Restricted firearm ammunition; penalty.
Summary
Manufacture, import, sale, transfer, or possessionof restricted firearm ammunition; penalty. Makes it a Class 5felony to manufacture, import, sell, transfer, or possess any restrictedfirearm ammunition, defined in current law as bullets, projectiles,or other types of ammunition that are (i) Teflon coated or coatedwith a similar product; (ii) commonly known as "KTW" bullets or"French Arcanes"; or (iii) cartridges containing bullets coated witha plastic substance with other than lead or lead alloy cores, jacketed bullets with other than lead or lead alloy cores, or cartridges ofwhich the bullet itself is wholly composed of a metal or metal alloyother than lead, but the definition does not include shotgun shellsor solid plastic bullets. The bill provides exceptions to the prohibitionand provides that any restricted ammunition possessed in violationof the law shall be forfeited to the Commonwealth.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 7, 2020
Last action Feb 11, 2020
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Total actions
5
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Committee
1
Jan 7, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Public Safety
lower
Jan 7, 2020
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104905D
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Mark H. Levine
DDemocratic
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