Bill > A3595

Introduced Session

This bill revises the definition of machine gun to include certain conversion parts. Under current law, a machine gun is defined as any firearm, mechanism, or instrument not requiring that the trigger be pressed for each shot and having a reservoir, belt or other means of storing and carrying ammunition which can be loaded into the firearm, mechanism, or instrument and fired therefrom. This bill clarifies that a machine gun also includes the frame or receiver of the firearm, any part designed and intended solely and exclusively, or combination of parts designed and intended, for use in converting a firearm into a machine gun, and any combination of parts from which a machine gun can be assembled if such parts are in the possession or under the control of a person. Under current law, it is a second degree crime to possess a machine gun. A crime of the second degree is punishable by five to 10 years imprisonment, a fine of up to $150,000, or both. This bill establishes the crime of possessing or selling a machine gun conversion device, which the bill defines as any device capable of converting a firearm into a machine gun. The bill also clarifies that a person who knowingly possesses machine gun conversion devices, bump stocks, and trigger cranks but who does not possess a firearm to which those components may be affixed is guilty of a crime of the third degree. In addition, the bill also establishes a third degree crime of manufacturing, transporting, shipping, selling, or disposing of a machine gun conversion device. A crime of the third degree is punishable by three to five years imprisonment, a fine of up to $15,000, or both.

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Lou Greenwald (D)*,  Verlina Reynolds-Jackson (D)*,  Lisa Swain (D)*,  Rosaura Bagolie (D),  Alixon Collazos-Gill (D),  Shama Haider (D), 

Withdrawn Because Approved P.L.2025, c.363. (on 01/13/2026)

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