Proposed South Carolina Firearm Legislation H3041
Legislation Overview
Title: Prohibition on Assault Weapons
Description: Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 16-23-50, Relating To Penalties For Violations Of Certain Offenses Involving Weapons, So As To Include Assault Weapons In The Purview Of The Statute, Increase The Penalties For A Violation, And Create A Two-tiered Penalty Scheme; By Amending Section 16-23-210, Relating To Definitions For Purposes Of The Article, So As To Define The Term "assault Weapon"; By Amending 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: 126th General Assembly
Last Action: Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Last Action Date: December 5, 2024
Sponsors
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1 sponsors: Wendell Gilliard (D);
Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 1% (1 of 124)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Dec 5, 2024 | Prefiled |
| House | Dec 5, 2024 | Referred to Committee on Judiciary |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | Dec 5, 2024 | 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
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Link: link to state bill page
