PROVIDED SUMMARY
Minimum Age for Firearm Purchase or Transfer; Reduces minimum age at which person may purchase firearm & age of purchasers to which specified licensees are prohibited from selling or transferring firearm; removes exception.
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Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATED
Lowers the minimum age for buying a firearm from 21 to 18.
Florida law currently bans anyone under 21 from purchasing a firearm. This bill changes that age limit to 18. The change takes effect on July 1, 2026.
Licensed firearm dealers, importers, and manufacturers are currently prohibited from selling or transferring firearms to anyone under 21. The bill lowers this restriction to 18. Dealers who sell to a minor under 18 still face third-degree felony charges.
The bill removes a specific exception that allowed law enforcement officers, correctional officers, and servicemembers to buy rifles and shotguns before age 21. This exception is deleted because the new 18-year-old minimum age now covers all firearm types.
KEY PROVISIONS
AIReduces the minimum age at which a person may legally purchase a firearm from 21 to 18 years old.
“A person younger than 18 years of age may not purchase a firearm.”
§ 2
Lowered minimum age for licensed sales and transfers
majors. 790.065(13)
AIProhibits licensed importers, manufacturers, and dealers from selling or transferring firearms to anyone under 18, down from the previous age of 21.
“The sale or transfer of a firearm to a person younger than 18 years of age may not be made or facilitated by a licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer.”
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§ 3
Removal of law enforcement and military exception
moderates. 790.065(13)
AIDeletes the existing exception that allowed law enforcement officers, correctional officers, and servicemembers to purchase rifles or shotguns before age 21.
“The prohibitions of this subsection do not apply to the purchase of a rifle or shotgun by a law enforcement officer or correctional officer”
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TIMELINE
1/16/2026
Referred to Rules
1/15/2026
Passed; YEAS 74, NAYS 37
1/15/2026
Added to Third Reading Calendar
1/15/2026
Amendment 054103 Failed
1/15/2026
Amendment 576851 ruled out of order
1/15/2026
Amendment 666985 Failed
1/15/2026
Amendment 293615 Failed
1/15/2026
Amendment 299653 Failed
1/13/2026
1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
1/12/2026
Bill added to Special Order Calendar (1/15/2026)
12/2/2025
Bill released to House Calendar
12/2/2025
Reported out of Judiciary Committee
12/2/2025
Favorable by Judiciary Committee
11/24/2025
Added to Judiciary Committee agenda
11/18/2025
Now in Judiciary Committee
11/18/2025
Reported out of Criminal Justice Subcommittee
11/18/2025
Favorable by Criminal Justice Subcommittee
11/10/2025
Added to Criminal Justice Subcommittee agenda
10/14/2025
Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
10/14/2025
Referred to Judiciary Committee
10/14/2025
Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee
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