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Florida · 2025 Regular Session

S0258 Public Records/Sale or Transfer of Ammunition

Direction

Firearms purchase background checksAI label

Expands gun access model confidence 90%

Extends public records exemption to records of ammunition buyers or transferees who pass the background check, so less public information about who has bought ammunition.

Any records containing any of the information set forth in subsection (1) pertaining to a buyer or transferee who is not found to be prohibited from receipt or transfer of a firearm or ammunition by reason of Florida and federal law, which records are created by the Department of Law Enforcement to conduct the criminal history record check, are confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution

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Firearms otherAI label

No change to gun access model confidence 80%

Creates a public records exemption for information on non-prohibited ammunition buyers/transferees and ties the bill's effective date to a companion bill on ammunition sales, with no change to background check requirements themselves.

providing an exemption from public records requirements for records containing certain information pertaining to a buyer or transferee who is not found to be prohibited from receipt or transfer of ammunition

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Status: Failed

Last action
2025-06-16: Died in Criminal Justice
Filed
2025-01-14
Sponsor
Tina Polsky D

Why the model tagged it this way: The bill amends an existing public records exemption in the firearms/ammunition background check statute (s. 790.065) to explicitly cover ammunition buyers who are not prohibited, adds a sunset review, and makes the exemption contingent on a companion bill (SB 256) that would require background checks for ammunition sales. This expands privacy protections for lawful ammunition purchasers (firearms topic) but does not alter the underlying background check process or any other listed topic.

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History (5 actions)
DateChamberAction
2025-06-16SDied in Criminal Justice
2025-05-03SIndefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
2025-03-04SIntroduced
2025-01-29SReferred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Fiscal Policy
2025-01-14SFiled