The Florida House could be ready after the 2026 legislative session starts in January to take up a bill that would lower the minimum age from 21 to 18 to buy rifles and other long guns.

The House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday voted 13-7 to approve the bill, which would undo a 2018 law that increased the minimum age to 21.

The law passed after the February 2018 mass shooting at Parkland Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School that killed 17 people.

The Judiciary Committee was the final panel scheduled to hear the bill (HB 133), meaning the proposal is positioned to go to the full House during the upcoming session. The House has passed similar measures in recent years, but the Senate has not gone along.

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