Bill Text: VA SB1008 | 2019 | Regular Session | Prefiled
Bill Title: Firearms; mechanical devices designed to increase rate of fire, penalty.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-01-16 - Stricken at the request of Patron in Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N) [SB1008 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2019-SB1008-Prefiled.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 18.2-308.5:1 as follows:
§18.2-308.5:1. Manufacture, sale, transfer, or possession of trigger activators designed to increase rate of fire of firearms prohibited; penalty.
A. It is unlawful for any person to manufacture, import, sell, offer for sale, possess, transfer, or transport in the Commonwealth a trigger activator, including a trigger crank or a bump-fire device, that is designed to increase the rate of fire of a semiautomatic rifle but does not convert the semiautomatic rifle into a machine gun.
B. A violation of this section is punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor.
2. That the provisions of this act may result in a net increase in periods of imprisonment or commitment. Pursuant to §30-19.1:4 of the Code of Virginia, the estimated amount of the necessary appropriation is $0 for periods of imprisonment in state adult correctional facilities and cannot be determined for periods of commitment to the custody of the Department of Juvenile Justice.
