a of the general 1525 
statutes, revision of 1958, revised to January 1, 2013; or  1526 
(F) A part or combination of parts designed or intended to convert a 1527 
firearm into an assault weapon, as defined in any provision of 1528 
subparagraphs (B) to (E), inclusive, of this subdivision, or any 1529 
combination of parts from which an assault weapon, as defined in any 1530 
provision of subparagraphs (B) to (E), inclusive, of this subdivision, may 1531 
be assembled if those parts are in the possession or under the control of 1532 
the same person; 1533 
(G) Any semiautomatic firearm regardless of whether such firearm is 1534 
listed in subparagraphs (A) to (D), inclusive, of this subdivision, and 1535 
regardless of the date such firearm was produced, that meets the 1536 
following criteria: 1537 
(i) A semiautomatic firearm, other than a pistol, revolver, rifle or 1538  Governor's Bill No.  6667 
 
 
 
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shotgun, that has at least one of the following: 1539 
(I) Any grip of the weapon, including a pistol grip, a thumbhole stock 1540 
or any other stock, the use of which would allow an individual to grip 1541 
the weapon, resulting in any finger on the trigger hand in addition to 1542 
the trigger finger being directly below any portion of the action of the 1543 
weapon when firing; 1544 
(II) An ability to accept a detachable ammunition magazine that 1545 
attaches at some location outside of the pistol grip; 1546 
(III) A fixed magazine with the ability to accept more than ten rounds; 1547 
(IV) A flash suppressor or silencer, or a threaded barrel capable of 1548 
accepting a flash suppressor or silencer; 1549 
(V) A shroud that is attached to, or partially or completely encircles, 1550 
the barrel and that permits the shooter to fire the firearm without being 1551 
burned, except a slide that encloses the barrel; 1552 
(VI) A second hand grip; or 1553 
(VII) An arm brace or other stabilizing brace that could allow such 1554 
firearm to be fired from the shoulder, with or without a strap designed 1555 
to attach to an individual's arm; 1556 
(ii) A semiautomatic, rimfire rifle that has an ability to accept a 1557 
detachable magazine and has at least one of the following: 1558 
(I) A folding or telescoping stock; 1559 
(II) Any grip of the weapon, including a pistol grip, a thumbhole 1560 
stock, or any other stock, the use of which would allow an individual to 1561 
grip the weapon, resulting in any finger on the trigger hand in addition 1562 
to the trigger finger being directly below any portion of the action of the 1563 
weapon when firing; 1564 
(III) A forward pistol grip; 1565  Governor's Bill No.  6667 
 
 
 
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(IV) A flash suppressor; or 1566 
(V) A grenade launcher or flare launcher; 1567 
(H) Any semiautomatic firearm that meets the criteria set forth in 1568 
subdivision (3) or (4) of subsection (a) of section 53-202a of the general 1569 
statutes, revision of 1958, revised to January 1, 2013, that was legally 1570 
manufactured prior to September 13, 1994; or 1571 
(I) A part or combination of parts designed or intended to convert a 1572 
firearm into an assault weapon, as defined in any provision of 1573 
subparagraph (G) or (H) of this subdivision, or any combination of parts 1574 
from which an assault weapon, as defined in any provision of 1575 
subparagraph (G) or (H) of this subdivision, may be assembled if those 1576 
parts are in the possession or under the control of the same person; 1577 
(2) "Assault weapon" does not include (A) any firearm modified to 1578 
render it permanently inoperable, or (B) a part or any combination of 1579 
parts of an assault weapon, that are not assembled as an assault weapon, 1580 
when in the possession of a licensed gun dealer, as defined in subsection 1581 
(f) of section 53-202f, as amended by this act, or a gunsmith who is in 1582 
the licensed gun dealer's employ, for the purposes of servicing or 1583 
repairing lawfully possessed assault weapons under sections 53-202a to 1584 
53-202k, inclusive, as amended by this act; 1585 
(3) "Action of the weapon" means the part of the firearm that loads, 1586 
fires and ejects a cartridge, which part includes, but is not limited to, the 1587 
upper and lower receiver, charging handle, forward assist, magazine 1588 
release and shell deflector; 1589 
(4) "Detachable magazine" means an ammunition feeding device that 1590 
can be removed without disassembling the firearm action; 1591 
(5) "Firearm" means a firearm, as defined in section 53a-3; 1592 
(6) "Forward pistol grip" means any feature capable of functioning as 1593 
a grip that can be held by the nontrigger hand; 1594  Governor's Bill No.  6667 
 
 
 
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(7) "Lawfully possesses" means [,] (A) with respect to an assault 1595 
weapon described in any provision of subparagraphs (B) to (F), 1596 
inclusive, of [this] subdivision (1) of this section, [(A)] (i) actual 1597 
possession that is lawful under sections 53-202b to 53-202k, [(B)] (ii) 1598 
constructive possession pursuant to a lawful purchase transacted prior 1599 
to or on April 4, 2013, regardless of whether the assault weapon was 1600 
delivered to the purchaser prior to or on April 4, 2013, which lawful 1601 
purchase is evidenced by a writing sufficient to indicate that [(i)] (I) a 1602 
contract for sale was made between the parties prior to or on April 4, 1603 
2013, for the purchase of the assault weapon, or [(ii)] (II) full or partial 1604 
payment for the assault weapon was made by the purchaser to the seller 1605 
of the assault weapon prior to or on April 4, 2013, or [(C)] (iii) actual 1606 
possession under subparagraph (A)(i) of this subdivision, or 1607 
constructive possession under subparagraph [(B)] (A)(ii) of this 1608 
subdivision, as evidenced by a written statement made under penalty 1609 
of false statement on such form as the Commissioner of Emergency 1610 
Services and Public Protection prescribes or; 1611 
(B) With respect to a 2023 assault weapon, (i) actual possession that 1612 
is lawful under sections 53-202b to 53-202k, inclusive, (ii) constructive 1613 
possession pursuant to a lawful purchase transacted prior to the 1614 
effective date of this section, regardless of whether the assault weapon 1615 
was delivered to the purchaser prior to the effective date of this section, 1616 
which lawful purchase is evidenced by a writing sufficient to indicate 1617 
that (I) a contract for sale was made between the parties prior to the 1618 
effective date of this section, for the purchase of the assault weapon, or 1619 
(II) full or partial payment for the assault weapon was made by the 1620 
purchaser to the seller of the assault weapon prior to the effective date 1621 
of this section, or (iii) actual possession under subparagraph (B)(i) of this 1622 
subdivision, or constructive possession under subparagraph (B)(ii) of 1623 
this subdivision, as evidenced by a written statement made under 1624 
penalty of false statement on such form as the Commissioner of 1625 
Emergency Services and Public Protection prescribes; 1626 
(8) "Pistol grip" means a grip or similar feature that can function as a 1627 
grip for the trigger hand; [and] 1628  Governor's Bill No.  6667 
 
