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Prohibiting the sale or transfer of semiautomatic assault weapons, providing penalties, and including effective date and applicability provisions
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 21, 2021
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill prohibits the sale or transfer of semiautomatic assault weapons, provides penalties, and includes effective date and applicability provisions. The bill provides that a person who sells or transfers a semiautomatic assault weapon to another person commits a class “D” felony for a first offense and a class “C” felony for a second or subsequent offense. A class “D” felony is punishable by confinement for no more than five years and a fine of at least $1,025 but not more than $10,245. A class “C” felony is punishable by confinement for no more than years and a fine of at least $1,370 but not more than $13,660.
Read the full explanation
The bill defines a semiautomatic assault weapon to include a semiautomatic rifle, pistol, or shotgun with certain characteristics; a conversion kit, part, or combination of parts from which a semiautomatic weapon can be assembled; and a frame or receiver that is identical to or based substantially on the frame or receiver or a semiautomatic assault weapon. The bill excludes from the definition of a semiautomatic assault weapon a firearm that is manually operated by a bolt, pump, lever, or slide action and a firearm that has been rendered permanently inoperable. The bill takes effect upon enactment and applies to the sale or transfer of a semiautomatic assault weapon sold or transferred on or after the effective date of the bill.
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- HF 125 Prohibiting the sale or transfer of semiautomatic assault weapons, providing penalties, an…88th General Assembly · In committee · same titleCleared committee
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