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2024 SESSION
SB 2 Assault firearms & certain ammunition, etc.; purchase, possession, sale, transfer, etc., prohibited.
Introduced by: R. Creigh Deeds | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Purchase, 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, 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, 2024. 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. This bill is identical to HB 2.
FULL TEXT
- 11/20/23 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100411D pdf | impact statements
- 02/05/24 Senate: Printed as engrossed 24100411D-E pdf | impact statements
- 02/16/24 House: Committee substitute printed 24107815D-H1 pdf | impact statements
- 03/06/24 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB2ER) pdf | impact statement
AMENDMENTS
- House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- Senate amendments
- Governor's veto explanation
HISTORY
- 11/20/23 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100411D
- 11/20/23 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/10/24 Senate: Moved from Judiciary to Courts of Justice due to a change of the committee name
- 01/22/24 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (9-Y 6-N)
- 01/22/24 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 01/31/24 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendments (10-Y 5-N)
- 02/01/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/24 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/05/24 Senate: Read second time
- 02/05/24 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 02/05/24 Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/05/24 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended SB2E
- 02/05/24 Senate: Printed as engrossed 24100411D-E
- 02/06/24 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/07/24 Senate: Pending question, not ordered (18-Y 22-N)
- 02/07/24 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N)
- 02/13/24 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/13/24 House: Read first time
- 02/13/24 House: Referred to Committee on Public Safety
- 02/16/24 House: Reported from Public Safety with substitute (12-Y 10-N)
- 02/16/24 House: Committee substitute printed 24107815D-H1
- 02/20/24 House: Motion to refer to committee agreed to
- 02/20/24 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/21/24 House: Reported from Appropriations (12-Y 10-N)
- 02/23/24 House: Read second time
- 02/26/24 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/27/24 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/28/24 House: Read third time
- 02/28/24 House: Committee substitute agreed to 24107815D-H1
- 02/28/24 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB2H1
- 02/28/24 House: Passed House with substitute (51-Y 49-N)
- 02/28/24 House: VOTE: Passage (51-Y 49-N)
- 03/01/24 Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (21-Y 19-N)
- 03/01/24 Senate: Title replaced 24107815D-H1
- 03/06/24 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/06/24 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB2ER)
- 03/06/24 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/07/24 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/11/24 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
- 03/11/24 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
- 03/26/24 Governor: Vetoed by Governor
- 04/17/24 Senate: Passed in enrolled form rejected (21-Y 19-N)
- 04/17/24 Senate: Requires 2/3 members present