 
 
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(9) "Second hand grip" means a grip or similar feature that can 1629 
function as a grip that is additional to the trigger hand grip; and 1630 
(10) "2023 assault weapon" means an assault weapon described in any 1631 
provision of subparagraphs (G) to (I), inclusive, of subdivision (1) of this 1632 
section. 1633 
Sec. 26. Section 53-202c of the general statutes is repealed and the 1634 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 1635 
(a) Except as provided in section 53-202e, any person who, within this 1636 
state, possesses an assault weapon, except as provided in sections 53-1637 
202a to 53-202k, inclusive, as amended by this act, and 53-202o, shall be 1638 
guilty of a class D felony and shall be sentenced to a term of 1639 
imprisonment of which one year may not be suspended or reduced by 1640 
the court, except that a first-time violation of this subsection shall be a 1641 
class A misdemeanor if (1) the person presents proof that such person 1642 
lawfully possessed the assault weapon (A) prior to October 1, 1993, with 1643 
respect to an assault weapon described in subparagraph (A) of 1644 
subdivision (1) of section 53-202a, as amended by this act, or (B) on April 1645 
4, 2013, under the provisions of sections 53-202a to 53-202k, inclusive, as 1646 
amended by this act, in effect on January 1, 2013, with respect to an 1647 
assault weapon described in any provision of subparagraphs (B) to (F), 1648 
inclusive, of subdivision (1) of section 53-202a, as amended by this act, 1649 
and (2) the person has otherwise possessed the assault weapon in 1650 
compliance with subsection (f) of section 53-202d. 1651 
(b) The provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to 1652 
the possession of assault weapons by: (1) The Department of Emergency 1653 
Services and Public Protection, police departments, the Department of 1654 
Correction, the Division of Criminal Justice, the Department of Motor 1655 
Vehicles, the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection or 1656 
the military or naval forces of this state or of the United States, (2) a 1657 
sworn and duly certified member of an organized police department, 1658 
the Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency 1659 
Services and Public Protection or the Department of Correction, a chief 1660  Governor's Bill No.  6667 
 
 
 
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inspector or inspector in the Division of Criminal Justice, a salaried 1661 
inspector of motor vehicles designated by the Commissioner of Motor 1662 
Vehicles, a conservation officer or special conservation officer appointed 1663 
by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection pursuant 1664 
to section 26-5, or a constable who is certified by the Police Officer 1665 
Standards and Training Council and appointed by the chief executive 1666 
authority of a town, city or borough to perform criminal law 1667 
enforcement duties, for use by such sworn member, inspector, officer or 1668 
constable in the discharge of such sworn member's, inspector's, officer's 1669 
or constable's official duties or when off duty, (3) a member of the 1670 
military or naval forces of this state or of the United States, or (4) a 1671 
nuclear facility licensed by the United States Nuclear Regulatory 1672 
Commission for the purpose of providing security services at such 1673 
facility, or any contractor or subcontractor of such facility for the 1674 
purpose of providing security services at such facility. 1675 
(c) The provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to 1676 
the possession of an assault weapon described in subparagraph (A) of 1677 
subdivision (1) of section 53-202a, as amended by this act, by any person 1678 
prior to July 1, 1994, if all of the following are applicable: 1679 
(1) The person is eligible under sections 53-202a to 53-202k, inclusive, 1680 
as amended by this act, to apply for a certificate of possession for the 1681 
assault weapon by July 1, 1994; 1682 
(2) The person lawfully possessed the assault weapon prior to 1683 
October 1, 1993; and 1684 
(3) The person is otherwise in compliance with sections 53-202a to 53-1685 
202k, inclusive, as amended by this act. 1686 
(d) The provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to 1687 
the possession of an assault weapon described in any provision of 1688 
subparagraphs (B) to (F), inclusive, of subdivision (1) of section 53-202a, 1689 
as amended by this act, by any person prior to April 5, 2013, if all of the 1690 
following are applicable: 1691  Governor's Bill No.  6667 
 
 
 
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(1) The person is eligible under sections 53-202a to 53-202k, inclusive, 1692 
as amended by this act, to apply for a certificate of possession for the 1693 
assault weapon by January 1, 2014; 1694 
(2) The person lawfully possessed the assault weapon on April 4, 1695 
2013, under the provisions of sections 53-202a to 53-202k, inclusive, as 1696 
amended by this act, in effect on January 1, 2013; and 1697 
(3) The person is otherwise in compliance with sections 53-202a to 53-1698 
202k, inclusive, as amended by this act. 1699 
(e) The provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to 1700 
the possession of a 2023 assault weapon by any person prior to January 1701 
1, 2024, if all of the following are applicable: 1702 
(1) The person is eligible under sections 53-202a to 53-202k, inclusive, 1703 
as amended by this act, to apply for a certificate of possession for the 1704 
assault weapon by January 1, 2023; 1705 
(2) The person lawfully possessed the assault weapon on the date 1706 
immediately preceding the effective date of this section, under the 1707 
provisions of sections 53-202a to 53-202k, inclusive, as amended by this 1708 
act, and section 53-202m, in effect on January 1, 2023; and 1709 
(3) The person is otherwise in compliance with sections 53-202a to 53-1710 
202k, inclusive, as amended by this act. 1711 
[(e)] (f) The provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall not apply 1712 
to a person who is the executor or administrator of an estate that 1713 
includes an assault weapon, or the trustee of a trust that includes an 1714 
assault weapon, for which a certificate of possession has been issued 1715 
under section 53-202d, as amended by this act, if the assault weapon is 1716 
possessed at a place set forth in subdivision (1) of subsection (f) of 1717 
section 53-202d or as authorized by the Probate Court. 1718 
[(f)] (g) The provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall not apply 1719 
to the possession of a semiautomatic pistol that is defined as an assault 1720 
weapon in any provision of subparagraphs (B) to (F), inclusive, of 1721  Governor's Bill No.  6667 
 
 
 
