Overview

• Rep. Tyler Sirois filed HB 133 to reduce Florida’s minimum age to purchase or own a firearm from 21 to 18 for consideration in the 2026 session.
• The Florida House has passed similar proposals in recent years, but the Senate has repeatedly declined to advance them.
• If enacted and signed, the age change would take effect on July 1, 2026, according to the bill text reported by News4JAX.
• Attorney General James Uthmeier has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down the 21-year restriction and has said his office will not defend it as the NRA’s petition remains pending.
• Courts have unsettled the landscape, with the Fifth Circuit rejecting federal handgun-sale limits for 18- to 20-year-olds and Florida’s First District Court of Appeal striking down the state’s open-carry ban, prompting retailer guidance such as Publix’s compliance statement.