2025 bills / H.B. 425

H.B. 425 Department of Public Safety Fee Amendments (2025)

Became lawWritten by Rep. James A. Dunnigan · carried in the Senate by Sen. Don L. Ipson

  1. Introduced
  2. House committee
  3. House vote
  4. Senate committee
  5. Senate vote
  6. Signed into law

What this bill does

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This bill raises the concealed firearm permit fee for out-of-state applicants before July 1, 2026, and lets the Bureau of Criminal Identification set those permit fees through the state's standard fee-setting process after that date. It also raises the yearly registry fee for sex, kidnap, and child abuse offenders before July 1, 2026, lets the Department of Public Safety set that fee the same way afterward, and changes when money from the Concealed Weapons Account goes to the Suicide Prevention and Education Fund.

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Official description
  • increases the fee for a concealed firearm permit for out-of-state applicants assessed before July 1, 2026
  • amends fee provisions related to concealed firearm permits assessed after July 1, 2026, allowing the Bureau of Criminal Identification to set related fees in accordance with the procedures specified in Section 63J-1-504
  • amends when funds from the Concealed Weapons Account are transferred to the Suicide Prevention and Education Fund
  • increases the annual fee for offenders on the Sex, Kidnap, and Child Abuse Offender Registry assessed before July 1, 2026
  • amends fee provisions related to the Sex, Kidnap, and Child Abuse Offender Registry assessed after July 1, 2026, allowing the Department of Public Safety to set related fees in accordance with the procedures specified in Section 63J-1-504
  • contains a coordination clause coordinating changes between this bill and S.B. 41, Sex, Kidnap, and Child Abuse Offender Registry Amendment
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