HB 351-CONCEALED HANDGUN PERMIT: FINGERPRINTS                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  MCGUIRE announced  consideration  of HB  351. [Before  the                                                               
committee was CSHB 351(JUD).]                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
10:30:27 AM                                                                                                                   
KAREN LIDSTER,  Staff to Representative John  Coghill, said there                                                               
is new  technology so  the statutory requirement  of two  sets of                                                               
fingerprints in  applying for  a concealed  handgun permit  is no                                                               
longer necessary.  One set is  all that the Department  of Public                                                               
Safety  (DPS)  needs. The  DPS  asked  that the  fingerprints  be                                                               
submitted on their form rather than the FBI-approved card.                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
10:31:17 AM                                                                                                                   
SENATOR FRENCH asked if it is one set of ten fingers.                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
MS. LIDSTER said yes.                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR  GREEN  moved  to  report  HB  351  from  committee  with                                                               
individual  recommendations and  attached  fiscal note(s).  There                                                               
being no objection, CSHB 351(JUD) passed out of committee.