Alabama 2025 Regular Session

Alabama House Bill HB23 Compare Versions

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3	3	HB23
4	4	4YQ8RRR-1
5	5	By Representative Hassell
6	6	RFD: Judiciary
7	7	First Read: 04-Feb-25
8	8	PFD: 08-Jul-24
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14	14	6 4YQ8RRR-1 07/01/2024 ZAK (L)ZAK 2024-1949
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17	17	SYNOPSIS:
18	18	Under existing law, a person may be issued a
19	19	permit to carry certain firearms.
20	20	This bill would require a person to have a
21	21	permit to legally carry an assault weapon in a vehicle
22	22	or on his or her person.
23	23	This bill would require a person to have a
24	24	permit to purchase or otherwise acquire an assault
25	25	weapon.
26	26	This bill would provide exceptions for certain
27	27	entities and circumstances from these requirements.
28	28	This bill would also provide a criminal penalty
29	29	for a violation.
30	30	A BILL
31	31	TO BE ENTITLED
32	32	AN ACT
33	33	Relating to firearms; to require a permit to carry an
34	34	assault weapon in a vehicle or on one's person; to require a
35	35	permit to purchase or acquire an assault weapon; to provide
36	36	certain exceptions; and to provide criminal penalties for
37	37	violations.
38	38	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
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68	68	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
69	69	Section 1. (a) For the purposes of this section, the
70	70	following terms have the following meanings:
71	71	(1) ANTIQUE FIREARM. A firearm or replica of a firearm
72	72	not designed or redesigned for using rim fire or conventional
73	73	center fire ignition with fixed ammunition and manufactured in
74	74	or before 1898, including any matchlock, flintlock, percussion
75	75	cap, or similar type of ignition system. The term includes any
76	76	firearm using fixed ammunition manufactured in or before 1898,
77	77	for which ammunition is no longer manufactured in the United
78	78	States and is not readily available in the ordinary channels
79	79	of commercial trade.
80	80	(2) ASSAULT WEAPON. a. A weapon that is:
81	81	1. A semiautomatic rifle that has the capacity to
82	82	accept a detachable magazine and has one or more of the
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84	84	(i) A pistol grip that protrudes conspicuously beneath
85	85	the action of the weapon.
86	86	(ii) A thumbhole stock.
87	87	(iii) A folding or telescoping stock.
88	88	(iv) A second handgrip or a protruding grip that can be
89	89	held by the nontrigger hand.
90	90	(v) A flash suppressor, muzzle break, muzzle
91	91	compensator, or threaded barrel designed to accommodate a
92	92	flash suppressor, muzzle break, or muzzle compensator.
93	93	(vi) A grenade launcher or flare launcher.
94	94	2. A semiautomatic pistol that has the capacity to
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127	127	(i) Any feature capable of functioning as a protruding
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129	129	(ii) A threaded barrel capable of accepting a flash
130	130	suppressor, forward handgrip, or silencer.
131	131	(iii) A shroud attached to the barrel, or that
132	132	partially or completely encircles the barrel, allowing the
133	133	bearer to hold the firearm with the nontrigger hand without
134	134	being burned, but excluding a slide that encloses the barrel.
135	135	(iv) The capacity to accept a detachable magazine at
136	136	any location outside of the pistol grip.
137	137	3. A semiautomatic pistol or a semiautomatic centerfire
138	138	or rimfire rifle with a fixed magazine that has the capacity
139	139	to accept more than 10 rounds of ammunition.
140	140	4. A semiautomatic centerfire or rimfire rifle that has
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142	142	5. A semiautomatic shotgun that has all of the
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144	144	(i) A pistol grip that protrudes conspicuously beneath
145	145	the action of the weapon, thumbhole stock, or vertical
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147	147	(ii) A folding or telescoping stock.
148	148	(iii) The ability to accept a detachable magazine.
149	149	6. A shotgun with a revolving cylinder.
150	150	7. A conversion kit, part, or combination of parts from
151	151	which a weapon described in this paragraph may be assembled if
152	152	those parts are in the possession or under the control of the
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154	154	b. The term does not include an antique firearm, any
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184	184	b. The term does not include an antique firearm, any
185	185	firearm that has been made permanently inoperable, or any
186	186	firearm that is manually operated by bolt, pump, lever, or
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188	188	(3) CAPACITY TO ACCEPT MORE THAN 10 ROUNDS. Capable of
189	189	accommodating more than 10 rounds of ammunition. The term does
190	190	not include a feeding device that has been permanently altered
191	191	so that it cannot accommodate more than 10 rounds of
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193	193	(4) FIREARM. Has the same meaning as provided in
194	194	Section 13A-8-1, Code of Alabama 1975.
195	195	(5) MAGAZINE. Any ammunition feeding device.
196	196	(6) PISTOL. Has the same meaning as provided in Section
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198	198	(7) RIFLE. Has the same meaning as provided in Section
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200	200	(8) SHOTGUN. Has the same meaning as provided in
201	201	Section 13A-11-62, Code of Alabama 1975.
202	202	(b)(1) No person shall knowingly carry an assault
203	203	weapon in a vehicle or on his or her person unless he or she
204	204	possesses a valid assault weapon permit issued in accordance
205	205	with this section.
206	206	(2) No person shall purchase or otherwise acquire an
207	207	assault weapon unless he or she possesses a valid assault
208	208	weapon permit issued in accordance with this section
209	209	(c) A person who acquires an assault weapon by means of
210	210	bequest or intestate succession shall have a grace period of
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242	242	weapon permit.
243	243	(d) A person may apply to the sheriff of the county in
244	244	which he or she resides for the issuance or renewal of an
245	245	assault weapon permit. An assault weapon permit shall be
246	246	issued or renewed at the discretion of the sheriff according
247	247	to the procedures for issuing and renewing a concealed carry
248	248	permit as provided in Section 13A-11-75, Code of Alabama 1975.
249	249	The fee for an assault weapon permit, and the distribution of
250	250	funds collected therefrom, shall be as provided for a
251	251	concealed carry permit in Section 13A-11-75, Code of Alabama
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253	253	(e) A violation of subsection (b) is a Class C felony.
254	254	(f) This section shall not apply to any of the
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256	256	(1) A federal, state, or local law enforcement officer
257	257	or member of the military or naval forces of this state or of
258	258	the United States while acting in an official capacity.
259	259	(2) A person who possesses a federal firearm license
260	260	pursuant to 18 U.S.C § 923.
261	261	(3) A person that is on land under his or her control,
262	262	in his or her place of residence, or in his or her fixed place
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264	264	Section 2. This act shall become effective on October
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