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subdivision (1) of section 53-202a, as amended by this act, that the 1722 
Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection designates 1723 
as being designed expressly for use in target shooting events at the 1724 
Olympic games sponsored by the International Olympic Committee 1725 
pursuant to regulations adopted under subdivision (4) of subsection (b) 1726 
of section 53-202b that is (1) possessed and transported in accordance 1727 
with subsection (f) of section 53-202d, or (2) possessed at or transported 1728 
to or from a collegiate, Olympic or target pistol shooting competition in 1729 
this state which is sponsored by, conducted under the auspices of, or 1730 
approved by a law enforcement agency or a nationally or state 1731 
recognized entity that fosters proficiency in, or promotes education 1732 
about, firearms, provided such pistol is transported in the manner 1733 
prescribed in subsection (a) of section 53-202f. 1734 
Sec. 27. Subsections (a) and (b) of section 53-202d of the general 1735 
statutes are repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof 1736 
(Effective July 1, 2023): 1737 
(a) (1) (A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B) of this subdivision, 1738 
any person who lawfully possesses an assault weapon, as defined in 1739 
subparagraph (A) of subdivision (1) of section 53-202a, as amended by 1740 
this act, prior to October 1, 1993, shall apply by October 1, 1994, or, if 1741 
such person is a member of the military or naval forces of this state or of 1742 
the United States and is unable to apply by October 1, 1994, because such 1743 
member is or was on official duty outside of this state, shall apply within 1744 
ninety days of returning to the state to the Department of Emergency 1745 
Services and Public Protection, for a certificate of possession with 1746 
respect to such assault weapon. 1747 
(B) No person who lawfully possesses an assault weapon pursuant to 1748 
subdivision (1), (2) or (4) of subsection (b) of section 53-202c, as amended 1749 
by this act, shall be required to obtain a certificate of possession 1750 
pursuant to this subdivision with respect to an assault weapon used for 1751 
official duties, except that any person described in subdivision (2) of 1752 
subsection (b) of section 53-202c, as amended by this act, who purchases 1753 
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section 53-202a, as amended by this act, for use in the discharge of 1755 
official duties who retires or is otherwise separated from service shall 1756 
apply within ninety days of such retirement or separation from service 1757 
to the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection for a 1758 
certificate of possession with respect to such assault weapon. 1759 
(2) (A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B) of this subdivision, 1760 
any person who lawfully possesses an assault weapon, as defined in any 1761 
provision of subparagraphs (B) to (F), inclusive, of subdivision (1) of 1762 
section 53-202a, as amended by this act, on April 4, 2013, under the 1763 
provisions of sections 53-202a to 53-202k, inclusive, as amended by this 1764 
act, in effect on January 1, 2013, or any person who regains possession 1765 
of an assault weapon as defined in any provision of said subparagraphs 1766 
pursuant to subsection (e) of section 53-202f, or any person who lawfully 1767 
purchases a firearm on or after April 4, 2013, but prior to June 18, 2013, 1768 
that meets the criteria set forth in subdivision (3) or (4) of subsection (a) 1769 
of section 53-202a of the general statutes, revision of 1958, revised to 1770 
January 1, 2013, shall apply by January 1, 2014, or, if such person is a 1771 
member of the military or naval forces of this state or of the United 1772 
States and is unable to apply by January 1, 2014, because such member 1773 
is or was on official duty outside of this state, shall apply within ninety 1774 
days of returning to the state to the Department of Emergency Services 1775 
and Public Protection for a certificate of possession with respect to such 1776 
assault weapon. Any person who lawfully purchases a semiautomatic 1777 
pistol that is defined as an assault weapon in any provision of 1778 
subparagraphs (B) to (F), inclusive, of subdivision (1) of section 53-202a, 1779 
as amended by this act, that the Commissioner of Emergency Services 1780 
and Public Protection designates as being designed expressly for use in 1781 
target shooting events at the Olympic games sponsored by the 1782 
International Olympic Committee pursuant to regulations adopted 1783 
under subdivision (4) of subsection (b) of section 53-202b shall apply 1784 
within ninety days of such purchase to the Department of Emergency 1785 
Services and Public Protection for a certificate of possession with respect 1786 
to such assault weapon. 1787 
(B) No person who lawfully possesses an assault weapon pursuant to 1788  Governor's Bill No.  6667 
 
 
 
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subdivision (1), (2) or (4) of subsection (b) of section 53-202c, as amended 1789 
by this act, shall be required to obtain a certificate of possession 1790 
pursuant to this subdivision with respect to an assault weapon used for 1791 
official duties, except that any person described in subdivision (2) of 1792 
subsection (b) of section 53-202c, as amended by this act, who purchases 1793 
an assault weapon, as defined in any provision of subparagraphs (B) to 1794 
(F), inclusive, of subdivision (1) of section 53-202a, as amended by this 1795 
act, for use in the discharge of official duties who retires or is otherwise 1796 
separated from service shall apply within ninety days of such retirement 1797 
or separation from service to the Department of Emergency Services and 1798 
Public Protection for a certificate of possession with respect to such 1799 
assault weapon. 1800 
(3) Any person who obtained a certificate of possession for an assault 1801 
weapon, as defined in subparagraph (A) of subdivision (1) of section 53-1802 
202a, as amended by this act, prior to April 5, 2013, that is defined as an 1803 
assault weapon pursuant to any provision of subparagraphs (B) to (F), 1804 
inclusive, of subdivision (1) of section 53-202a, as amended by this act, 1805 
shall be deemed to have obtained a certificate of possession for such 1806 
assault weapon for the purposes of sections 53-202a to 53-202k, 1807 
inclusive, as amended by this act, and shall not be required to obtain a 1808 
subsequent certificate of possession for such assault weapon. 1809 
(4) (A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B) of this subdivision, 1810 
any person who lawfully possesses a 2023 assault weapon on the date 1811 
immediately preceding the effective date of this section, under the 1812 
provisions of sections 53-202a to 53-202k, inclusive, as amended by this 1813 
act, in effect on January 1, 2023, or any person who regains possession 1814 
of a 2023 assault weapon pursuant to subdivision (2) of subsection (e) of 1815 
section 53-202f, as amended by this act, shall apply by January 1, 2024, 1816 
or, if such person is a member of the military or naval forces of this state 1817 
or of the United States and is unable to apply by January 1, 2024, because 1818 
such member is or was on official duty outside of this state, shall apply 1819 
within ninety days of returning to the state to the Department of 1820 
Emergency Services and Public Protection for a certificate of possession 1821 
with respect to such assault weapon. 1822  Governor's Bill No.  6667 
 
 
 
