DATE CREATED: January 26, 2023
LAST ACTION DATE: 01/26/2023
LAST AMENDMENT DATE: 01/25/2023
PROGRESS: In Committee
BILL ID: S0040
CATEGORIES: Justice
REGION: VT
This bill proposes to (1) require a 72-hour waiting period for most firearms transfers; (2) repeal the statute that permits large capacity ammunition feeding devices to be manufactured in Vermont; (3) require that, when a firearm is not in a person’s immediate possession or control, the firearm must be locked in a safe storage depository or rendered incapable of being fired, or stored with a cooperating law enforcement agency, another State or municipal agency that permits firearms storage, or a federally licensed firearms dealer that accepts relinquished firearms; (4) provide a premium discount on homeowners insurance policies to policyholders who store their firearms in compliance with safe storage requirements; (5) prohibit possession of semiautomatic assault weapons; (6) prohibit using a three-dimensional printer to manufacture a firearm and prohibit distributing digital instructions for using a three-dimensional printer to manufacture a firearm; and (7) permit firearms industry members to be held liable for damages in public nuisance lawsuits. S.40
SESSION: 2023-2024 Session
VERSIONS: 1
LAST ACTION: Read 1st time & referred to Committee on Judiciary
ACTIONS: 1
SPONSORS: Alison Clarkson (D)* , Ruth Hardy (D) , Martine Gulick (D) , Wendy Harrison (D) , Richard McCormack (D) , Kesha Ram Hinsdale (D) , Anne Watson (D) , Becca White (D)
KEYWORDS: Bona Fide Gift, Primary Care Providers, Primary Care Visits, Protrudes Conspicuously Beneath, Security Organization Required, Homeowners Insurance Policies, Homeowners Insurance Policy, Firearm- Related Product, Semiautomatic Assault Weapons, Accepts Relinquished Firearms
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