Kansas 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas House Bill HB2379 Compare Versions

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1	1	Session of 2025
2	2	HOUSE BILL No. 2379
3	3	By Committee on Federal and State Affairs
4	4	Requested by Representative Ousley
5	5	2-11
6	6	AN ACT concerning firearms; relating to the Kansas bureau of
7	7	investigation; enacting the Kansas voluntary do-not-sell firearms list
8	8	act; requiring the Kansas bureau of investigation to establish the
9	9	Kansas voluntary do-not-sell firearms list; permitting a person to
10	10	submit a request form to a healthcare provider to add such person to the
11	11	list; establishing a civil fine of not to exceed $500 or up to five hours of
12	12	community service for violations of such act.
13	13	Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
14	14	Section 1. Sections 1 through 5, and amendments thereto, shall be
15	15	known and may be cited as the Kansas voluntary do-not-sell firearms list
16	16	act.
17	17	Sec. 2. As used in the Kansas voluntary do-not-sell firearms list act:
18	18	(a) "Act" means sections 1 through 5, and amendments thereto.
19	19	(b) "Healthcare provider" means a person who provides healthcare or
20	20	professional services related to healthcare and is acting within the scope of
21	21	the person's license, certification, practice, education or training.
22	22	(c) "List" means the Kansas voluntary do-not-sell firearms list
23	23	established by section 3, and amendments thereto.
24	24	Sec. 3. (a) The Kansas bureau of investigation shall establish the
25	25	Kansas voluntary do-not-sell firearms list to prevent the purchase of
26	26	firearms by any person who voluntarily registers to be placed on the list.
27	27	The Kansas bureau of investigation shall maintain and update the list, and
28	28	the list shall be used in accordance with 18 U.S.C. § 922 to advise a dealer
29	29	licensed under 18 U.S.C. § 923 if the Kansas bureau of investigation's
30	30	records indicate that a buyer of firearms is prohibited from purchasing a
31	31	firearm. The Kansas bureau of investigation shall adopt any rules and
32	32	regulations and develop any policies that are necessary for the
33	33	implementation of the list.
34	34	(b) The Kansas bureau of investigation shall withhold from public
35	35	disclosure all information regarding a request to be placed on or removed
36	36	from the list and any other personally identifiable information contained in
37	37	or related to the list, except that such information may be disclosed to a
38	38	law enforcement officer acting in the performance of such officer's official
39	39	duties or the applicant with respect to such applicant's own information.
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75	75	The provisions of this subsection shall expire on July 1, 2030, unless the
76	76	legislature reviews and acts to continue such provisions pursuant to K.S.A.
77	77	45-229, and amendments thereto, prior to July 1, 2030.
78	78	Sec. 4. (a) (1) Any person 18 years of age or older may apply in
79	79	writing to the Kansas bureau of investigation to request voluntary
80	80	placement on the list and, after being placed on such list, may apply in
81	81	writing to the Kansas bureau of investigation to request removal from such
82	82	list. The application for placement on or removal from the list shall be on
83	83	forms prescribed by the Kansas bureau of investigation. The Kansas
84	84	bureau of investigation shall make the forms available on the Kansas
85	85	bureau of investigation's website.
86	86	(2) In addition to the provisions of paragraph (1), a person may
87	87	submit to any healthcare provider a form requesting for such person to be
88	88	added to the list. The healthcare provider shall verify the person's identity
89	89	before accepting the form and may not accept a form from someone other
90	90	than the person named on the form. By the end of the business day on
91	91	which the form was received, the provider shall electronically deliver the
92	92	person's completed form to the Kansas bureau of investigation.
93	93	(b) Any person requesting placement on or removal from such list
94	94	shall submit a photocopy of one valid form of photo identification issued
95	95	by a governmental agency of the applicant's state of residency or by the
96	96	United States department of defense or the United States department of
97	97	state to be included with the placement and removal form. Such request for
98	98	placement on or removal from the list may be submitted to the Kansas
99	99	bureau of investigation by mail or in person at any publicly accessible
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101	101	(c) Upon placing a person on the list, the Kansas bureau of
102	102	investigation shall immediately forward a person's eligibility to purchase a
103	103	firearm to the national instant criminal background check system created
104	104	by the federal Brady handgun violence prevention act, public law 103-159,
105	105	or any successor system. The Kansas bureau of investigation shall also
106	106	notify such person by mail that such person has been placed on the list.
107	107	(d) The Kansas bureau of investigation shall remove any person from
108	108	the list after receipt of such person's removal request. Upon removal of a
109	109	person's name from the list, the Kansas bureau of investigation shall
110	110	update such person's eligibility to purchase a firearm in the national instant
111	111	criminal background check system and destroy all records of such person's
112	112	placement on and request for removal from the list within 72 hours
113	113	thereafter.
114	114	Sec. 5. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to inquire as to whether
115	115	another person has been placed on the list for any purpose other than to
116	116	determine such person's eligibility to purchase a firearm.
117	117	(b) It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly give any false
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161	161	information or to make any false statement with the intent of placing or
162	162	removing any other person on or from the list.
163	163	(c) It shall be unlawful for any person to discriminate against a
164	164	person with respect to healthcare services, employment, education,
165	165	housing, insurance, governmental benefits or contracting because that
166	166	person is not on the list, is on the list or has previously been on the list.
167	167	(d) It shall be unlawful for any dealer licensed under 18 U.S.C. § 923
168	168	to knowingly transfer a firearm to a person who is on the list.
169	169	(e) Any person who violates this act shall be assessed a civil penalty
170	170	of not more than $500 or up to five hours of community service. This
171	171	subsection shall not apply to a person who has requested to be, is or has
172	172	been placed on the list if any such violation relates directly to such
173	173	person's request or placement.
174	174	Sec. 6. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
175	175	publication in the statute book.
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