2023
Every one of these bills was introduced by Representative Jennifer Longdon.

HB 2177 – When imposing a sentence for an offense that results in the person being a prohibited possessor or if prohibiting a defendant from possessing or purchasing a firearm during the duration of an order of protection, the court would have been required to inquire if the defendant possesses a concealed weapons permit must require the defendant to surrender the permit.

HB 2178 – A physician or nurse practitioner who provides well–baby and pediatric services would have been required to inform the parent or guardian of a child during an office visit of gun safety measures that may be implemented in the home.

HB 2179 – The definition of “prohibited possessor” of a firearm would have been expanded to include any person who has been convicted of either a domestic violence offense that involved another of a specified list of offenses, or any other offense that involves the use or attempted use of physical force or the threatened use of a deadly weapon if the victim and the defendant have a domestic relationship.

HB 2180 – Would have imposed a mandatory 3–day waiting period for any firearms transfer. Violations would have been a class 6 felony.

HB 2181 – Would have limited gun purchases to one per month. In addition to standard background checks, would have made firearms dealers responsible for determining if a customer is too dangerous to purchase a firearm.

HB 2182 – Would have required that all private sales OR TRANSFERS of a firearm be conducted through a licensed firearms dealer who would have been required to perform background checks before the transfer could take place. Don’t hand your gun to a friend or relative, you’d become a felon!

HB 2183 – DPS would have been required to maintain a secure website portal that allows federally licensed firearms dealers to check the permit status of a person who presents a concealed weapons permit to purchase a firearm.

HB 2184 – STOP orders. Would have permitted anyone to file a petition to have your guns confiscated with little recourse. You would have been afforded one hearing to take place in the next 90 days to give your side of the story.

HB 2191 – Would have repealed authority for the Attorney General to investigate any official action taken by the governing body of a county or municipality that a member of the Legislature alleges violates state law or the state Constitution, and withholding state shared monies from the county or municipality.

HB 2192 – Would have prohibited the storage or possession of a firearm or ammunition in any residence unless the person either keeps the firearm or ammunition in a securely locked box and equips the firearm with a device that renders the firearm inoperable without a key or combination.

HB 2193 – A person who is under 21 years of age and who is unaccompanied by a parent, grandparent, guardian, or certified firearms safety instructor, would have been prohibited from carrying or possessing a firearm in any place that is open to the public, on a means of transportation on any street or highway, and on any private property other than private property owned or leased by the person or the person’s parent, grandparent, or guardian.

2022

HB 2193 and SB 1426 – Companion bills that would have repealed the statute requiring the Attorney General to investigate official actions taken by city or county governments that violate state law or the state Constitution.

HB 2304 – Would have expanded the definition of “prohibited weapon” to include trigger cranks, bump-fire devices, or any part or accessory designed or functioning to increase the rate of fire of a semi-automatic rifle. It could include that aftermarket trigger you bought to smooth out your trigger press, since it can function to accelerate the rate of fire.

HB 2361 and SB 1547 – Companion bills that would have required a 3-day waiting period on all firearm purchases. Violation would be a Class 6 Felony.

HB 2362 – Would have limited firearm purchases to one per 30-day period, required firearms dealers to carry $1 million of liability insurance, and impose many requirements on dealers conducting firearm transfers.

HB 2363 – Would have required DPS to maintain a website portal with the CCW status of permit holders and required firearms dealers to verify the validity of each CCW permit before a sale. Other states have already experienced security breaches of data collected from firearms owners.

HB 2364 – Would have required pediatricians and well-baby caregivers to instruct parents on gun safety measures in the home.

HB 2365 and SB 1662 – Companion bills that proposed a “Red Flag” law that would use civil proceedings to forcibly confiscate your firearms based on claims from family members or school officials with virtually no recourse or appeals.

HB 2366 and SB 1546 – Companion bills that would have made it a Class 5 felony to transfer a firearm unless you surrendered it to an FFL and background checks were conducted on both you and the transferee. “Transfer” is broadly defined and could include simply handing your firearm to a family member or friend.

