SB749
Importation, sale, possession, etc., of assault firearms and certain ammunition feeding devices prohibited; penalties.
Status:
In Senate
Latest Action:
Feb. 5, 2026
Senate: Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (2/5/2026 4:34 pm)
Chief Patron:
Saddam Azlan Salim (D)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Introduced. Importation, sale, possession, etc., of assault firearms and certain ammunition feeding devices prohibited; penalties.
Creates a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person who imports, sells, manufactures, purchases, possesses, transports, or transfers an assault firearm, as that term is defined in the bill with some exceptions, and prohibits a person who has been convicted of such violation from purchasing, possessing, or transporting a firearm for ... (More) a period of three years from the date of conviction. The bill provides that an assault firearm does not include any firearm that is an antique firearm, has been rendered permanently inoperable, is manually operated by bolt, pump, lever, or slide action, or was manufactured before July 1, 2026. The bill also prohibits the sale of a large capacity ammunition feeding device, as that term is defined in the bill. The bill provides that any person who willfully and intentionally (i) sells an assault firearm to another person or (ii) purchases an assault firearm from another person is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor and that any person who imports, sells, barters, or transfers a large capacity ammunition feeding device is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill also makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person younger than 21 years of age to import, sell, manufacture, purchase, possess, transport, or transfer an assault firearm regardless of the date of manufacture of such assault firearm with some exceptions. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/19/2026 - Senate: Presented and ordered printed 26100444D
- 01/19/2026 - Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/21/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (1/21/2026 11:10 am)
- 01/24/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB749)
- 01/26/2026 - Senate: Senate committee offered
- 01/26/2026 - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 5-N)
- 01/26/2026 - Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 01/27/2026 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 26106212D-S1
- 01/27/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (1/27/2026 1:49 pm)
- 02/04/2026 - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (10-Y 5-N)
- 02/05/2026 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 02/05/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/05/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- 02/05/2026 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 26106501D-S2
- 02/05/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (2/5/2026 4:34 pm)
