Trigger activators; prohibition, penalty.
Summary
Trigger activators; prohibition; penalty. Prohibitsthe manufacture, importation, sale or offer to sell, possession,transfer, or transportation of a trigger activator, defined in thebill as (i) a device designed to be attached to a semi-automaticfirearm, which allows the firearm to discharge two or more shotsin a burst by activating the device, including a bump-fire deviceor a binary trigger, but does not convert the semi-automatic firearminto a machine gun or (ii) a manual or power-driven trigger activatingdevice designed so that when attached to a semi-automatic firearmit increases the rate of fire of that firearm, including a triggercrank, but does not convert the semiautomatic firearm into a machine gun. A violation is punishable as a Class 6 felony.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Nov 2019
Committee Review
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Feb 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2020
Signed into Law
Mar 2020
Introduced Nov 18, 2019
Signed Mar 31, 2020
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
32
Key actions
9
Committee
9
Mar 31, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 527 (effective 7/1/20)
executive
Feb 26, 2020
Lower · Passed
Passed House (55-Y 45-N)
lower
Feb 21, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Public Safety (14-Y 8-N)
lower
Feb 18, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Public Safety
lower
Feb 10, 2020
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 18-N)
upper
Feb 7, 2020
Upper · Passed
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB14S1
upper
Feb 7, 2020
Upper · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 20106402D-S1
upper
Feb 5, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 3, 2020
Committee
Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
upper
Feb 3, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Judiciary with substitute (9-Y 5-N)
upper
Jan 8, 2020
Upper · Passed
Moved from Courts of Justice to Judiciary due to a change of the committee name
upper
Nov 18, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
upper
Nov 18, 2019
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100506D
upper
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
DS
Dick Saslaw
DDemocratic
Co
Adam Ebbin
DDemocratic
Co
Kaye Kory
DDemocratic
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