Firearms; trigger activators designed to increase the rate of fire, prohibition, penalty. (SB1163)
Introduced By
Sen. Dick Saslaw (D-Springfield) with support from co-patrons Sen. Barbara Favola (D-Arlington), Sen. Janet Howell (D-Reston), Sen. Dave Marsden (D-Burke), and Sen. Jeremy McPike (D-Dale City)
Progress
✓ |
Introduced |
✗ |
Passed Committee |
☐ |
Passed House |
☐ |
Passed Senate |
☐ |
Signed by Governor |
☐ |
Became Law |
Description
Trigger activators designed to increase the rate of fire of firearms; prohibition; penalty. Prohibits the manufacture, importation, 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 6 felony. Read the Bill »
Outcome
Bill Has Failed
History
Date | Action |
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01/02/2019 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100713D |
01/02/2019 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
01/04/2019 | Impact statement from VCSC (SB1163) |
01/16/2019 | Impact statement from DPB (SB1163) |
01/16/2019 | Reported from Courts of Justice (9-Y 6-N) (see vote tally) |
01/16/2019 | Rereferred to Finance |
02/06/2019 | Left in Finance |