Title: Firearm Purchase or Transfer

Summary: Reducing the minimum age at which a person may purchase a firearm; reducing the minimum age of purchasers to whom specified licensees are prohibited from selling or transferring a firearm; revising an exception to the mandatory waiting period for the purchase of rifles or shotguns, etc.

Full Text:
An act relating to firearm purchase or transfer; amending s. 790.065, F.S.; reducing the minimum age at which a person may purchase a firearm; reducing the minimum age of purchasers to whom specified licensees are prohibited from selling or transferring a firearm; repealing an exception; amending s. 790.0655, F.S.; revising an exception to the mandatory waiting period for the purchase of rifles or shotguns; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. Subsection (13) of section 790.065, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 790.065 Sale and delivery of firearms.  (13) A person younger than years of age may not purchase a firearm. The sale or transfer of a firearm to a person younger than years of age may not be made or facilitated by a licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer. A person who violates this subsection commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. The prohibitions of this subsection do not apply to the purchase of a rifle or shotgun by a law enforcement officer or correctional officer, as those terms are defined in s. 943.10(1), (2), (3), (6), (7), (8), or (9), or a servicemember as defined in s. 250.01. Section 2. Paragraph (c) of subsection (2) of section 790.0655, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 790.0655 Purchase and delivery of firearms; mandatory waiting period; exceptions; penalties.  (2) The waiting period does not apply in the following circumstances: (c) To the purchase of a rifle or shotgun, upon a person s successful completion of a background check under s. 790.065 successfully completing a minimum of a 16-hour hunter safety course and possessing a hunter safety certification card issued under s. 379.3581. A person who is exempt from the hunter safety course requirements under s. 379.3581 and holds a valid Florida hunting license is exempt from the mandatory waiting period under this section for the purchase of a rifle or shotgun.Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025.