AN ACT relating to local firearms control ordinances.

Amend KRS 65.870 to allow local governments to enact ordinances regulating firearms; amend KRS 65.1591 and 237.115 to conform.

Introduced: February 5, 2025

Last action: February 7, 2025

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This bill would change Kentucky law to allow local governments, such as cities and counties, to pass their own rules regulating firearms. Currently, state law limits local governments from making such ordinances, and this bill would adjust that restriction. Who it may affect: local government officials, residents of Kentucky cities and counties, and gun owners.

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