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HB 299 Kentucky House · 2026 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to machine gun conversion devices.

Summary
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 527 to define "machine gun"; establish the offense of possession of a machine gun conversion device as a Class C felony.
Issues: ✗ Criminal JusticeOpposes Criminal JusticeClassifies possession of machine gun conversion devices as Class C felony, expanding criminalization under firearms law per bill summary.95% confidence
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Mar 2026
House Passage
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 9, 2026 Last action Mar 3, 2026
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What changed between versions

Introduced → Current/Final · 2 edits
MINOR
The bill was amended to clarify that the restrictions specifically apply to converting handguns into machine guns, rather than all firearms. Additionally, the definition of the prohibited device was slightly adjusted to exclude certain high-rate-of-fire mechanisms that do not allow more than two shots per trigger pull without manual reloading. These changes narrow the bill's scope to focus on handgun conversions while refining the technical definition of the banned device.
Scope change
The bill's scope was narrowed from applying to any firearm to specifically applying to the conversion of handguns into machine guns.
DEFINITION

The definition of the prohibited device was changed to specify 'handgun' instead of the general term 'firearm'.

The exemption for devices that increase fire rate was refined to exclude those enabling more than two shots without manual reloading, clarifying the technical threshold for what constitutes a machine gun conversion device.

Floor votes · House Mar 2, 2026

How they voted

70–25
Passed · 10 other
Total votes 105
Mar 2, 2026
D Democratic21
19 Yea 2
90% Yea
R Republican84
51 Yea 25 Nay 8
60% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
10
Key actions
2
Committee
4
Mar 3, 2026
Committee
to Committee on Committees (S)
upper
Mar 2, 2026
Lower · Passed
3rd reading, passed 65-25 with Committee Substitute (1)
lower
Feb 24, 2026
Lower · Passed
reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
lower
Jan 16, 2026
Committee
to Judiciary (H)
lower
Jan 9, 2026
Committee
to Committee on Committees (H)
lower
Jan 9, 2026
Introduced
introduced in House
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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