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Prohibiting the sale or transfer of large capacity ammunition feeding devices, providing penalties, and including effective date and applicability provisions
Topics:Crime & correctionsFirearms
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 22, 2024
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 23, 2024
- Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2024 session adjourned on April 19, 2024, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary It is illegal to sell or give away magazines or other devices that hold more than 10 rounds of ammunition. People who break this rule could face jail time and expensive fines. This law applies to anyone transferring these large ammunition feeders after the bill becomes official.1
Read the official explanation
This bill prohibits the sale or transfer of large capacity ammunition feeding devices, provides a penalty, and includes effective date and applicability provisions. The bill provides that a person who sells or transfers any large capacity ammunition feeding device commits an aggravated misdemeanor, punishable by confinement for no more than two years and a fine of at least $855 but not more than $8,540. Under the bill, a “large capacity ammunition feeding device” means a magazine, belt, drum, or similar device that has a capacity of, or that can be readily restored or converted to accept, more than rounds of ammunition. The bill takes effect upon enactment and applies to any large capacity ammunition feeding device sold or transferred on or after the effective date.
Senate subcommittee
Named January 23, 2024. It hasn’t reported yet.
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Earlier and later bills are matched by wording or an identical title.
Tried before
This idea has been filed in 2 earlier General Assemblies. None got through a chamber.
- HF 129 Prohibiting the sale, transfer, or possession of large capacity ammunition feeding devices…89th General Assembly · In committee · very similarCleared committee
- HF 124 Prohibiting the sale or transfer of large capacity ammunition feeding devices, providing p…88th General Assembly · In committee · nearly identicalCleared committee
- HF 65 Prohibiting the sale, transfer, or possession of large capacity ammunition feeding devices…88th General Assembly · In committee · very similarCleared committee
Matched by wording or an identical title.