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
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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 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
07/23/2018: Awaiting a Vote in the Judiciary 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) |