Bill > SB749

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 HB 217.

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Saddam Salim (D)*,  Lashrecse Aird (D),  Lamont Bagby (D),  Jennifer Boysko (D),  Jennifer Carroll Foy (D),  Creigh Deeds (D),  Adam Ebbin (D),  Barbara Favola (D),  Patrick Hope (D),  Michael Jones (D),  Mamie Locke (D),  Louise Lucas (D),  Dave Marsden (D),  Stella Pekarsky (D),  Irene Shin (D),  Kannan Srinivasan (D),  Scott Surovell (D), 

Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (4/14/2026 4:35 pm) (on 04/14/2026)

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