HB 2367 – Would have instituted a $1,000 fine for failing to “store” your firearms with a trigger lock or placing them in a locked container. There was no explanation of what was meant by “storing” or when or where it was supposed to occur.

HCR 2013 – Would have placed an initiative on the general election ballot to amend statute to require a licensed firearm dealer to handle all firearm “transfers.”

SB 1538 – Would have made you a criminal if a minor could access your firearm. Violation would have been a Class 4 felony.

2021

HB 2451 – proposed a “Red Flag” law that would use civil proceedings to forcibly confiscate your firearms based on claims from family members or school officials with virtually no recourse or appeals.

HB 2452 – Would have outlawed the mere possession of a bump stock or “any part, combination of parts, component, device, attachment or accessory that is designed or functions to accelerate the rate of fire of a semiautomatic rifle.” It could include that aftermarket trigger you bought to smooth out your trigger press, since it can function to accelerate the rate of fire.

HB 2572 – Would have repealed the civil penalty on political subdivisions that destroy seized and surrendered firearms.

HB 2581 – Would have criminalized your private firearm transfers as “trafficking” and added several regulatory requirements for firearms dealers, which would include gunsmiths and businesses that deal in aftermarket parts. Among the long litany of additional onerous state regulations were:
• Limiting your firearms purchases to one per month.
• Reporting anyone who buys multiple firearms in a 90-day period to law enforcement.
• Visual and audio recording of sales and maintaining a database of the guns you buy.

HB 2582 – Would have created a $1,000 civil penalty (i.e., substantially reduced standard of evidence) if you don’t have your firearm or ammunition locked away at home.

SB 1205 – Would have eliminated “no duty to retreat” from the statutes justifying the use of deadly force for self-defense.

SB 1285 – Would have required a 3 day waiting period on all firearm purchases. Violation would be a Class 6 Felony.

SB 1385 – Would have made it a Class 1 Misdemeanor for “storing” your firearms without using a trigger lock or placing them in a locked container. There was no explanation of what was meant by “storing” or when or where it was supposed to occur.

SB 1535 – Would have made you a criminal if a minor could access your firearm. Violation would have been a Class 6 felony.

SB 1718 and HB 2449 – Companion bills that would have made it a Class 5 felony to transfer a firearm unless you surrendered it to an FFL and background checks were conducted on both you and the transferee. “Transfer” is broadly defined and could include simply handing your firearm to a family member or friend.

2020

HB 2136 – Would have removed the prohibition against political subdivisions (state, county, city, etc.) from bringing civil action against a firearms manufacturer.

HB 2177 & HB 2584 – Would have repealed the civil penalty to political subdivisions that destroy seized and surrendered firearms.

HB 2321 & SB 1626 – A “Red Flag” law that uses civil proceedings to forcibly confiscate your firearms based on claims from family members (broadly defined), household members (includes anyone you shared your home with in the previous year), and others, that you might be dangerous.  Your first notification is when the police show up at your door to confiscate your firearms with the assumption that you are armed and dangerous.  Your appeal rights are almost non-existent.

HB 2322, HB 2546, HCR 2018, SB 1624 – A perennial favorite of Democrats.  Would have made it a Class 5 felony to privately transfer a firearm unless you surrender it to an FFL and background checks are conducted on both you and the transferee.  Transfer is broadly defined and could included simply handing your firearm to a family member or friend.  HCR 2018 is a proposed ballot measure.

HB 2323 – Would have required doctors and nurse practitioners involved in pediatric services to lecture patients and guardians about the “risks” of firearms ownership.

HB 2324 & SB 1286 – Would have outlawed the possession of a bump stock or “any part,  combination of parts, component, device, attachment or accessory designed or functions to accelerate the rate of fire of a semiautomatic rifle.”  This could include that aftermarket trigger you bought to smooth out your trigger press, since it can function to accelerate the rate of fire.

