Florida Senate - 2025 SB 920 By Senator Collins 14-00138A-25 2025920__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to firearm purchase or transfer; 3 amending s. 790.065, F.S.; reducing the minimum age at 4 which a person may purchase a firearm; reducing the 5 minimum age of purchasers to whom specified licensees 6 are prohibited from selling or transferring a firearm; 7 repealing an exception; amending s. 790.0655, F.S.; 8 revising an exception to the mandatory waiting period 9 for the purchase of rifles or shotguns; providing an 10 effective date. 11 12 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 13 14 Section 1.Subsection (13) of section 790.065, Florida 15 Statutes, is amended to read: 16 790.065Sale and delivery of firearms. 17 (13)A person younger than 18 21 years of age may not 18 purchase a firearm. The sale or transfer of a firearm to a 19 person younger than 18 21 years of age may not be made or 20 facilitated by a licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, or 21 licensed dealer. A person who violates this subsection commits a 22 felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 23 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. The prohibitions of this 24 subsection do not apply to the purchase of a rifle or shotgun by 25 a law enforcement officer or correctional officer, as those 26 terms are defined in s. 943.10(1), (2), (3), (6), (7), (8), or 27 (9), or a servicemember as defined in s. 250.01. 28 Section 2.Paragraph (c) of subsection (2) of section 29 790.0655, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 30 790.0655Purchase and delivery of firearms; mandatory 31 waiting period; exceptions; penalties. 32 (2)The waiting period does not apply in the following 33 circumstances: 34 (c)To the purchase of a rifle or shotgun, upon a persons 35 successful completion of a background check under s. 790.065 36 successfully completing a minimum of a 16-hour hunter safety 37 course and possessing a hunter safety certification card issued 38 under s. 379.3581. A person who is exempt from the hunter safety 39 course requirements under s. 379.3581 and holds a valid Florida 40 hunting license is exempt from the mandatory waiting period 41 under this section for the purchase of a rifle or shotgun. 42 Section 3.This act shall take effect July 1, 2025.