Florida Senate - 2018                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 7026
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Senator Simmons moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment to Amendment (234288) (with title
    2  amendment)
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    4         Delete lines 368 - 378
    5  and insert:
    6         (13)(a) A person younger than 21 years of age may not
    7  purchase an assault weapon. The sale or transfer of an assault
    8  weapon to a person younger than 21 years of age may not be
    9  knowingly and intentionally made or facilitated by any person,
   10  including a licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, or
   11  licensed dealer. A person who violates this subsection commits a
   12  felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s.
   13  775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. Solely for the purposes of
   14  this paragraph, the term “assault weapon” means a fully
   15  automatic or semiautomatic rifle or shotgun or a semiautomatic
   16  rifle or shotgun that has a fixed magazine capacity of more than
   17  10 rounds of centerfire ammunition. The term also includes a
   18  semiautomatic rifle or shotgun when it is loaded with a
   19  detachable magazine having a capacity of more than 10 rounds of
   20  centerfire ammunition or when the rifle or shotgun is possessed
   21  by a person under 21 years of age who also possesses a
   22  detachable magazine for the rifle or shotgun which has a
   23  capacity of more than 10 rounds of centerfire ammunition.
   24         (b) The prohibitions in paragraph (a) do not apply to the
   25  purchase of a rifle or shotgun by a law enforcement officer or
   26  correctional officer, as those terms are defined in s.
   27  943.10(1), (2), (3), (6), (7), (8), or (9), or to a
   28  servicemember as defined in s. 250.01. This paragraph expires on
   29  July 1, 2021, unless renewed by the Legislature.
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   31  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   32  And the title is amended as follows:
   33         Delete lines 2435 - 2440
   34  and insert:
   35         from purchasing an assault weapon; prohibiting the
   36         knowing and intentional sale or transfer, or
   37         facilitation of a sale or transfer, of an assault
   38         weapon to a person younger than a certain age by any
   39         person, including a licensed importer, licensed
   40         manufacturer, or licensed dealer; providing criminal
   41         penalties; defining the term “assault weapon”;
   42         providing exceptions; providing a repeal date for such
   43         exceptions; amending s. 790.0655, F.S.; revising the