Firearms; mechanical devices designed to increase rate of fire, penalty. (SB1)
Introduced By
Sen. Adam Ebbin (D-Alexandria) with support from co-patron Sen. Jennifer Wexton (D-Leesburg)
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 |
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11/20/2017 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18100781D |
11/20/2017 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
11/21/2017 | Impact statement from VCSC (SB1) |
01/15/2018 | Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (11-Y 4-N) (see vote tally) |
01/15/2018 | Committee substitute printed 18105153D-S1 |
01/15/2018 | Rereferred to Finance |
01/15/2018 | Incorporates SB113 (Favola) |
01/15/2018 | Incorporates SB 676 (Deeds) |
01/16/2018 | Impact statement from DPB (SB1) |
01/22/2018 | Impact statement from VCSC (SB1S1) |
01/25/2018 | Impact statement from DPB (SB1S1) |
01/31/2018 | Passed by indefinitely in Finance (10-Y 6-N) (see vote tally) |
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.