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Proposed South Carolina Firearm Legislation H4682

  this is an anti-gun bill
Legislation Overview

Title: Selling or giving of firearms

Description: Amend Section 16-23-50, Code Of Laws Of South Carolina, 1976, Relating To Penalties For Violations Of Certain Offenses Involving Weapons, So As To Include Assault Weapons In The Purview Of The Statute And Increase The Penalties For A Violation And Create A Two-tiered Penalty Scheme; To Amend Section 16-23-210, Relating To Definitions For Purposes Of The Article, So As To Define The Term "assault Weapon"; To Amend Sections 16-23-220, 16-23-230, And 16-23-240, All Relating To The Unlawful Transportation; Storing, Keeping, Or Possessing; And Sale, Rental, Or Giving Away Of Machine Guns, Military Firearms, Sawed-off Shotguns Or Rifles, Respectively, So As To Include Assault Weapons In The List Of Weapons Banned By The Provisions Of The Statutes; And By Adding Article 9 To Chapter 31, Title 23 So As To Provide That It Is Unlawful To Sell Or Give A Firearm To A Person Whose Name Appears On The Terrorist Watch List And To Provide A Penalty For A Person Who Violates This Provision.

Session: 123rd General Assembly

Last Action: Referred to Committee on Judiciary

Last Action Date: January 14, 2020

Sponsors

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3 sponsors: Wendell Gilliard (D); Leola Robinson-Simpson (D); Lonnie Hosey (D);

Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 2% (3 of 124)

History
Chamber Date Action
House Jan 14, 2020 Introduced and read first time
House Jan 14, 2020 Referred to Committee on Judiciary
House Nov 20, 2019 Prefiled
House Nov 20, 2019 Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Texts
Type Date State Link Text
Introduced Nov 20, 2019 state link bill text
Amendments
Title Description Date State Link Text Adopted
There are no amendments to this bill at this time
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call

There have not been any votes on this bill

Link: link to state bill page

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