Proposed Connecticut Firearm Legislation HB05653
Legislation Overview
Title: An Act Establishing An Excise Tax On Ammunition To Provide Funding For Community Gun Violence And Intervention Program Grants.
Description: To establish an excise tax on the purchase of ammunition by a business for sale at retail and dedicate the revenue generated from such tax to fund grants through the community gun violence intervention and prevention program, with the advice of the Commission on Community Gun Violence Intervention and Prevention.
Session: 2023 General Assembly
Last Action: Public Hearing 02/22
Last Action Date: February 17, 2023
Sponsors
Note: the first sponsor listed is normally the primary sponsor. If a sponsor's name is a hyperlink you can click on it to 'follow the money'.
8 sponsors: Jillian Gilchrest (D); Joshua Hall (D); Corey Paris (D); Steven Stafstrom (D); Joshua Elliott (D); David Michel (D); Patricia Dillon (D); Hubert Delany (D);
Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 5% (8 of 151)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Feb 17, 2023 | Public Hearing 02/22 |
| House | Feb 6, 2023 | Reserved for Subject Matter Public Hearing |
| House | Jan 18, 2023 | Referred to Joint Committee on Finance, Revenue and Bonding |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | Jan 17, 2023 | 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
| Description | Vote Date | Yea Votes | Nay Votes | No Votes | Absent | Passed |
| FIN Vote Tally Sheet (Reserved for Subject Matter Public Hearing) | 02/6/2023 | 43 | 6 | 0 | 1 | Yes |
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| resort votes by: party yeas nays name | ||||||
Link: link to state bill page
