HB2240
Assault firearms, etc.; prohibiting sale, transport, penalties.
Summary
As Introduced. Prohibiting the sale, transport, etc., of assault firearms, large-capacity firearm magazines, and silencers; penalties.
Expands the definition of "assault firearm" and prohibits any person from importing, selling, transferring, manufacturing, purchasing, or transporting an assault firearm. A violation of this provision of the bill is a Class 6 felony. The bill also prohibits a dealer from selling, renting, trading, or transferring from his inventory an ... (More) assault firearm to any person. The bill makes it a Class 6 felony to import, sell, transfer, manufacture, purchase, or transport a large-capacity firearm magazine, as defined in the bill, and a Class 1 misdemeanor to possess such large-capacity firearm magazine. The bill provides that any person who legally owns a large-capacity firearm magazine on July 1, 2023, may retain possession of such firearm magazine until January 1, 2024, and during that time, such person shall (i) render the large-capacity firearm magazine permanently inoperable, (ii) remove the large-capacity firearm magazine from the Commonwealth, (iii) transfer the large-capacity firearm magazine to a person outside the Commonwealth who is not prohibited from possessing it, or (iv) surrender the large-capacity firearm magazine to a state or local law-enforcement agency. Finally, the bill makes it a Class 6 felony for any person to import, sell, transfer, manufacture, or purchase a silencer, except as provided for in the National Firearms Act. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/11/2023 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23104162D
- 01/11/2023 - House: Referred to Committee on Public Safety
- 01/13/2023 - House: Impact statement from VCSC (HB2240)
- 01/24/2023 - House: Assigned PS sub: Subcommittee #1
- 01/26/2023 - House: Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely (6-Y 4-N)
- 02/07/2023 - House: Left in Public Safety
