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SB1008

Firearms; mechanical devices designed to increase rate of fire, penalty.

Status:
Killed

Chief Patron:
Adam Ebbin (D)

Session:
2019 Regular Session

Summary

As Introduced. Mechanical devices designed to increase the rate of fire of firearms; penalty.

Prohibits the manufacture, import, sale or offer to sell, possession, transfer, or transportation of a trigger activator, which includes a trigger crank or bump-fire device, that is designed to increase the rate of fire of a semiautomatic rifle but does not convert the semiautomatic rifle into a machine gun. A violation is punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor for a first or second offense and a Class 6 felony for a third or subsequent offense of this or certain other firearms offenses. (Less)

  • Bill History

  • 07/23/2018 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100111D
  • 07/23/2018 - Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
  • 10/02/2018 - Senate: Impact statement from VCSC (SB1008)
  • 01/16/2019 - Senate: Stricken at the request of Patron in Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N)

Full text and vote history:

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