HOUSE BILL NO. 6274

June 22, 2022, Introduced by Reps. Hood, Steckloff, Breen, Hope, Thanedar, LaGrand, Young, Kuppa, Neeley, Cynthia Johnson, Pohutsky, Rogers, Brenda Carter, Brabec, Stone, Anthony, Weiss, Ellison, Morse, Rabhi and Yancey and referred to the Committee on Military, Veterans and Homeland Security.

A bill to amend 1927 PA 372, entitled

"An act to regulate and license the selling, purchasing, possessing, and carrying of certain firearms, gas ejecting devices, and electro-muscular disruption devices; to prohibit the buying, selling, or carrying of certain firearms, gas ejecting devices, and electro-muscular disruption devices without a license or other authorization; to provide for the forfeiture of firearms and electro-muscular disruption devices under certain circumstances; to provide for penalties and remedies; to provide immunity from civil liability under certain circumstances; to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state and local agencies; to prohibit certain conduct against individuals who apply for or receive a license to carry a concealed pistol; to make appropriations; to prescribe certain conditions for the appropriations; and to repeal all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act,"

(MCL 28.421 to 28.435) by adding section 14b.

the people of the state of michigan enact:

Sec. 14b. (1) A licensed dealer shall require every employee of that licensed dealer who sells or has access to a firearm in the course of the employee's employment to undergo fingerprinting and a background check. An employee of a licensed dealer who sells a firearm in the course of the employee's employment must meet all of the following requirements:

(a) Be eligible to possess a firearm under state or federal law.

(b) Hold a concealed pistol license under section 5b.

(c) Comply with all state and federal requirements for the sale and delivery of firearms.

(2) A licensed dealer shall not employ an individual if the background check performed under subsection (1) demonstrates the individual does not meet the requirements of subsection (1)(a) and (b).

(3) A licensed dealer that violates this section is responsible for a state civil infraction and may be ordered to pay a civil fine of not more than $1,000.00.

(4) As used in this section, "licensed dealer" means a person licensed to sell firearms under 18 USC 923.