HB 2325 & HB 2437 – Would have given FFL’s access to the State’s CCW permit database and require FFL’s to confirm the permit’s validity when conducting a firearm’s sale.

HB 2543 & SB 1165 – An overly broad expansion of who can be classified as a prohibited possessor.

HB 2544 – Would have created a $1,000 civil penalty if you don’t have your firearm or ammunition locked up at home.  That would include that spare magazine or speed-loader sitting on your dresser.

HB 2545 – Would have criminalized your private transfers of firearms as illegal “trafficking” and added several regulatory requirements for firearms dealers, gunsmiths and businesses that deal in aftermarket parts.  Among the long litany of additional onerous state regulations are:

• Limiting customer firearms purchases to one per month.
• Reporting anyone who buys multiple firearms in a 90-day period to law enforcement.
• Requires searching of state and local databases in addition to NICS.
• Visual and audio recording of sales.
• Maintaining a database of purchasers and the guns they buy.
• Performing background checks for private party transfers at gun shows.

SB 1065—Would have required the following to be added to the Arizona Criminal Justice Commission: one person who leads an indigent defense agency; one person who lead a non-profit juvenile justice organization; one psychiatrist or psychologist who works in the criminal justice system.

SB 1164 – A Republican sponsored Red Flag firearms confiscation bill, supported by the Governor.  Included is a fast-food style telephone approval process with judges on call 24 hours a day.

SB 1248 – Would have nullified “no duty to retreat” in statutes justifying the use of deadly force for self-defense.

SB 1263 – Would have eliminated the Game and Fish Recommendation Board, setting the stage for the appointment of political ideologues determined to end hunting and fishing in Arizona.

SB 1361 – Would have made it a crime to store your firearms without “using a lock and key or combination on the trigger of a the firearm or placing the firearm in a securely locked box or other container.”

SB 1381 – Would have erased the statute authorizing the state treasurer to withhold distribution of monies when an “ordinance, regulation, order or other official action adopted or taken by a governing body or a county, city or town violates state law or the Constitution of Arizona.”  The statute that is targeted is the one used to require Tucson to stop destroying surrendered and seized firearms.

SB 1625 – Would have banned the possession, transfer, manufacture, etc. of “assault weapons” and “large capacity” magazines.  “Assault” weapons are largely defined by a detachable magazine and various cosmetic features that would have included pistols and shotguns as well as rifles.  A “large capacity” magazine is one that holds more than 10 rounds.

SB 1627 – Would have made you a criminal if a minor could access your firearm.  A Class 6 felony violation.

2019

​HB 2160 & SB 1508 – Would have made it Class 6 Felony if a minor gets access to your firearm.

HB 2161 & SB 1318 – Would have allowed for “emergency” confiscations of your firearms using low evidentiary standards with virtually no recourse or appeals based on claims from disgruntled family members or school officials that you might be dangerous.  One of the indicators for being dangerous was recently purchasing a firearm.  “Family members” included anyone you have shared a household with during the last year.

HB 2247 – Would have outlawed  the mere possession of a bump stock or “any part, combination of parts, component, device, attachment or accessory that is designed or functions to accelerate the rate of fire of a semiautomatic rifle.”  That could included that after market trigger you bought to smooth out your trigger press, since it can function to accelerate the rate of fire.

HB 2248, HCR 2012, SB 1507 – These are identical bills that would have made it a Class 5 felony to transfer your personal property (your firearms) unless you surrender them to a Federal Firearms Licensee (FFL) and background checks are conducted on both you and the transferee.  “Transfer” is broadly defined and could include simply handing your firearm to a family member or friend.  HCR 2012 is a proposed ballot measure.

HB 2249 – Would have required the confiscation of your firearms if a “mental health injunction” was filed against you at the request of a family member or peace officer.  One of the indications for being mentally ill is purchasing a firearm in the last six months.

HB 2384 – Would have completely ban the possession or use of Tannerite or similar products by minors.

