DATE CREATED: October 26, 2023
LAST ACTION DATE: 03/08/2024
LAST AMENDMENT DATE: 10/26/2023
PROGRESS: Dead
BILL ID: H0279
CATEGORIES: Justice
REGION: FL
An act relating to assault weapons and large-capacity magazines; creating s. 790.301, F.S.; providing definitions; prohibiting the sale or transfer of an assault weapon or a large-capacity magazine; providing criminal penalties; providing exceptions; prohibiting possession of an assault weapon or a large-capacity magazine; providing criminal penalties; providing exceptions; requiring certificates of possession for assault weapons or large-capacity magazines lawfully possessed before a specified date; providing requirements for the certificates; requiring the Department of Law Enforcement to conduct a background investigation; requiring the department to adopt rules; specifying the form of the certificates; limiting sales or transfers of assault weapons or large-capacity magazines documented by the certificates; providing exceptions; providing conditions for continued possession of such weapons or large-capacity magazines; providing requirements for an applicant who fails to qualify for a certificate of possession; requiring certificates of transfer for transfers of certain assault weapons or large-capacity magazines; providing requirements for certificates of transfer; requiring the department to maintain a file of such certificates; providing for relinquishment of assault weapons or large-capacity magazines; providing requirements for transportation of assault weapons or large-capacity magazines under certain circumstances; providing criminal penalties; specifying circumstances in which the manufacture or transportation of assault weapons or large-capacity magazines is not prohibited; exempting permanently inoperable firearms from certain provisions; amending s. 775.087, F.S.; providing enhanced criminal penalties for certain offenses when committed with an assault weapon or a large-capacity magazine; providing for severability; providing an effective date.
SESSION: 2024 Regular Session
VERSIONS: 1
LAST ACTION: Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
ACTIONS: 7
SPONSORS: Joe Casello (D) , Rita Harris (D) , Anna Eskamani (D)* , Katherine Waldron (D)
KEYWORDS: Fabrique National Fn, Gamma- Hydroxybutyric Acid, Great Bodily Harm, Iver Johnson Enforcer, Social Security Card, Springfield Armory Bm, Weaver Arms Nighthawk, High-Capacity Box Magazine, Fingerprint Services Imposed, Large-Capacity Magazines Documented