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2024 SESSION
HB 173 Plastic firearms & unfinished frames, etc.; manufacture, import, etc. prohibited, penalties.
Introduced by: Marcus B. Simon | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Manufacture, import, sale, transfer, or possession of plastic firearms and unfinished frames or receivers and unserialized firearms prohibited; penalties. Creates a Class 5 felony for any person who knowingly manufactures or assembles, imports, purchases, sells, transfers, or possesses any firearm that, after removal of all parts other than a major component, as defined in the bill, is not detectable as a firearm when subjected to inspection by the types of detection devices, including X-ray machines, commonly used at airports, government buildings, schools, correctional facilities, and other locations for security screening. The bill updates language regarding the types of detection devices that are used at such locations for detecting plastic firearms. Under current law, it is unlawful to manufacture, import, sell, transfer, or possess any plastic firearm and a violation is punishable as a Class 5 felony. The bill also creates a Class 1 misdemeanor, which is punishable as a Class 4 felony for a second or subsequent offense, making it unlawful for any person to knowingly possess a firearm or any completed or unfinished frame or receiver that is not imprinted with a valid serial number or to knowingly import, purchase, sell, offer for sale, or transfer ownership of any completed or unfinished frame or receiver, unless the completed or unfinished frame or receiver (i) is deemed to be a firearm pursuant to federal law and (ii) is imprinted with a valid serial number. The bill creates a Class 1 misdemeanor, which is punishable as a Class 4 felony for a second or subsequent offense, making it unlawful for any person to manufacture or assemble, cause to be manufactured or assembled, import, purchase, sell, offer for sale, or transfer ownership of any firearm that is not imprinted with a valid serial number. The portions of the bill prohibiting unfinished frames or receivers and unserialized firearms have a delayed effective date of January 1, 2025; however, the portions of the bill prohibiting the knowing possession of a firearm or any completed or unfinished frame or receiver that is not imprinted with a valid serial number have a delayed effective date of July 1, 2025. This bill is identical to SB 100.
FULL TEXT
- 01/03/24 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104103D pdf | impact statements
- 01/19/24 House: Committee substitute printed 24105692D-H1 pdf | impact statements
- 02/19/24 Senate: Committee substitute printed 24107868D-S1 pdf | impact statements
- 03/07/24 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB173ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/27/24 House: Governor's substitute printed 24109222D-H2 pdf | impact statement
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
- Governor's recommendation
- Governor's veto explanation
HISTORY
- 01/03/24 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104103D
- 01/03/24 House: Referred to Committee on Public Safety
- 01/13/24 House: Assigned PS sub: Firearms
- 01/18/24 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 3-N)
- 01/18/24 House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
- 01/19/24 House: Reported from Public Safety with substitute (12-Y 9-N)
- 01/19/24 House: Committee substitute printed 24105692D-H1
- 01/19/24 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 01/21/24 House: Assigned App. sub: Transportation & Public Safety
- 01/24/24 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
- 01/29/24 House: Reported from Appropriations (12-Y 9-N)
- 01/31/24 House: Read first time
- 02/01/24 House: Read second time
- 02/01/24 House: Committee substitute agreed to 24105692D-H1
- 02/01/24 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB173H1
- 02/02/24 House: Read third time and passed House (52-Y 48-N)
- 02/02/24 House: VOTE: Passage (52-Y 48-N)
- 02/05/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/05/24 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/19/24 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (8-Y 5-N)
- 02/19/24 Senate: Committee substitute printed 24107868D-S1
- 02/19/24 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/28/24 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N)
- 02/29/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/01/24 Senate: Read third time
- 03/01/24 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 03/01/24 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 24107868D-S1
- 03/01/24 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB173S1
- 03/01/24 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N)
- 03/04/24 House: Senate substitute agreed to by House 24107868D-S1 (52-Y 44-N 1-A)
- 03/04/24 House: VOTE: Adoption (52-Y 44-N 1-A)
- 03/07/24 House: Enrolled
- 03/07/24 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB173ER)
- 03/07/24 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/08/24 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/11/24 House: 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 House: Governor's recommendation received by House
- 03/27/24 House: Governor's substitute printed 24109222D-H2
- 04/17/24 House: Speaker ruled Governor's amendments not germane
- 04/17/24 House: Communicated to Governor
- 04/17/24 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., May 17, 2024
- 05/17/24 Governor: Vetoed by Governor