S.1294

S. 1294

April 3, 2025

Mr. Durbin (for himself, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Blumenthal, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Booker, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Welch, Mrs. Shaheen, and Mr. Reed) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

A BILL

To modernize the business of selling firearms.

1. Short title; table of contents; 2. Findings; 3. Definitions; 4. Repeal of temporary Brady provision; 5. Physical security of licensee premises; 6. Business inventory firearms; 7. Electronic records; 8. Notification of default transfers; 9. Multiple firearm sales records and reports; 10. Safety devices and warnings to purchasers; 11. Inspections; 12. Authority with regard to license issuance and renewal; 13. Increased licensing fees; 14. Elimination of obligatory stay of effective date of license revocation; 15. Elimination of relief for dealers indicted for a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year; 16. Elimination of relief while Federal disability relief application pending; 17. Presumption of knowledge of State law in sale of long guns to residents of another State; 18. Increased penalties for knowing transfer of firearm without conducting a background check; 19. Unlawful acts upon incurring Federal disability or notice of license suspension, revocation, or denied renewal; 20. Regulation of facilitators of firearm transfers; 21. Dealer and employee background checks; 22. Liability standards; 23. Civil enforcement; 24. Removal of bar on civil proceedings if criminal proceedings terminated; 25. Repeal of certain limitations; 26. Authority to hire additional industry operation investigators for Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives; 27. Report on implementation of this Act; 28. Annual licensed dealer inspections report and analysis; 29. Deadline for issuance of final regulations