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(B) No person who lawfully possesses an assault weapon pursuant to 1823 
subdivision (1), (2) or (4) of subsection (b) of section 53-202c, as amended 1824 
by this act, shall be required to obtain a certificate of possession 1825 
pursuant to this subdivision with respect to an assault weapon used for 1826 
official duties, except that any person described in subdivision (2) of 1827 
subsection (b) of section 53-202c, as amended by this act, who purchases 1828 
a 2023 assault weapon for use in the discharge of official duties who 1829 
retires or is otherwise separated from service shall apply within ninety 1830 
days of such retirement or separation from service to the Department of 1831 
Emergency Services and Public Protection for a certificate of possession 1832 
with respect to such assault weapon. 1833 
(5) Any person who obtained a certificate of possession for an assault 1834 
weapon, as defined in any provision of subparagraphs (A) to (F), 1835 
inclusive, of subdivision (1) of section 53-202a, as amended by this act, 1836 
prior to the effective date of this section, that is a 2023 assault weapon 1837 
shall be deemed to have obtained a certificate of possession for such 1838 
assault weapon for the purposes of sections 53-202a to 53-202k, 1839 
inclusive, as amended by this act, and shall not be required to obtain a 1840 
subsequent certificate of possession for such assault weapon. 1841 
[(4)] (6) The certificate of possession shall contain a description of the 1842 
firearm that identifies it uniquely, including all identification marks, the 1843 
full name, address, date of birth and thumbprint of the owner, and any 1844 
other information as the department may deem appropriate. 1845 
[(5)] (7) The department shall adopt regulations, in accordance with 1846 
the provisions of chapter 54, to establish procedures with respect to the 1847 
application for and issuance of certificates of possession pursuant to this 1848 
section. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 1-210 and 1-211, the 1849 
name and address of a person issued a certificate of possession shall be 1850 
confidential and shall not be disclosed, except such records may be 1851 
disclosed to (A) law enforcement agencies and employees of the United 1852 
States Probation Office acting in the performance of their duties and 1853 
parole officers within the Department of Correction acting in the 1854 
performance of their duties, and (B) the Commissioner of Mental Health 1855  Governor's Bill No.  6667 
 
 
 
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and Addiction Services to carry out the provisions of subsection (c) of 1856 
section 17a-500. 1857 
(b) (1) No assault weapon, as defined in subparagraph (A) of 1858 
subdivision (1) of section 53-202a, as amended by this act, possessed 1859 
pursuant to a certificate of possession issued under this section may be 1860 
sold or transferred on or after January 1, 1994, to any person within this 1861 
state other than to a licensed gun dealer, as defined in subsection (f) of 1862 
section 53-202f, as amended by this act, or as provided in section 53-1863 
202e, or by bequest or intestate succession, or, upon the death of a 1864 
testator or settlor: (A) To a trust, or (B) from a trust to a beneficiary who 1865 
is eligible to possess the assault weapon. 1866 
(2) No assault weapon, as defined in any provision of subparagraphs 1867 
(B) to (F), inclusive, of subdivision (1) of section 53-202a, as amended by 1868 
this act, possessed pursuant to a certificate of possession issued under 1869 
this section may be sold or transferred on or after April 5, 2013, to any 1870 
person within this state other than to a licensed gun dealer, as defined 1871 
in subsection (f) of section 53-202f, as amended by this act, or as 1872 
provided in section 53-202e, or by bequest or intestate succession, or, 1873 
upon the death of a testator or settlor: (A) To a trust, or (B) from a trust 1874 
to a beneficiary who is eligible to possess the assault weapon. 1875 
(3) No 2023 assault weapon possessed pursuant to a certificate of 1876 
possession issued under this section may be sold or transferred on or 1877 
after January 1, 2023, to any person within this state other than to a 1878 
licensed gun dealer, as defined in subsection (f) of section 53-202f, as 1879 
amended by this act, or as provided in section 53-202e, or by bequest or 1880 
intestate succession, or, upon the death of a testator or settlor: (A) To a 1881 
trust, or (B) from a trust to a beneficiary who is eligible to possess the 1882 
assault weapon. 1883 
Sec. 28. Subsection (b) of section 29-36n of the general statutes is 1884 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 1885 
2024): 1886 
(b) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, 1887  Governor's Bill No.  6667 
 
 
 
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in conjunction with the Chief State's Attorney and the Connecticut 1888 
Police Chiefs Association, shall update the protocol developed pursuant 1889 
to subsection (a) of this section to reflect the provisions of sections 29-1890 
7h, 29-28, as amended by this act, 29-28a, 29-29, 29-30, 29-32 and 29-35, 1891 
as amended by this act, subsections (b) and (h) of section 46b-15, 1892 
subsections (c) and (d) of section 46b-38c and sections 53-202a, as 1893 
amended by this act, 53-202l [, 53-202m] and 53a-217, as amended by 1894 
this act, and shall include in such protocol specific instructions for the 1895 
transfer, delivery or surrender of pistols and revolvers and other 1896 
firearms and ammunition when the assistance of more than one law 1897 
enforcement agency is necessary to effect the requirements of section 29-1898 
36k. 1899 
Sec. 29. Subsection (c) of section 53-202w of the general statutes is 1900 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1901 
1, 2023): 1902 
(c) Except as provided in this section and section 53-202x, as amended 1903 
by this act, any person who possesses a large capacity magazine shall be 1904 
guilty of a class D felony. [: (1) Any person who possesses a large 1905 
capacity magazine on or after January 1, 2014, that was obtained prior 1906 
to April 5, 2013, shall commit an infraction and be fined not more than 1907 
ninety dollars for a first offense and shall be guilty of a class D felony 1908 
for any subsequent offense, and (2) any person who possesses a large 1909 
capacity magazine on or after January 1, 2014, that was obtained on or 1910 
after April 5, 2013, shall be guilty of a class D felony.] 1911 
Sec. 30. Subsections (a) and (b) of section 29-37p of the general 1912 
statutes are repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof 1913 
(Effective October 1, 2023): 1914 
(a) Any person who is [eighteen] twenty-one years of age or older 1915 
may apply to the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public 1916 
Protection for a long gun eligibility certificate. 1917 
(b) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection 1918 
shall issue a long gun eligibility certificate unless said commissioner 1919  Governor's Bill No.  6667 
 
 
 
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finds that the applicant: (1) [Has] (A) For any application filed prior to 1920 
July 1, 2024, has failed to successfully complete a course approved by 1921 
the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection in the 1922 
safety and use of firearms including, but not limited to, a safety or 1923 
training course in the use of firearms available to the public offered by 1924 
a law enforcement agency, a private or public educational institution or 1925 
a firearms training school, utilizing instructors certified by the National 1926 
Rifle Association or the Department of Energy and Environmental 1927 
Protection and a safety or training course in the use of firearms 1928 
conducted by an instructor certified by the state or the National Rifle 1929 
Association, or (B) for any application filed on or after July 1, 2024, has 1930 
failed to successfully complete, not later than one year following the 1931 
submission of such application, a course approved by the Commissioner 1932 
of Emergency Services and Public Protection in the safety and use of 1933 
firearms conducted by an instructor certified by the National Rifle 1934 
Association or by the state, provided any such course includes at least 1935 
four hours of classroom training, including at least two hours of 1936 
instruction on state laws on ownership and use of firearms, and two 1937 
hours of live-fire training including training on pistols and revolvers; (2) 1938 
has been convicted of (A) a felony, (B) a misdemeanor violation of 1939 
section 21a-279 on or after October 1, 2015, [or] (C) a misdemeanor 1940 
violation of section 53a-58, 53a-61, 53a-61a, 53a-62, 53a-63, 53a-96, 53a-1941 
175, 53a-176, 53a-178 or 53a-181d during the preceding twenty years, or 1942 
(D) a misdemeanor violation of any law of this state that constitutes a 1943 
family violence crime, as defined in section 46b-38a, and such violation 1944 
is recorded as a family violence crime in databases maintained by the 1945 
state; (3) has been convicted as delinquent for the commission of a 1946 
serious juvenile offense, as defined in section 46b-120; (4) has been 1947 
discharged from custody within the preceding twenty years after 1948 
having been found not guilty of a crime by reason of mental disease or 1949 
defect pursuant to section 53a-13; (5) has been confined in a hospital for 1950 
persons with psychiatric disabilities, as defined in section 17a-495, 1951 
within the preceding sixty months by order of a probate court; (6) has 1952 
been voluntarily admitted to a hospital for persons with psychiatric 1953 
disabilities, as defined in section 17a-495, within the preceding six 1954  Governor's Bill No.  6667 
 
