Florida Senate - 2025 SB By Senator Ingoglia 11-00297A-25 20251716__ CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. A bill to be entitled

An act relating to sale and delivery of firearms; 2 amending s. 790.065, F.S.; deleting a prohibition on a person younger than a certain age purchasing a firearm; deleting a prohibition on the sale or transfer, or the facilitation of a sale or transfer, 6 of a firearm to a person younger than a certain age by specified licensed persons; deleting criminal penalties; deleting applicability; providing an effective date. 10

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 12

Section 1. Subsection (13) of

section 790.065, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 15 790.065 Sale and delivery of firearms.— 16

(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, 22 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. 27

Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025. 28