Bill > HB2

Introduced Session

Purchase, sale, transfer, etc., of assault firearms and certain ammunition feeding devices prohibited; penalty. Creates a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person who imports, sells, manufactures, purchases, or transfers an assault firearm, as that term is defined in the bill, and prohibits a person who has been convicted of such violation from purchasing, possessing, or transporting a firearm for a period of three years from the date of conviction. The bill provides that an assault firearm does not include any firearm that is an antique firearm, has been rendered permanently inoperable, is manually operated by bolt, pump, lever, or slide action, or was manufactured before July 1, 2024. The bill also prohibits the sale of a large capacity ammunition feeding device, as that term is defined in the bill. The bill provides that any person who willfully and intentionally (i) sells an assault firearm to another person or (ii) purchases an assault firearm from another person is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor and that any person who imports, sells, barters, or transfers a large capacity ammunition feeding device is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill also makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person younger than 21 years of age to import, sell, manufacture, purchase, possess, transport, or transfer an assault firearm regardless of the date of manufacture of such assault firearm.

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Elizabeth Bennett-Parker (D)*,  Nadarius Clark (D)*,  Michael Feggans (D)*,  Dan Helmer (D)*,  Adele McClure (D)*,  Bonita Anthony (D),  Alex Askew (D),  David Bulova (D),  Katrina Callsen (D),  Betsy Carr (D),  Laura Jane Cohen (D),  Debra Gardner (D),  C.E. Hayes (D),  J.R. Henson (D),  Phil Hernandez (D),  Charniele Herring (D),  Michael Jones (D),  Karen Keys-Gamarra (D),  Amy Laufer (D),  Destiny LeVere Bolling (D),  Alfonso Lopez (D),  Fernando Martinez (D),  Marcia Price (D),  Sam Rasoul (D),  Atoosa Reaser (D),  David Reid (D),  Don Scott (D),  Holly Seibold (D),  Briana Sewell (D),  Irene Shin (D),  Mark Sickles (D),  Marcus Simon (D),  Kannan Srinivasan (D),  Richard Sullivan (D),  Kathy Tran (D),  Jeion Ward (D),  Vivian Watts (D),  Rodney Willett (D), 

House sustained Governor's veto (on 04/17/2024)

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