HB 2575 – Would have added additional regulatory requirements for firearms dealers, which in the proposed law would include gunsmiths and businesses that make after market parts.  Among the additional onerous state regulations are:

• Criminalizing private firearms sales as “trafficking.”
• Limiting customer firearms purchases to one per month.
• Reporting anyone who buys multiple firearms in a 90-day period to law enforcement.
• Requires searching of state and local databases in addition to NICS.
• Visual and audio recording of sales.
• Maintaining a database of purchasers and the guns they buy.
• Performing background checks for private party transfers at gun shows.

HB 2577 & SB 1512 – Aimed at weakening state firearms preemption laws.  In particular they would have eliminated the statute that was instrumental in forcing Tucson to stop destroying seized and surrendered firearms.

HB 2749 & SB 1219 – Would have greatly expanded the definition of domestic violence to include several misdemeanors.  Would have also expanded the category of prohibited possessors.  Individuals under the expanded laws would be required to surrender their firearms only to law enforcement or a federal firearms licensee (FFL) for disposal.

SB 1132 – Would have eliminated the Game and Fish recommendation Board, setting the stage for the appointment of political ideologues determined to end hunting and fishing in Arizona.

SB 1148 – Would have created a hotline for anonymous reporting of claims of “dangerous, violent or unlawful” activity involving schools and associated events and activities. 

SB 1207 – Would have nullified “no duty to retreat” in the statutes justifying the use of deadly force for self-defense. 

SB 1262 – Would have made it a crime to store your firearms “without using a lock and key or combination on the trigger of the firearm or placing the firearm in a security locked box or other container.”  This applies even when you are home.

SB 1475 – Would have established a state DNA database managed by the Department of Public Safety (DPS).  Would have required DNA samples for many non-criminal activities like submitting fingerprints when obtaining your CCW permit.

2018

HB 2023  & SB 1348 –  Would have added “bump stocks” and similar devices to the definition of prohibited weapons.

HB 2024, HCR 2001 & SCR 1015 are identical bills that would have criminalized the transfer of personal property (your firearms) unless the firearm was surrendered to a Federal Firearms Licensee (FFL) and background checks were conducted.  This included temporary transfers, such as loaning a gun to a friend.  Violation of the proposed law would be a Class 5 felony.  The real objective was not to stop criminals (they are called criminals because they don’t obey the law) but to register you and your firearms.  HCR 2001 and SCR 1015 were proposed ballot measures for the upcoming election cycle.  Similar legislation and ballot measures have been filed by Democrats for the last six years.

HB 2140 – Would have required the confiscation of your firearms if a “mental health injunction” was filed against you at the request of a family member or peace officer.  One of the indicators for being mentally ill is purchasing a firearm in the last six months.  This is the third year that this legislation has been proposed.

HB 2229 – Would have required those on probation for any domestic violence violation to surrender their firearms.  This legislation has been proposed for the last three years.

HB 2354 & SB 1374 – Aimed at weakening state firearm preemption laws.  In particular they attacked the statute that was instrumental in forcing Tucson to stop destroying seized and surrendered firearms. 

SB 1078 & SB 1244 – Proposed to expand membership in the state’s criminal justice commission to include members from professions and groups traditionally opposed to your right to keep and bear arms.

SB 1231 – Would have nullified the “no duty to retreat” in the statutes justifying the use of deadly force for self-defense.  This type of legislation has been proposed for the last four years.

SB 1428 – A home invader empowerment bill.  It would have made it a crime to not store your firearm “without using a lock and key or combination on the trigger of the firearm or placing the firearm in a securely locked box or other container.”  Since 2013, this is the fifth time this type of legislation has been proposed.

SB 1519 – Called for “emergency” firearms confiscations, use low evidentiary standards with virtually no recourse or appeals, based on claims from disgruntled family members or school officials that you were dangerous.

2017

HB 2148  – Would have established a “public safety and violence prevention study” committee.  It specifically called for a committee member representing a group that advocates “gun violence prevention” which is leftist-speak for disarming law-abiding citizens.

