model confidence 90%
Lowers the minimum age for purchasing any firearm from 21 to 18 and repeals the exception allowing law enforcement, correctional officers, and servicemembers under 21 to purchase rifles or shotguns without the age restriction, so more people under 21 can buy firearms.
A person younger than 18 [deleted: 21] years of age may not purchase a firearm.
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Restricts gun access model confidence 80%
Repeals the hunter-safety-course exception to the mandatory 3-day waiting period for rifle or shotgun purchases, so the waiting period now applies to more purchases and delays acquisition of long guns.
[deleted: 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]
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Status: Failed
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill lowers the firearm purchase age from 21 to 18 for all buyers (including repealing the LEO/military exception for long guns), which expands access to firearms by allowing younger individuals to purchase. It simultaneously eliminates the hunter-safety exemption to the waiting period for rifles and shotguns, which restricts access by imposing a longer delay on those purchases. No other listed topics are substantively addressed.
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-16 | S | Died in Criminal Justice |
| 2025-05-03 | S | Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration |
| 2025-03-04 | S | Introduced |
| 2025-02-28 | S | Referred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Rules |
| 2025-02-19 | S | Filed |