2020 Senate Bill 860

Ban gun-sale bans during state of emergency

Introduced in the Senate

April 16, 2020

Introduced by Sen. Tom Barrett (R-24)

To amend one of the two laws that authorize a governor to assume extraordinary powers during an emergency, including the statewide “lockdowns” ordered under the 2020 coronavirus epidemic. The bill would prohibit a governor from using this law (Public Act 390 of 1976) to ban the sale or purchase of lawfully possessed firearms, ammunition, or other weapons during a declared emergency or disaster.

Referred to the Committee on Government Operations