 
 
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months for care and treatment of a psychiatric disability and not solely 1955 
for being an alcohol-dependent person or a drug-dependent person as 1956 
those terms are defined in section 17a-680; (7) is subject to a restraining 1957 
or protective order issued by a court in a case involving the use, 1958 
attempted use or threatened use of physical force against another 1959 
person, including an ex parte order issued pursuant to section 46b-15 or 1960 
46b-16a; (8) is subject to a firearms seizure order issued prior to June 1, 1961 
2022, pursuant to section 29-38c after notice and hearing, or a risk 1962 
protection order or risk protection investigation order issued on or after 1963 
June 1, 2022, pursuant to section 29-38c; (9) is prohibited from shipping, 1964 
transporting, possessing or receiving a firearm pursuant to [18 USC 1965 
922(g)(4)] 18 USC 922(g)(2), (g)(4) or (g)(9); or (10) is an alien illegally or 1966 
unlawfully in the United States. 1967 
Sec. 31. Subsection (a) of section 29-38n of the general statutes is 1968 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1969 
1, 2023): 1970 
(a) Any person who is [eighteen] twenty-one years of age or older 1971 
may request the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public 1972 
Protection to (1) conduct a state criminal history records check of such 1973 
person, in accordance with the provisions of section 29-17a, using such 1974 
person's name and date of birth only, and (2) issue an ammunition 1975 
certificate to such person in accordance with the provisions of this 1976 
section. 1977 
Sec. 32. Subsection (b) of section 29-28 of the general statutes is 1978 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1979 
1, 2023):  1980 
(b) Upon the application of any person having a bona fide permanent 1981 
residence within the jurisdiction of any such authority, such chief of 1982 
police or, where there is no chief of police, such chief executive officer 1983 
or designated resident state trooper or state police officer, as applicable, 1984 
may issue a temporary state permit to such person to carry a pistol or 1985 
revolver within the state, provided such authority shall find that such 1986  Governor's Bill No.  6667 
 
 
 
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applicant intends to make no use of any pistol or revolver which such 1987 
applicant may be permitted to carry under such permit other than a 1988 
lawful use and that such person is a suitable person to receive such 1989 
permit. If the applicant has a bona fide permanent residence within the 1990 
jurisdiction of any federally recognized Native American tribe within 1991 
the borders of the state, and such tribe has a law enforcement unit, as 1992 
defined in section 7-294a, the chief of police of such law enforcement 1993 
unit may issue a temporary state permit to such person pursuant to the 1994 
provisions of this subsection, and any chief of police of any other law 1995 
enforcement unit having jurisdiction over an area containing such 1996 
person's bona fide permanent residence shall not issue such temporary 1997 
state permit if such tribal law enforcement unit accepts applications for 1998 
temporary state permits. No state or temporary state permit to carry a 1999 
pistol or revolver shall be issued under this subsection if the applicant: 2000 
(1) (A) For any application filed prior to July 1, 2024, has failed to 2001 
successfully complete a course approved by the Commissioner of 2002 
Emergency Services and Public Protection in the safety and use of 2003 
pistols and revolvers including, but not limited to, a safety or training 2004 
course in the use of pistols and revolvers available to the public offered 2005 
by a law enforcement agency, a private or public educational institution 2006 
or a firearms training school, utilizing instructors certified by the 2007 
National Rifle Association or the Department of Energy and 2008 
Environmental Protection and a safety or training course in the use of 2009 
pistols or revolvers conducted by an instructor certified by the state or 2010 
the National Rifle Association, and (B) for any application filed on or 2011 
after July 1, 2024, has failed to successfully complete, not later than one 2012 
year following the submission of such application, a course approved 2013 
by the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection in 2014 
the safety and use of firearms conducted by an instructor certified by 2015 
the National Rifle Association or by the state, provided any such course 2016 
includes at least four hours of classroom training, including at least two 2017 
hours of instruction on state laws on ownership and use of firearms, and 2018 
two hours of live-fire training including training on pistols and 2019 
revolvers. Any person wishing to provide such course, may apply in the 2020 
form and manner prescribed by the commissioner. The commissioner 2021  Governor's Bill No.  6667 
 
 
 
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shall approve or deny any application for provision of such a course not 2022 
later than July 1, 2024, in the case of an application submitted before 2023 
October 1, 2023; (2) has been convicted of (A) a felony, [or] (B) a 2024 
misdemeanor violation of section 21a-279 on or after October 1, 2015, 2025 
[or] (C) a misdemeanor violation of section 53a-58, 53a-61, 53a-61a, 53a-2026 
62, 53a-63, 53a-96, 53a-175, 53a-176, 53a-178 or 53a-181d during the 2027 
preceding twenty years, a misdemeanor violation of any law of this state 2028 
that constitutes a family violence crime, as defined in section 46b-38a, 2029 
and such violation is recorded as a family violence crime in databases 2030 
maintained by the state; (3) has been convicted as delinquent for the 2031 
commission of a serious juvenile offense, as defined in section 46b-120; 2032 
[,] (4) has been discharged from custody within the preceding twenty 2033 
years after having been found not guilty of a crime by reason of mental 2034 
disease or defect pursuant to section 53a-13; [,] (5) (A) has been confined 2035 
in a hospital for persons with psychiatric disabilities, as defined in 2036 
section 17a-495, within the preceding sixty months by order of a probate 2037 
court, or (B) has been voluntarily admitted on or after October 1, 2013, 2038 
to a hospital for persons with psychiatric disabilities, as defined in 2039 
section 17a-495, within the preceding six months for care and treatment 2040 
of a psychiatric disability and not solely for being an alcohol-dependent 2041 
person or a drug-dependent person, as those terms are defined in 2042 
section 17a-680; [,] (6) is subject to a restraining or protective order 2043 
issued by a court in a case involving the use, attempted use or 2044 
threatened use of physical force against another person, including an ex 2045 
parte order issued pursuant to section 46b-15 or 46b-16a; [,] (7) is subject 2046 
to a firearms seizure order issued prior to June 1, 2022, pursuant to 2047 
section 29-38c after notice and hearing, or a risk protection order or risk 2048 
protection investigation order issued on or after June 1, 2022, pursuant 2049 
to section 29-38c; [,] (8) is prohibited from shipping, transporting, 2050 
possessing or receiving a firearm pursuant to [18 USC 922(g)(4)] 18 USC 2051 
922(g)(2), (g)(4) or (g)(9); [,] (9) is an alien illegally or unlawfully in the 2052 
United States; [,] or (10) is less than twenty-one years of age. Nothing in 2053 
this section shall require any person who holds a valid permit to carry a 2054 
pistol or revolver on [October 1, 1994] July 1, 2024, to participate in any 2055 
additional training in the safety and use of pistols and revolvers. No 2056  Governor's Bill No.  6667 
 
