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2017 SESSION
SB 1444 Restricted firearm ammunition; use or attempted use in the commission of a crime, penalty.
Introduced by: A. Benton "Ben" Chafin | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Restricted ammunition; use or attempted use in the commission of a crime; penalty. Provides that restricted firearms ammunition means any ammunition that has been banned or prohibited from commercial sale by the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives or under federal law. Under current law, restricted firearms ammunition was defined as ammunition that are: (i) coated with or contain, in whole or in part, polytetrafluorethylene or a similar product, (ii) commonly known as "KTW" bullets or "French Arcanes," or (iii) any cartridges containing bullets coated with a plastic substance with other than lead or lead alloy cores, jacketed bullets with other than lead or lead alloy cores, or cartridges of which the bullet itself is wholly comprised of a metal or metal alloy other than lead.
FULL TEXT
- 01/13/17 Senate: Presented and ordered printed 17103736D pdf | impact statements
- 01/31/17 Senate: Committee substitute printed 17104710D-S1 pdf | impact statements
HISTORY
- 01/13/17 Senate: Presented and ordered printed 17103736D
- 01/13/17 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/18/17 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/18/17 Senate: Rereferred to Finance
- 01/31/17 Senate: Reported from Finance with substitute (16-Y 0-N)
- 01/31/17 Senate: Committee substitute printed 17104710D-S1
- 02/01/17 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/17 Senate: Read second time
- 02/02/17 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/02/17 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 17104710D-S1
- 02/02/17 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1444S1
- 02/02/17 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/17 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/17 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/06/17 House: Read first time
- 02/06/17 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/08/17 House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law
- 02/13/17 House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote
- 02/21/17 House: Left in Courts of Justice