Plastic firearms and unfinished frames, etc.; manufacture, import, sale, etc., penalties.
Summary
Manufacture, import, sale, transfer, or possession of plastic firearms and unfinished frames or receivers and unserialized firearms; penalties. Creates a Class 5 felony for any person who manufactures, imports, sells, transfers, or possesses any firearm with a major component, as defined in the bill, that when subjected to inspection by the types of detection devices, including X-ray machines, commonly used at airports for security screening does not generate an image that accurately depicts the shape of the component. The bill updates language regarding the types of detection devices that are used at airports for detecting plastic firearms. The bill also creates several Class 1 misdemeanors, which are punishable as a Class 4 felony for a second or subsequent offense, making it unlawful (i) for any person to knowingly possess, transport, or receive an unfinished frame or receiver unless the party possessing or receiving the unfinished frame or receiver is a federal firearms importer, manufacturer, or dealer or the unfinished frame or receiver is required by federal law to be, and has been, imprinted with a serial number by a federal firearms importer, manufacturer, or dealer and (ii) for any person to knowingly sell, offer to sell, transfer, or purchase an unfinished frame or receiver unless the party selling, offering to sell, transferring, or purchasing the unfinished frame or receiver is a federal firearms importer, manufacturer, or dealer or the unfinished frame or receiver is required by federal law to be, and has been, imprinted with a serial number by a federal firearms importer, manufacturer, or dealer. The provisions related to the prohibition for possessing, transporting, or receiving an unfinished frame or receiver have a delayed effected date of January 1, 2023.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Feb 2022
Senate Passage
Feb 2022
House of Delegates Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 11, 2022
Last action Feb 25, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Feb 15, 2022
How they voted
22–18
Passed
Total votes 40
Feb 15, 2022
D
Democratic21
95% Yea
R
Republican19
89% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
23
Key actions
6
Committee
10
Feb 22, 2022
Committee
Assigned PS sub: Subcommittee #1
lower
Feb 21, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Public Safety
lower
Feb 15, 2022
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (22-Y 18-N)
upper
Feb 14, 2022
Upper · Passed
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB310S1
upper
Feb 14, 2022
Upper · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 22105984D-S1
upper
Feb 10, 2022
Upper · Passed
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 4-N)
upper
Feb 7, 2022
Committee
Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
upper
Feb 7, 2022
Upper · Passed
Reported from Judiciary with substitute (9-Y 4-N)
upper
Feb 7, 2022
Upper · Passed
Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
upper
Jan 31, 2022
Committee
Assigned Judiciary sub: Criminal Law
upper
Jan 11, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
upper
Jan 11, 2022
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103963D
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Adam Ebbin
DDemocratic
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