TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – A proposed invoice filed within the Florida Home seeks to decrease the minimal authorized age for buying all forms of firearms in Florida from 21 again to 18 years outdated.
What it does: HB 133 would particularly amend state regulation to scale back the minimal age at which an individual can legally purchase a firearm from a licensed vendor and eradicate the prohibition in opposition to licensed firearm importers, producers, or sellers promoting or transferring a gun to anybody underneath the age of 21.
The invoice additionally has the next results on present statute:
- Restores the 18-year-old minimal: The invoice would revert the minimal age for firearm purchases to 18, overriding the present 21-year-old minimal age.
- Retains penalty: A violation of the minimal age requirement would stay categorised as a felony of the third-degree.
- Repeals an exception: The invoice explicitly repeals a present exception that permits regulation enforcement officers, correctional officers, or service members youthful than 21 to buy a rifle or shotgun.
The sponsor: Republican Rep. Tyler Sirois is carrying the invoice. A Senate model has not but been filed.
- Throughout the 2025 Legislative Session, Sirois and Rep. Michelle Salzman carried a invoice aiming to do the identical as HB 33, nevertheless the invoice died within the Senate.
If handed, the laws would take impact July 1, 2026.
The 2026 legislative session begins Jan. 13.
