| DAILY ALERT FOR Thursday, May 30, 2019 |
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| On May 29th, the Illinois state House of Representatives voted 62-52 to pass Senate Bill 1966, sending the amended version back to the state Senate for further consideration. Among other things, they would increase the fees and also impose a mandatory fingerprinting requirement for both new FOID and renewal applications. |
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| Today, the Senate Judiciary Committee passed Assembly Bill 291 with amendments. As previously reported, a substantial amendment was anticipated to include “Red Flag” provisions, which did come to fruition; however, the language for the amendment was not made available until just minutes before the hearing. AB 291 now heads to the Senate floor for a vote. |
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| here are few areas where President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential candidates agree, but both are now taking shots at the Democratic front-runner Joe Biden for his support of the 1994 crime bill. |
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| Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday if a Supreme Court vacancy occurs during next year’s presidential election, he would work to confirm a nominee appointed by President Donald Trump. |
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| Today, the Kansas Legislature adjourned from its 2019 Legislative Session. |
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| Late last week, the Oklahoma Legislature adjourned from its 2019 Legislative Session. |
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| Former Vice President Joe Biden pledged on Tuesday to “defeat the National Rifle Association” as part of his 2020 campaign promise to fight for school safety. “As President, he will secure passage of gun legislation to make our students safer, and he knows he can do it because he’s defeated the National Rifle Association twice before,” Biden’s plan, released on Tuesday, read. It stated part of the plan to “defeat” the NRA included supporting legislation that banned “assault weapons” and high-capacity magazines. |
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| At a library two miles from Sandy Hook Elementary School, where 20 students were among those killed in one of the nation’s most horrific mass shootings, John Hickenlooper sat Saturday among two dozen survivors, listening to their ideas on how to curb gun violence and pitching a few of his own. Universal background checks are a must, the former two-term Colorado governor said. Then, maybe, an assault weapons ban. As president, he would go community by community, House district by House district, with data to convince reluctant federal lawmakers to pass meaningful gun control legislation. |
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| The Texas Senate on Sunday night narrowly approved a bill that would allow Texans to carry their guns for up to a week after a natural disaster. House Bill 1177 passed by a vote of 16-15 and now heads to Gov. Greg Abbott for his signature or veto. If it becomes law, any Texan who can legally own a firearm would be able to carry their handgun, open or concealed, for a full week after a state or natural disaster is declared. |
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| A couple of weeks ago, the New York Police Department held an unusual public hearing. Its purpose was to make a Supreme Court case disappear. In January, the court agreed to hear a Second Amendment challenge to a New York City gun regulation. The city, fearing a loss that would endanger gun control laws across the nation, responded by moving to change the regulation. The idea was to make the case moot. The move required seeking comments from the public, in writing and at the hearing. Gun rights advocates were not happy. |
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| The Texas Legislature adjourned sine die on Monday of Memorial Day weekend. More than 7,300 pieces of legislation were introduced during the 2019 Regular Session, and your NRA-ILA tracked over 165 firearm-related bills through the process. |
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| Last week, Governor Bill Lee signed important self-defense legislation, House Bill 1264 /Senate Bill 705, into law. |
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