Auto sears and trigger activators; prohibition on manufacture, importation, sale, etc., penalty.
Summary
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.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2023
Committee Review
Feb 2024
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2024
Senate Passage
Mar 2024
Signed into Law
Mar 2024
Introduced Dec 13, 2023
Signed Mar 26, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Feb 29, 2024 · House of Delegates Feb 2, 2024
How they voted
39–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 40
Feb 29, 2024
D
Democratic21
95% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
49
Key actions
15
Committee
14
Mar 26, 2024
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 163 (effective 7/1/24)
executive
Mar 8, 2024
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Mar 7, 2024
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Mar 7, 2024
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB22ER)
lower
Mar 1, 2024
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate with substitute (27-Y 13-N)
upper
Feb 29, 2024
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (39-0-1)
senate
Feb 28, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N)
upper
Feb 19, 2024
Committee
Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
upper
Feb 19, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (13-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 19, 2024
Upper · Passed
Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
upper
Feb 5, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
upper
Feb 2, 2024
Lower · Passed
VOTE: Block Vote Passage (92-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 2, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (92-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 29, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported from Appropriations (21-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 24, 2024
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 21, 2024
Committee
Assigned App. sub: Transportation & Public Safety
lower
Jan 19, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Jan 19, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported from Public Safety with substitute (20-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 18, 2024
Committee
Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Jan 18, 2024
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Jan 13, 2024
Committee
Assigned PS sub: Firearms
lower
Dec 13, 2023
Committee
Referred to Committee on Public Safety
lower
1 primary · 22 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Mike Jones
DDemocratic
Co
Adele McClure
DDemocratic
Co
Alex Askew
DDemocratic
Co
Amy Laufer
DDemocratic
Co
Bonita Anthony
DDemocratic
Co
Dan Helmer
DDemocratic
Co
Debra Gardner
DDemocratic
Co
Elizabeth Bennett-Parker
DDemocratic
Co
Holly Seibold
DDemocratic
Co
Irene Shin
DDemocratic
Co
J.R. Henson
DDemocratic
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