 
 
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person may apply for a temporary state permit to carry a pistol or 2057 
revolver more than once within any twelve-month period, and no 2058 
temporary state permit to carry a pistol or revolver shall be issued to 2059 
any person who has applied for such permit more than once within the 2060 
preceding twelve months. Any person who applies for a temporary state 2061 
permit to carry a pistol or revolver shall indicate in writing on the 2062 
application, under penalty of false statement in such manner as the 2063 
issuing authority prescribes, that such person has not applied for a 2064 
temporary state permit to carry a pistol or revolver within the past 2065 
twelve months. Upon issuance of a temporary state permit to carry a 2066 
pistol or revolver to the applicant, the local authority shall forward the 2067 
original application to the commissioner. Not later than sixty days after 2068 
receiving a temporary state permit, an applicant shall appear at a 2069 
location designated by the commissioner to receive the state permit. The 2070 
commissioner may then issue, to any holder of any temporary state 2071 
permit, a state permit to carry a pistol or revolver within the state. Upon 2072 
issuance of the state permit, the commissioner shall make available to 2073 
the permit holder a copy of the law regarding the permit holder's 2074 
responsibility to report the loss or theft of a firearm and the penalties 2075 
associated with the failure to comply with such law. Upon issuance of 2076 
the state permit, the commissioner shall forward a record of such permit 2077 
to the local authority issuing the temporary state permit. The 2078 
commissioner shall retain records of all applications, whether approved 2079 
or denied. The copy of the state permit delivered to the permittee shall 2080 
be laminated and shall contain a full-face photograph of such permittee. 2081 
A person holding a state permit issued pursuant to this subsection shall 2082 
notify the issuing authority within two business days of any change of 2083 
such person's address. The notification shall include the old address and 2084 
the new address of such person. 2085 
Sec. 33. (NEW) (Effective January 1, 2024) (a) Except as provided in 2086 
subsection (b) of this section, no person shall sell, deliver or otherwise 2087 
transfer any semiautomatic pistol or revolver manufactured after 2088 
January 1, 2024, unless such pistol or revolver (1) is equipped with a 2089 
loaded chamber indicator, and (2) if the pistol or revolver accepts a 2090  Governor's Bill No.  6667 
 
 
 
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detachable magazine, is equipped with a magazine disconnect lockout. 2091 
(b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to (1) a federal, state 2092 
or municipal law enforcement agency purchasing pistols or revolvers 2093 
for use by officers in the performance of their law enforcement duties, 2094 
(2) any firearm legally transferred under the provisions of section 29-2095 
36k of the general statutes, or (3) as otherwise provided in subsection (f) 2096 
or (g) of section 29-33 of the general statutes, as amended by this act. 2097 
(c) For purposes of this section, "loaded chamber indicator" means a 2098 
device that plainly indicates that a cartridge is in the firing chamber and 2099 
"magazine disconnect lockout" means a mechanism that prevents a 2100 
semiautomatic pistol that has a detachable magazine from operating to 2101 
strike the primer of ammunition in the firing chamber when a 2102 
detachable magazine is not inserted in the semiautomatic pistol. 2103 
Sec. 34. Subsection (b) of section 29-36f of the general statutes is 2104 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 2105 
1, 2023): 2106 
(b) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection 2107 
shall issue an eligibility certificate unless said commissioner finds that 2108 
the applicant: (1) [Has] (A) For any application filed prior to July 1, 2024, 2109 
has failed to successfully complete a course approved by the 2110 
Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection in the 2111 
safety and use of pistols and revolvers including, but not limited to, a 2112 
safety or training course in the use of pistols and revolvers available to 2113 
the public offered by a law enforcement agency, a private or public 2114 
educational institution or a firearms training school, utilizing instructors 2115 
certified by the National Rifle Association or the Department of Energy 2116 
and Environmental Protection and a safety or training course in the use 2117 
of pistols or revolvers conducted by an instructor certified by the state 2118 
or the National Rifle Association, or (B) for any application filed on or 2119 
after July 1, 2024, has failed to successfully complete, not later than one 2120 
year following the submission of such application, a course approved 2121 
by the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection in 2122  Governor's Bill No.  6667 
 
 
 
