Bill > SB2

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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Creigh Deeds (D)*,  Saddam Salim (D)*,  Suhas Subramanyam (D)*,  Lashrecse Aird (D),  Lamont Bagby (D),  Jennifer Boysko (D),  Jennifer Carroll Foy (D),  Adam Ebbin (D),  Barbara Favola (D),  Ghazala Hashmi (D),  Mamie Locke (D),  Louise Lucas (D),  Dave Marsden (D),  Jeremy McPike (D),  Stella Pekarsky (D),  Aaron Rouse (D),  Scott Surovell (D),  Angelia Williams Graves (D), 

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

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