HB 2149 – Would have required the confiscation of your firearms if a “mental health injunction” was filed against you at the request of a family member or peace officer.  One of the indicators for being mentally ill was purchasing a firearm in the last six months.

HB 2150 – Would have made the private transfer of a firearm a Class 5 felony unless both the transferor and the transferee were screened via a federal NICS background check.  “Transfer” was loosely defined and could have included having a friend store your firearm while you were out of town.

HB 2402 – Would have added an indicator to a person’s driver license if they become a prohibited firearms possessor.  See HB 2149.

HB 2427 – Would have made it a Class 1 misdemeanor for not locking your firearms away.

HB 2475 – Would have repealed the Arizona Gun Safety Program that allows high schools to teach the safe use of firearms and bows.

HCR 2009 – A ballot measure identical to HB 2150.

SB 1182 – Would have required special permits to kill Bobcats, the Canada Lynx, Jaguars, Mountain Lions and Ocelots.

SB 1195 – Would have required those on probation for any domestic violence violation to surrender their firearms.

SB 1487 – Would have eliminated the Game and Fish recommendation board.  This would set the stage for the appointment of political ideologues determined to end hunting and fishing in Arizona.

SB 1504 – Would have nullified “no duty to retreat” in the statutes justifying the use of deadly force.

2016

HB 2011 & SB 1021 – Would have established a “public safety and violence prevention” committee to specifically investigate firearms ownership.

SB 1128 – Would have required domestic violence offender to surrender their firearms to law enforcement.  Due process and the discretion of the court would have been eliminated, and the offender would not have the opportunity to dispose of or transfer their property using any other means.

2015

HB 2118, HB 2183, HB 2601, SB 1269 – These 4 almost identical bills would have criminalized the private transfer (not defined) of firearms.  Individuals wanting to transfer a firearm would be required to surrender their firearm to a federally licensed (FFL) dealer for a NICS background check.  The FFL would be able to charge for this service.  If the buyer (transferee) doesn’t pass the NICS check, the seller (transferor) must undergo a NICS check before the firearm can be returned to them.  If the seller (transferor) does not pass the NICS check the firearm would be confiscated and surrendered to local law enforcement for disposal.  Not complying with the law would be a Class 5 Felony.

SB 1202 – Would have allowed local governments to restrict noise that is detrimental to the “well-being” of a person or neighborhood or that “disturbs the peace and quiet” of a neighborhood.  This was nothing more that a “gun control” bills disguised as a noise ordinance.  It would have allowed local zealots to shut down shooting ranges because someone feels it disturbs their mood.

2014

HB 2207 – Discharging a firearm with a blood alcohol level (BAC) of .08 would become a class 6 felony.  Thwart a home invasion while sitting at home having a beer and become a felon.

HB 2632 – Anyone subject to a restraining order is a prohibited possessor.

2013

HB 2376 – Law enforcement officers authorized to make a determination of a person’s mental health, request a court ordered evaluation, seize firearms and create another Prohibited Possessor.

HB 2379 – Anyone subject to a restraining order, regardless of the reason or legitimacy, is a prohibited possessor.

HB 2380 & SB 1476 – Eliminate Constitutional Carry and reestablish 1994 CCW requirements.

HB 2631 – Discharging a firearm with a blood alcohol level (BAC) of .08 would become a class 6 felony.  Thwart a home invasion while sitting at home having a beer and become a felon.

HB 2664 & SB 1472  – Guns must be kept unloaded and locked away.

SB 1049 – Expand the definition of “school” in ARS 13-3102 (Weapons Misconduct) to include colleges and universities and make possessing a firearm on these campuses a class 6 felony.

SB 1050 – Ban magazines with a capacity greater than 10 rounds (class 4 felony).

SB 1228 – Repeal state preemption over the disposition of surrendered and forfeited firearms.

SB 1229 – Ban magazines with a capacity greater than 10 rounds (class 3 felony).

