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2023 SESSION
SB 1382 Assault firearms and certain ammunition feeding devices; purchase, possession, etc., prohibited.
Introduced by: R. Creigh Deeds | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Purchase, possession, sale, transfer, etc., of assault firearms and certain ammunition feeding devices prohibited; penalty. Creates a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person who imports, sells, manufactures, purchases, possesses, transports, or transfers an assault firearm, as that term is defined in the bill, 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, is manually operated by bolt, pump, lever, or slide action, or was manufactured before July 1, 2023. 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, or transfers a large capacity ammunition feeding device is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill also makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person younger than 21 years of age to import, sell, manufacture, purchase, possess, transport, or transfer an assault firearm regardless of the date of manufacture of such assault firearm.
FULL TEXT
- 01/11/23 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23104134D pdf | impact statements
- 01/23/23 Senate: Committee substitute printed 23104992D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 01/25/23 Senate: Committee substitute printed 23105315D-S2 pdf | impact statements
AMENDMENTS
- Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
HISTORY
- 01/11/23 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23104134D
- 01/11/23 Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
- 01/23/23 Senate: Reported from Judiciary with substitute (9-Y 6-N)
- 01/23/23 Senate: Incorporates SB918 (Morrissey)
- 01/23/23 Senate: Incorporates SB1283 (Edwards)
- 01/23/23 Senate: Committee substitute printed 23104992D-S1
- 01/23/23 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 01/25/23 Senate: Incorporates SB918 (Morrissey)
- 01/25/23 Senate: Incorporates SB1283 (Edwards)
- 01/25/23 Senate: Committee substitute printed 23105315D-S2
- 01/25/23 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (10-Y 4-N)
- 01/26/23 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/27/23 Senate: Read second time
- 01/27/23 Senate: Committee substitute rejected 23104992D-S1
- 01/27/23 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 01/27/23 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 23105315D-S2
- 01/27/23 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1382S2
- 01/30/23 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 01/31/23 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (23-Y 16-N)
- 02/08/23 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/08/23 House: Read first time
- 02/08/23 House: Referred to Committee on Public Safety
- 02/08/23 House: Assigned PS sub: Subcommittee #1
- 02/09/23 House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (6-Y 4-N)
- 02/22/23 House: Left in Public Safety