HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

151st GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1

TO

HOUSE BILL NO. 124

AMEND House Bill No. 124 on line 20 by deleting “ or has reason to know ” as it appears therein.

FURTHER AMEND House Bill No. 124 on line 39 by deleting “ or has reason to know ” as it appears therein.

FURTHER AMEND House Bill No. 124 on line 40 by inserting the following between “ warrant ” and “ , or an active indictment ” : “ or post-arrest charges ”.

SYNOPSIS

This Amendment amends HB 124 by specifying that a person know, not just have a reason to know, that the person is subject to a Family Court protection from abuse order before the person becomes a person prohibited from purchasing, owning, possessing or controlling a deadly weapon. It also specifies that a person know that the person is the subject of an active arrest warrant or post-arrest charges, indictment or information before the person becomes a person prohibited from purchasing a firearm.