Firearms; mechanical devices designed to increase rate of fire, penalty. (SB1008)

Introduced By

Sen. Adam Ebbin (D-Alexandria) with support from co-patron Del. Mark Levine (D-Alexandria)

Progress

✓	Introduced
☐	Passed Committee
☐	Passed House
☐	Passed Senate
☐	Signed by Governor
☐	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 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. Read the Bill »

Status

04/23/2019: Awaiting a Vote in the Courts of Justice Committee

History

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