Bill > HB217

Introduced Session

Purchase, sale, transfer, etc., of assault firearms and certain ammunition feeding devices prohibited; penalties. 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 with some exceptions, 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, or is manually operated by bolt, pump, lever, or slide action. 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, transfers, or purchases a large capacity ammunition feeding device is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. This bill is identical to SB 749.

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Dan Helmer (D)*,  Elizabeth Bennett-Parker (D),  Gretchen Bulova (D),  Betsy Carr (D),  Nadarius Clark (D),  Laura Jane Cohen (D),  Rae Cousins (D),  Mark Downey (D),  J.R. Henson (D),  Phil Hernandez (D),  Patrick Hope (D),  Karen Keys-Gamarra (D),  Paul Krizek (D),  Amy Laufer (D),  Destiny LeVere Bolling (D),  Alfonso Lopez (D),  Fernando Martinez (D),  Garrett McGuire (D),  May Nivar (D),  Marcia Price (D),  Atoosa Reaser (D),  David Reid (D),  Charlie Schmidt (D),  Holly Seibold (D),  Irene Shin (D),  J.J. Singh (D),  Richard Sullivan (D),  Kathy Tran (D), 

Passed by for the day (on 04/23/2026)

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