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the safety and use of firearms conducted by an instructor certified by 2123 
the National Rifle Association or by the state, provided any such course 2124 
includes at least four hours of classroom training, including at least two 2125 
hours of instruction on state laws on ownership and use of firearms, and 2126 
two hours of live-fire training including training on pistols and 2127 
revolvers; (2) has been convicted of (A) a felony, (B) a misdemeanor 2128 
violation of section 21a-279 on or after October 1, 2015, [or] (C) a 2129 
misdemeanor violation of section 53a-58, 53a-61, 53a-61a, 53a-62, 53a-63, 2130 
53a-96, 53a-175, 53a-176, 53a-178 or 53a-181d during the preceding 2131 
twenty years, or (D) a misdemeanor violation of any law of this state 2132 
that constitutes a family violence crime, as defined in section 46b-38a, 2133 
and such violation is recorded as a family violence crime in databases 2134 
maintained by the state; (3) has been convicted as delinquent for the 2135 
commission of a serious juvenile offense, as defined in section 46b-120 ; 2136 
(4) has been discharged from custody within the preceding twenty years 2137 
after having been found not guilty of a crime by reason of mental disease 2138 
or defect pursuant to section 53a-13; (5) (A) has been confined in a 2139 
hospital for persons with psychiatric disabilities, as defined in section 2140 
17a-495, within the preceding sixty months by order of a probate court; 2141 
or (B) has been voluntarily admitted on or after October 1, 2013, to a 2142 
hospital for persons with psychiatric disabilities, as defined in section 2143 
17a-495, within the preceding six months for care and treatment of a 2144 
psychiatric disability and not solely for being an alcohol-dependent 2145 
person or a drug-dependent person as those terms are defined in section 2146 
17a-680; (6) is subject to a restraining or protective order issued by a 2147 
court in a case involving the use, attempted use or threatened use of 2148 
physical force against another person, including an ex parte order 2149 
issued pursuant to section 46b-15 or section 46b-16a; (7) is subject to a 2150 
firearms seizure order issued prior to June 1, 2022, pursuant to section 2151 
29-38c after notice and hearing, or a risk protection order or risk 2152 
protection investigation order issued on or after June 1, 2022, pursuant 2153 
to section 29-38c; (8) is prohibited from shipping, transporting, 2154 
possessing or receiving a firearm pursuant to [18 USC 922(g)(4)] 18 USC 2155 
922(g)(2), (g)(4) or (g)(9); or (9) is an alien illegally or unlawfully in the 2156 
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Sec. 35. Section 53a-217 of the general statutes is repealed and the 2158 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2023): 2159 
(a) A person is guilty of criminal possession of a firearm, ammunition 2160 
or an electronic defense weapon when such person possesses a firearm, 2161 
ammunition or an electronic defense weapon and (1) has been convicted 2162 
of (A) a felony committed prior to, on or after October 1, 2013, (B) a 2163 
misdemeanor violation of section 21a-279 on or after October 1, 2015, 2164 
[or] (C) a misdemeanor violation of section 53a-58, 53a-61, 53a-61a, 53a-2165 
62, 53a-63, 53a-96, 53a-175, 53a-176, 53a-178 or 53a-181d committed on 2166 
or after October 1, 2013, and during the preceding twenty years, or (D) 2167 
a misdemeanor violation of any law of this state that constitutes a family 2168 
violence crime, as defined in section 46b-38a, committed on or after the 2169 
effective date of this section, (2) has been convicted as delinquent for the 2170 
commission of a serious juvenile offense, as defined in section 46b-120, 2171 
(3) has been discharged from custody within the preceding twenty years 2172 
after having been found not guilty of a crime by reason of mental disease 2173 
or defect pursuant to section 53a-13, (4) knows that such person is 2174 
subject to (A) a restraining or protective order of a court of this state that 2175 
has been issued against such person, after notice has been provided to 2176 
such person, in a case involving the use, attempted use or threatened 2177 
use of physical force against another person, or (B) a foreign order of 2178 
protection, as defined in section 46b-15a, that has been issued against 2179 
such person in a case involving the use, attempted use or threatened use 2180 
of physical force against another person, (5) (A) has been confined on or 2181 
after October 1, 2013, in a hospital for persons with psychiatric 2182 
disabilities, as defined in section 17a-495, within the preceding sixty 2183 
months by order of a probate court, or with respect to any person who 2184 
holds a valid permit or certificate that was issued or renewed under the 2185 
provisions of section 29-28, as amended by this act, or 29-36f, as 2186 
amended by this act, in effect prior to October 1, 2013, such person has 2187 
been confined in such hospital within the preceding twelve months, or 2188 
(B) has been voluntarily admitted on or after October 1, 2013, to a 2189 
hospital for persons with psychiatric disabilities, as defined in section 2190 
17a-495, within the preceding six months for care and treatment of a 2191  Governor's Bill No.  6667 
 
 
 
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psychiatric disability, unless the person (i) was voluntarily admitted 2192 
solely for being an alcohol-dependent person or a drug-dependent 2193 
person as those terms are defined in section 17a-680, or (ii) is a police 2194 
officer who was voluntarily admitted and had his or her firearm, 2195 
ammunition or electronic defense weapon used in the performance of 2196 
the police officer's official duties returned in accordance with section 7-2197 
291d, (6) knows that such person is subject to a firearms seizure order 2198 
issued prior to June 1, 2022, pursuant to section 29-38c after notice and 2199 
an opportunity to be heard has been provided to such person, or a risk 2200 
protection order or risk protection investigation order issued on or after 2201 
June 1, 2022, pursuant to section 29-38c, or (7) is prohibited from 2202 
shipping, transporting, possessing or receiving a firearm pursuant to [18 2203 
USC 922(g)(4)] 18 USC 922(g)(2), (g)(4) or (g)(9). For the purposes of this 2204 
section, "convicted" means having a judgment of conviction entered by 2205 
a court of competent jurisdiction, "ammunition" means a loaded 2206 
cartridge, consisting of a primed case, propellant or projectile, designed 2207 
for use in any firearm, and a motor vehicle violation for which a 2208 
sentence to a term of imprisonment of more than one year may be 2209 
imposed shall be deemed an unclassified felony. 2210 
(b) Criminal possession of a firearm, ammunition or an electronic 2211 
defense weapon is a class C felony, for which two years of the sentence 2212 
imposed may not be suspended or reduced by the court, and five 2213 
thousand dollars of the fine imposed may not be remitted or reduced by 2214 
the court unless the court states on the record its reasons for remitting 2215 
or reducing such fine. 2216 
Sec. 36. Section 53a-217c of the general statutes is repealed and the 2217 
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2023): 2218 
(a) A person is guilty of criminal possession of a pistol or revolver 2219 
when such person possesses a pistol or revolver, as defined in section 2220 
29-27, and (1) has been convicted of (A) a felony committed prior to, on 2221 
or after October 1, 2013, (B) a misdemeanor violation of section 21a-279 2222 
committed on or after October 1, 2015, [or] (C) a misdemeanor violation 2223 
of section 53a-58, 53a-61, 53a-61a, 53a-62, 53a-63, 53a-96, 53a-175, 53a-2224  Governor's Bill No.  6667 
 
 
 
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176, 53a-178 or 53a-181d committed during the preceding twenty years, 2225 
or (D) a misdemeanor violation of any law of this state that constitutes 2226 
a family violence crime, as defined in section 46b-38a, committed on or 2227 
after the effective date of this section, (2) has been convicted as 2228 
delinquent for the commission of a serious juvenile offense, as defined 2229 
in section 46b-120, (3) has been discharged from custody within the 2230 
preceding twenty years after having been found not guilty of a crime by 2231 
reason of mental disease or defect pursuant to section 53a-13, (4) (A) has 2232 
been confined prior to October 1, 2013, in a hospital for persons with 2233 
psychiatric disabilities, as defined in section 17a-495, within the 2234 
preceding twelve months by order of a probate court, or has been 2235 
confined on or after October 1, 2013, in a hospital for persons with 2236 
psychiatric disabilities, as defined in section 17a-495, within the 2237 
preceding sixty months by order of a probate court, or, with respect to 2238 
any person who holds a valid permit or certificate that was issued or 2239 
renewed under the provisions of section 29-28, as amended by this act, 2240 
or 29-36f, as amended by this act, in effect prior to October 1, 2013, such 2241 
person has been confined in such hospital within the preceding twelve 2242 
months, or (B) has been voluntarily admitted on or after October 1, 2013, 2243 
to a hospital for persons with psychiatric disabilities, as defined in 2244 
section 17a-495, within the preceding six months for care and treatment 2245 
of a psychiatric disability, unless the person (i) was voluntarily admitted 2246 
solely for being an alcohol-dependent person or a drug-dependent 2247 
person as those terms are defined in section 17a-680, or (ii) is a police 2248 
officer who was voluntarily admitted and had his or her firearm, 2249 
ammunition or electronic defense weapon used in the performance of 2250 
the police officer's official duties returned in accordance with section 7-2251 
291d, (5) knows that such person is subject to (A) a restraining or 2252 
protective order of a court of this state that has been issued against such 2253 
person, after notice has been provided to such person, in a case 2254 
involving the use, attempted use or threatened use of physical force 2255 
against another person, or (B) a foreign order of protection, as defined 2256 
in section 46b-15a, that has been issued against such person in a case 2257 
involving the use, attempted use or threatened use of physical force 2258 
against another person, (6) knows that such person is subject to a 2259  Governor's Bill No.  6667 
 
