Florida 2025 2025 Regular Session

Florida House Bill H0759 Introduced / Bill

Filed 02/19/2025

                       
 
HB 759   	2025 
 
 
 
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F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P	R E S E N T A T I V E	S 
 
 
 
A bill to be entitled 1 
An act relating to minimum age for firearm purchase or 2 
transfer; amending s. 790.065, F.S.; reducing the 3 
minimum age at which a person may purchase a firearm 4 
and the age of purchasers to which specified licensees 5 
are prohibited from selling or transferring a firearm; 6 
repealing an exception; providing an effective date. 7 
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 9 
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 Section 1.  Subsection (13 ) of section 790.065, Florida 11 
Statutes, is amended to read: 12 
 790.065  Sale and delivery of firearms. — 13 
 (13)  A person younger than 18 21 years of age may not 14 
purchase a firearm. The sale or transfer of a firearm to a 15 
person younger than 18 21 years of age may not be made or 16 
facilitated by a licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, or 17 
licensed dealer. A person who violates this subsection commits a 18 
felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 19 
775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. The prohibitions of this 20 
subsection do not apply to the purchase of a rifle or shotgun by 21 
a law enforcement officer or correctional officer, as those 22 
terms are defined in s. 943.10(1), (2), (3), (6), (7), (8), or 23 
(9), or a servicemember as defined in s. 250.01. 24 
 Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2025. 25