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<br><center><b>HOUSE BILL NO. 22</b></center>

<center>AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE</center>

<center>(Proposed by the House Committee on Public Safety</center>

<center>on January 19, 2024)</center>

<center>(Patron Prior to Substitute--Delegate Jones)</center>

<i>A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section
numbered <a href="http://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/18.2-308.5:2">18.2-308.5:2</a>, relating to manufacture, importation, sale, etc., of
auto sears; prohibition; penalty.</i>

<p>Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:</p>

<p>1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section
numbered <a href="http://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/18.2-308.5:2">18.2-308.5:2</a> as follows:</p>

<p><i class=new>&sect;<a href="http://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/18.2-308.5:2">18.2-308.5:2</a>. Manufacture, importation, sale, possession,
transfer, or transportation of auto sear prohibited; penalty.</i></p>

<p><i class=new>A. As used in this section, &quot;auto sear&quot; means a
device made of any material designed for use in converting a firearm to shoot
automatically more than one shot, without manual reloading, by a single
function of the trigger.</i></p>

<p><i class=new>B. It is unlawful for any person to manufacture, import,
sell, offer for sale, possess, transfer, or transport one or more auto sears in
the Commonwealth.</i></p>

<p><i class=new>C. A violation of this section is punishable as a Class 6
felony.</i></p>

<p><i class=new>D. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a
person from manufacturing, importing, selling, offering for sale, possessing,
receiving, transferring, or transporting any item for which such person is in
compliance with the National Firearms Act (26 U.S.C. &sect;5801 et seq.).</i></p>

<p>2. That the provisions of this act may result in a net
increase in periods of imprisonment or commitment. Pursuant to &sect;<a href="http://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/30-19.1:4">30-19.1:4</a> of
the Code of Virginia, the estimated amount of the necessary appropriation
cannot be determined for periods of imprisonment in state adult correctional
facilities; therefore, Chapter 1 of the Acts of Assembly of 2023, Special
Session I, requires the Virginia Criminal Sentencing Commission to assign a minimum
fiscal impact of $50,000. Pursuant to &sect;<a href="http://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/30-19.1:4">30-19.1:4</a> of the Code of Virginia, the
estimated amount of the necessary appropriation cannot be determined for
periods of commitment to the custody of the Department of Juvenile Justice.</p>