No. HB 817
Filed under Criminal Justice.
Reporting Lost or Stolen Firearms; Requires individuals to report lost or stolen firearms to local law enforcement agency in jurisdiction in which loss or theft occurred within specified timeframe; requires such individuals to provide specified information to local law enforcement agency; requires local law enforcement agency to create incident report upon receiving report of lost or stolen firearm; requires individual who reported firearm lost or stolen to notify local law enforcement agency to which loss or theft was reported within specified timeframe if firearm is subsequently recovered.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDFirearm owners must report losses or thefts to local police within 48 hours of discovering the incident. This creates a new legal duty for every individual who owns or lawfully possesses a gun in Florida.
Police agencies are required to create an incident report for every lost or stolen firearm report they receive. They must also provide a free copy of that report to the person who filed it upon request.
If a reported firearm is later recovered, the owner must notify the same law enforcement agency within 48 hours of the recovery. This closes the loop on the initial report and updates the agency's records.
AICreates a mandatory obligation for firearm owners or lawful possessors to report a lost or stolen firearm to local law enforcement within 48 hours of knowing or reasonably should have known it was lost or stolen.
AIRequires the reporting individual to provide specific firearm details and last-known circumstances to the law enforcement agency.
AIRequires local law enforcement agencies to create an incident report upon receiving a lost or stolen firearm report, overriding any other law that might allow discretion.
AIRequires individuals who recover a previously reported lost or stolen firearm to notify the law enforcement agency within 48 hours of recovery.