HB 26-1302

HB 26-1302 allows the Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to set its own operating hours for conducting background checks on firearm purchases instead of being required to operate 12 hours a day every day except Thanksgiving and Christmas. The bill ensures that all requests for background checks are still processed immediately, but it gives the CBI more flexibility in deciding when those checks happen. It also requires the CBI to report annually on how efficiently they process these checks and any steps taken to improve their operations. Since the bill has been signed into law, the CBI now has the authority to adjust its operating hours as needed while continuing to meet legal requirements for background checks.

Official Summary

In current law, the Colorado bureau of investigation (bureau) must remain open 12 hours a day, every calendar day except Christmas and Thanksgiving, to transmit requests for a background check to the national instant criminal background check system and search other databases. The act allows the bureau to determine its own hours of operation that best meet its business needs to timely transmit the background check requests. The act requires the bureau to immediately place in the processing queue a request for a background check and accept requests for a background check every calendar day except Thanksgiving and Christmas. Additionally, the act requires the bureau to submit a report every year to the house of representatives judiciary committee and the senate judiciary committee describing background check processing times, operating hours, system outages, and actions taken by the bureau to improve efficiency.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

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