Auto sears and trigger activators; prohibition on manufacture, importation, sale, etc., penalty.
It became law on Mar 26, 2024.
- Stage
- Became law
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- +20
- Latest action
- Mar 26, 2024
What it does
Manufacture, importation, sale, etc., of auto sears; prohibition; penalty. Prohibits the manufacture, importation, sale or offer to sell, possession, transfer, or transportation of an auto sear, defined in the bill as a device, other than a trigger activator, for use in converting a semi-automatic firearm to shoot automatically more than one shot, without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger. A violation is punishable as a Class 6 felony. The bill also provides for the forfeiture of any auto sear concealed, possessed, transported, or carried in violation of the prohibition. This bill is identical to SB 210.
Where it stands
This bill passed and is now law.
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Where it goes next
Law in Virginia. Agencies now write the rules that carry it out, and courts can stay or strike it.
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Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
- Mike Jones
- Adele McClure
- Alex Askew
- Amy Laufer
- Atoosa R. Reaser
- Bonita Anthony
- Dan Helmer
- Debra Gardner
- Elizabeth Bennett-Parker
- Holly Seibold
- Irene Shin
- J.R. Henson
- Kannan Srinivasan
- Karen Keys-Gamarra
- Kathy Tran
- Katrina Callsen
- Laura Jane Cohen
- Marcus Simon
- Marty Martinez
- Michael Feggans
- Michelle Maldonado
- Nadarius Clark
- Rae Cousins
- Sam Rasoul
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