Florida Senate - 2022                                     SB 872
       
       
        
       By Senator Polsky
       
       
       
       
       
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    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to unfinished firearms; creating s.
    3         790.223, F.S.; providing definitions; prohibiting
    4         specified acts involving unfinished firearm frames or
    5         receivers; providing exceptions; providing criminal
    6         penalties; providing applicability; defining the term
    7         “licensed dealer”; providing an effective date.
    8          
    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   10  
   11         Section 1. Section 790.223, Florida Statutes, is created to
   12  read:
   13         790.223Unfinished firearms.—
   14         (1)As used in this section, the term:
   15         (a)“Assemble” means to fit together component parts.
   16         (b)“Firearms importer or manufacturer” means a person
   17  licensed to import or manufacture firearms pursuant to 18 U.S.C.
   18  chapter 44.
   19         (c)“Law enforcement agency” has the same meaning as in s.
   20  23.1225(1)(d).
   21         (d)“Manufacture” means to fabricate, make, form, produce,
   22  or construct by manual labor or machinery.
   23         (e)“Unfinished frame or receiver” means any forging,
   24  casting, printing, extrusion, machined body, or similar article
   25  that:
   26         1.Has reached a stage in its manufacture where it may
   27  readily be completed or converted to be a functional frame or
   28  receiver; or
   29         2.Is marketed or sold to the public to become or be used
   30  as the frame or receiver of a functional firearm once finished
   31  or completed.
   32         (2)(a)After January 1, 2023, a person may not possess,
   33  purchase, transport, or receive an unfinished frame or receiver,
   34  unless:
   35         1.The person is a firearms importer or manufacturer; or
   36         2.The unfinished frame or receiver is imprinted with a
   37  serial number issued by a firearms importer or manufacturer and
   38  the unfinished frame or receiver has been imprinted with the
   39  serial number pursuant to federal law.
   40         (b)A person who violates this subsection commits:
   41         1.For the first offense:
   42         a.If the offense is a possession violation, a misdemeanor
   43  of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s.
   44  775.083; or
   45         b.If the offense is any other violation, a misdemeanor of
   46  the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s.
   47  775.083; or
   48         2.For a second or subsequent offense, a felony of the
   49  third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083,
   50  or s. 775.084.
   51         (3)(a)A person may not sell, offer to sell, or transfer an
   52  unfinished frame or receiver unless:
   53         1.The person is a firearms importer or manufacturer and
   54  the recipient of the unfinished frame or receiver is a firearms
   55  importer or manufacturer; or
   56         2.The unfinished frame or receiver is imprinted with a
   57  serial number issued by an importer or manufacturer and the
   58  unfinished frame or receiver has been imprinted with the serial
   59  number pursuant to federal law.
   60         (b)A person who violates this subsection commits:
   61         1.For the first offense, a misdemeanor of the first
   62  degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083; or
   63         2.For a second or subsequent offense, a felony of the
   64  third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083,
   65  or s. 775.084.
   66         (4)(a)A person may not manufacture or cause to be
   67  manufactured or assemble or cause to be assembled a firearm that
   68  is not imprinted with a serial number issued by a firearms
   69  importer or manufacturer in accordance with federal law and any
   70  regulations adopted thereunder unless the firearm:
   71         1.Has been rendered permanently inoperable;
   72         2.Is an antique firearm; or
   73         3.Has been determined to be a collector’s item pursuant to
   74  26 U.S.C. chapter 53 or a curio or relic pursuant to 18 U.S.C.
   75  chapter 44.
   76         (b)A person who violates this subsection commits:
   77         1.For the first offense, a misdemeanor of the first
   78  degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083; or
   79         2.For a second or subsequent offense, a felony of the
   80  third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083,
   81  or s. 775.084.
   82         (5)(a)After January 1, 2023, a person may not possess,
   83  sell, offer to sell, transfer, purchase, transport, or receive a
   84  firearm that is not imprinted with a serial number issued by a
   85  firearms importer or manufacturer in accordance with federal law
   86  and any regulations adopted thereunder unless:
   87         1.The person is:
   88         a.A law enforcement agency; or
   89         b.A firearms importer or manufacturer, and in the case of
   90  a sale, an offer to sell, or a transfer, the purchaser or
   91  transferee is a firearms importer or manufacturer; or
   92         2.The firearm:
   93         a.Has been rendered permanently inoperable;
   94         b.Was manufactured before 1969;
   95         c.Is an antique firearm; or
   96         d.Has been determined to be a collector’s item pursuant to
   97  26 U.S.C. chapter 53 or a curio or relic pursuant to 18 U.S.C.
   98  chapter 44.
   99         (b)A person who violates this subsection commits:
  100         1.For the first offense:
  101         a.If the offense is a possession violation, a misdemeanor
  102  of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s.
  103  775.083; or
  104         b.If the offense is any other violation, a misdemeanor of
  105  the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s.
  106  775.083; or
  107         2.For a second or subsequent offense, a felony of the
  108  third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083,
  109  or s. 775.084.
  110         Section 2. This act does not prohibit the sale of an
  111  unfinished frame or receiver or firearm that is not imprinted
  112  with a serial number to a firearms importer or manufacturer or a
  113  licensed dealer before January 1, 2023. As used in this section,
  114  the term “licensed dealer” means a person who holds a license as
  115  a dealer in firearms which is issued pursuant to 18 U.S.C. s.
  116  923(a).
  117         Section 3. This act shall take effect October 1, 2022.