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2022 SESSION
SB 643 Firearms; removing, altering, etc., serial number, selling, etc., or possessing.
Introduced by: Adam P. Ebbin | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Removing, altering, etc., serial number on firearm; selling, giving, etc., or possessing firearm with removed, altered, etc., serial number; penalty. Makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person, firm, association, or corporation to knowingly possess any pistol, shotgun, rifle, machine gun, or any other firearm, except for an antique firearm, that has a serial number that has been removed, altered, changed, destroyed, or obliterated in any manner. The bill also makes it a Class 6 felony for any person, firm, association, or corporation to knowingly sell, give, or distribute any pistol, shotgun, rifle, machine gun, or other firearm, except for an antique firearm, that has a serial number that has been removed, defaced, altered, changed, destroyed, or obliterated in any manner.
FULL TEXT
- 01/17/22 Senate: Presented and ordered printed 22104144D pdf | impact statements
- 02/07/22 Senate: Committee substitute printed 22105412D-S1 pdf | impact statements
- 02/10/22 Senate: Committee substitute printed 22106305D-S2 pdf | impact statements
- 02/14/22 Senate: Floor substitute printed 22106493D-S3 (DeSteph) pdf | impact statements
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
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HISTORY
- 01/17/22 Senate: Presented and ordered printed 22104144D
- 01/17/22 Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
- 01/31/22 Senate: Assigned Judiciary sub: Criminal Law
- 02/07/22 Senate: Reported from Judiciary with substitute (10-Y 5-N)
- 02/07/22 Senate: Committee substitute printed 22105412D-S1
- 02/07/22 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/10/22 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (13-Y 3-N)
- 02/10/22 Senate: Committee substitute printed 22106305D-S2
- 02/11/22 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/14/22 Senate: Floor substitute printed 22106493D-S3 (DeSteph)
- 02/14/22 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/15/22 Senate: Read second time
- 02/15/22 Senate: Committee substitute rejected 22105412D-S1
- 02/15/22 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/15/22 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to (22-Y 18-N)
- 02/15/22 Senate: Title replaced 22106305D-S2
- 02/15/22 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB643S2
- 02/15/22 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/22 Senate: Passed Senate (21-Y 19-N)
- 02/22/22 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/22/22 House: Read first time
- 02/22/22 House: Referred to Committee on Public Safety
- 02/22/22 House: Assigned PS sub: Subcommittee #1
- 03/03/22 House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (6-Y 4-N)
- 03/08/22 House: Left in Public Safety