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2019 SESSION
HB 2797 Handgun and assault firearm transfers; criminal history record checks, age requirement, penalty.
Introduced by: Eileen Filler-Corn | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Handgun and assault firearm transfers; criminal history record checks; age requirement; penalty. Provides that to purchase a handgun or an assault firearm from a licensed firearm dealer, a person must (i) be age 21 or older, (ii) have attained age 18 by July 1, 2019, or (iii) be 18, 19, or 20 and have received a high school diploma, have passed a high school equivalency examination approved by the Board of Education, or be a member of the Armed Forces of the United States or the National Guard of the Commonwealth or any other state and must consent in writing to have the dealer obtain criminal history record information. The bill also redefines "assault firearm" as the term applies to firearm transfers by licensed firearm dealers by reducing from more than 20 to more than 10 the number of rounds of ammunition that a firearms magazine for such firearm will hold in order to be defined as an "assault firearm."
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HISTORY
- 01/18/19 House: Presented and ordered printed 19104846D
- 01/18/19 House: Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety
- 01/22/19 House: Assigned MPPS sub: Subcommittee #1
- 01/24/19 House: Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely (4-Y 1-N)
- 02/05/19 House: Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety