Firearms; mechanical devices designed to increase rate of fire, penalty. (HB41)
Introduced By
Del. Mark Levine (D-Alexandria) with support from co-patron Del. Alfonso Lopez (D-Arlington)
Progress
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Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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Became Law |
Description
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 any device used to increase the rate of fire of any semi-automatic firearm beyond the capability of an unaided person to operate the trigger mechanism of that firearm. A violation is punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor. Read the Bill »
Outcome
Bill Has Failed
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 11/29/2017 | Committee |
| 11/29/2017 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101155D |
| 11/29/2017 | Referred to Committee on Rules |
| 11/30/2017 | Impact statement from VCSC (HB41) |
| 01/16/2018 | Impact statement from DPB (HB41) |
| 01/19/2018 | Referred from Rules |
| 01/19/2018 | Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety |
| 01/23/2018 | Assigned MPPS sub: Subcommittee #1 |
| 01/25/2018 | Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely (4-Y 2-N) |
| 02/13/2018 | Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety |
Comments
I support this Bill as it makes it unlawful for any person to manufacture, import, sell, offer for sale, possess, transfer, or transport in the Commonwealth a trigger activator, including a trigger crank or a 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.
I would recommend that a violation of this section would be punishable more severe than a Class 1 misdemeanor.