S. 1294
Introduced in Senate · April 15, 2025April 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