 
 
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firearms seizure order issued prior to June 1, 2022, pursuant to section 2260 
29-38c after notice and an opportunity to be heard has been provided to 2261 
such person, or a risk protection order or risk protection investigation 2262 
order issued on or after June 1, 2022, pursuant to section 29-38c, (7) is 2263 
prohibited from shipping, transporting, possessing or receiving a 2264 
firearm pursuant to [18 USC 922(g)(4)] 18 USC 922(g)(2), (g)(4) or (g)(9), 2265 
or (8) is an alien illegally or unlawfully in the United States. For the 2266 
purposes of this section, "convicted" means having a judgment of 2267 
conviction entered by a court of competent jurisdiction. 2268 
(b) Criminal possession of a pistol or revolver is a class C felony, for 2269 
which two years of the sentence imposed may not be suspended or 2270 
reduced by the court, and five thousand dollars of the fine imposed may 2271 
not be remitted or reduced by the court unless the court states on the 2272 
record its reasons for remitting or reducing such fine. 2273 
Sec. 37. Subsection (a) of section 29-37b of the general statutes is 2274 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 2275 
1, 2023): 2276 
(a) Each person, firm or corporation which engages in the retail sale 2277 
of any [pistol or revolver] firearm, at the time of sale of any such [pistol 2278 
or revolver] firearm, shall (1) equip such [pistol or revolver] firearm 2279 
with a reusable trigger lock, gun lock or gun locking device appropriate 2280 
for such firearm, which lock or device shall be constructed of material 2281 
sufficiently strong to prevent it from being easily disabled and have a 2282 
locking mechanism accessible by key or by electronic or other 2283 
mechanical accessory specific to such lock or device to prevent 2284 
unauthorized removal, and (2) provide to the purchaser thereof a 2285 
written warning which shall state in block letters not less than one inch 2286 
in height: "UNLAWFUL STORAGE OF A LOADED FIREARM MAY 2287 
RESULT IN IMPRISONMENT OR FINE." 2288 
Sec. 38. Subsection (a) of section 53-205 of the general statutes is 2289 
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2290 
2023): 2291  Governor's Bill No.  6667 
 
 
 
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(a) No person shall carry or possess in any vehicle or snowmobile any 2292 
[shotgun, rifle or muzzleloader of any gauge or caliber] firearm, other 2293 
than a pistol or revolver, while such [shotgun, rifle or muzzleloader] 2294 
firearm contains in the barrel, chamber or magazine any loaded shell or, 2295 
if such firearm is a muzzleloader, any cartridge capable of being 2296 
discharged or, if such firearm is a flintlock, when such muzzleloader has 2297 
a percussion cap in place or when the powder pan of a flintlock contains 2298 
powder. As used in this subsection, "muzzleloader" means a rifle or 2299 
shotgun that is incapable of firing a self-contained cartridge and must 2300 
be loaded at the muzzle end. 2301 
Sec. 39. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2023) The sum of two million five 2302 
hundred thousand dollars is allocated, in accordance with the 2303 
provisions of special act 21-1, from the federal funds designated for the 2304 
state pursuant to the provisions of Section 602 of Subtitle M of Title IX 2305 
of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, P.L. 117-2, as amended from 2306 
time to time, to the Department of Public Health, for the fiscal year 2307 
ending June 30, 2024, to fund community gun violence prevention and 2308 
intervention activities. 2309 
Sec. 40. Section 53-202m of the general statutes is repealed. (Effective 2310 
July 1, 2024)2311 
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following 
sections: 
 
Section 1 October 1, 2023 29-35 
Sec. 2 from passage 29-36a 
Sec. 3 from passage 29-33 
Sec. 4 July 1, 2023 29-28(a) 
Sec. 5 October 1, 2023 29-28(d) 
Sec. 6 July 1, 2023 29-30(a) 
Sec. 7 October 1, 2023 29-31 
Sec. 8 October 1, 2023 29-32b(b) 
Sec. 9 October 1, 2023 29-33 
Sec. 10 October 1, 2023 29-36l 
Sec. 11 October 1, 2023 29-37a 
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Sec. 13 October 1, 2023 29-38b 
Sec. 14 October 1, 2023 29-38m(c) 
Sec. 15 from passage 53-202f(d) to (f) 
Sec. 16 October 1, 2023 53-202w(a) 
Sec. 17 October 1, 2023 53-202x(e) 
Sec. 18 October 1, 2023 54-36e(b) 
Sec. 19 from passage 53-202l(e) 
Sec. 20 from passage 53-202w(g) 
Sec. 21 from passage 53-206g(f) 
Sec. 22 October 1, 2023 53a-217a 
Sec. 23 from passage 54-66a 
Sec. 24 from passage 54-280(8) 
Sec. 25 from passage 53-202a 
Sec. 26 from passage 53-202c 
Sec. 27 July 1, 2023 53-202d(a) and (b) 
Sec. 28 July 1, 2024 29-36n(b) 
Sec. 29 October 1, 2023 53-202w(c) 
Sec. 30 October 1, 2023 29-37p(a) and (b) 
Sec. 31 October 1, 2023 29-38n(a) 
Sec. 32 October 1, 2023 29-28(b) 
Sec. 33 January 1, 2024 New section 
Sec. 34 October 1, 2023 29-36f(b) 
Sec. 35 October 1, 2023 53a-217 
Sec. 36 October 1, 2023 53a-217c 
Sec. 37 October 1, 2023 29-37b(a) 
Sec. 38 July 1, 2023 53-205(a) 
Sec. 39 July 1, 2023 New section 
Sec. 40 July 1, 2024 Repealer section 
 
Statement of Purpose:   
To implement the Governor's budget recommendations. 
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except 
that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not 
underlined.]