SB 1309 – Universal background checks for all firearm transfers, private as well as commercial.

SB 1473 – Illegal to enter “any state building, including the House of Representatives wing and the Senate wing of the State Capitol, carrying a deadly weapon.” 

SB 1474 – Expand the definition of “school” in ARS 13-3102 (Weapons Misconduct) to include colleges and universities and make possessing a firearm on these campuses a class 1 misdemeanor.

SB 1480 – Raise the penalty for the unlawful discharge of a firearm “within or into the limits of any municipality” from a Class 6 to a Class 5 felony.

2012

SB 1130 – Add colleges and universities to the definition of “schools” in the weapons misconduct statutes, expanding the places where weapons are prohibited.

SB 1174 – Require background checks on all firearm sales (retail and private) at any “firearm show,” broadly defined to include almost any gathering where firearms might be sold.

SB 1175 – Illegal to enter “any state building, including the House of Representatives wing and the Senate wing of the State Capitol, carrying a deadly weapon.” 

2011

HB 2691 – Any person who sells three or more “high caliber” (broadly defined) firearms must report the sale to DPS.

HB 2711 – Ban magazines with a capacity greater than 10 rounds. 

SB 1060 – Fraudulent (broadly defined) firearms sales become a crime of “racketeering.”  Would have effectively eliminated private sales.

SB 1586 – Require background checks on all firearm sales (retail and private) at any “firearm show,” broadly defined to include almost any gathering where firearms might be sold.

SB 1587 – Add colleges and universities to the definition of “schools” in the weapons misconduct statutes, expanding the places where weapons are prohibited.

SB 1588 – Illegal to enter “any state building, including the House of Representatives wing and the Senate wing of the State Capitol, carrying a deadly weapon.” 

2010

HB 2271 – Add colleges and universities to the statutory definition of “school,” and created a new class 6 felony for carrying a deadly weapon there.

HB 2201 – Create a new, broad and overreaching state level, “straw purchase” crime that went much further than the federal statute.

2009

HB 2386 – Add colleges and universities to the statutory definition of “school,” and create a new class 6 felony for carrying a deadly weapon there.

HB 2484 – Create a new, broad and overreaching state level, “straw purchase” crime that went much further than the federal statute.

SB 1004 – Create a felony offense for having a compartment in a motor vehicle that “is intended and designed to be used to conceal, hide or prevent discovery by law enforcement officer.”  Any hidden compartment in a vehicle, like the one you might use to keep your gun from being stolen, could be construed in such a fashion.  Nearly every vehicle on the road today has at least one such compartment.  The language was far too broad and open to interpretation.

2008

HB 2380 – Add “airport designated secure area” to ARS 13-3102, misconduct involving weapons.

HB 2358 –  Increase the penalty for possession of a firearm on school grounds to a class 5 felony.

HB 2429 – Establish a new 75 foot perimeter around polling places where weapons are prohibited.

HB 2430 & HB 2431 – These companion bills would have made you a criminal and lifetime prohibited possessor, along with being subject to personal liability, if a minor gained access to one of your firearms and caused injury or death.  Bills identical to HB 2430 and 2431 have been introduced in every recent session.

HB 2833 – A back-door attempt to ban ammunition sales in Arizona.  HB 2833 targeted as yet undefined “assault weapon” ammunition, which is Orwellian double-speak for almost every caliber of ammunition now popular. If passed, it would have effectively halted all ammunition sales in Arizona.  HB 2833 required all ammunition manufacturers to encode a unique serial number on the base of every bullet and on the inside of every cartridge. The bullet serial number and cartridge casing serial number would have to be identical.Ammunition sales would require recordation (i.e., registration) of the purchaser’s name, driver’s license, date of birth, etc. DPS would be required to maintain a database of ammunition coding and buyers.  Anyone possessing ammunition without serial numbers would be required to dispose of it.  A 1/2 cent would have been added to every round of ammunition sold. Manufactures and vendors would be steeply fined for not complying.