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3	3		SB116
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5	5		By Senator Barfoot
6	6		RFD: Judiciary
7	7		First Read: 05-Feb-25
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	12	+	5 SB116 Engrossed
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14	14		First Read: 05-Feb-25
15		-	Enrolled, An Act,
	15	+	A BILL
	16	+	TO BE ENTITLED
	17	+	AN ACT
16	18		Relating to firearms; to prohibit persons from
17	19		possessing a part or combination of parts designed or
18	20		intended to convert a pistol into a machine gun; and to
19	21		provide penalties for violations.
20	22		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
21	23		Section 1. (a) For the purposes of this section, the
22	24		term “machine gun” means any weapon which shoots, is
23	25		designed to shoot, or can be readily restored to shoot,
24	26		automatically more than one shot, without manual reloading,
25	27		by a single function of the trigger. The term shall include
26	28		the frame or receiver of any such weapon, any part designed
27	29		and intended solely and exclusively, or combination of parts
28	30		designed and intended, for use in converting a weapon into a
29	31		machine gun, and any combination of parts from which a
30	32		machine gun can be assembled if such parts are in the
31	33		possession or under the control of a person.
32	34		(b)A person who possesses, obtains, receives, sells,
33		-	or uses a part or combination of parts designed and intended
34		-	to convert a pistol into a machine gun is guilty of a Class
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36		-	(c)This section does not apply to any of the following:
37		-	(1)A state or local law enforcement officer while
38		-	acting in an official capacity.
39		-	(2)A person who owns or has in his or her possession,
40		-	control, care, or custody a firearm, part, or combination of
41		-	parts that are registered in the National Firearms
	35	+	or uses a combination of parts designed or intended to
	36	+	convert a pistol into a machine gun is guilty of a Class C
	37	+	felony.
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	67	+	felony.
	68	+	(c)This section does not apply to any of the following:
	69	+	(1)A state or local law enforcement officer while
	70	+	acting in an official capacity.
	71	+	(2)A person who owns or has in his or her possession,
	72	+	control, care, or custody a firearm, part, or combination of
71	73		parts that are registered in the National Firearms
72	74		Registration and Transfer Record maintained by the Bureau of
73	75		Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives or is otherwise
74	76		not subject to that registration requirement.
75	77		(3)Any part, combination of parts, or device designed
76	78		or intended to increase a pistol’s rate of fire but that
77	79		does not enable a semiautomatic pistol to fire more than two
78	80		shots, without manual reloading, by a single function of the
79	81		trigger.
80	82		Section 2. Although this bill would have as its purpose
81	83		or effect the requirement of a new or increased expenditure of
82	84		local funds, the bill is excluded from further requirements
83	85		and application under Section 111.05 of the Constitution of
84	86		Alabama of 2022, because the bill defines a new crime or
85	87		amends the definition of an existing crime.
86		-	Section 3. This act shall become effective immediately.
	88	+	Section 3. This act shall become effective on October
	89	+	1, 2025.
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103		-	Section 3. This act shall become effective immediately.
104		-	________________________________________________
105		-	President and Presiding Officer of the Senate
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107		-	Speaker of the House of Representatives
108		-	SB116
109		-	Senate 25-Feb-25
110		-	I hereby certify that the within Act originated in and passed
111		-	the Senate, as amended.
112		-	Patrick Harris,
113		-	Secretary.
114		-	House of Representatives
115		-	Amended and passed: 06-Mar-25
116		-	Senate concurred in House amendment 18-Mar-25
117		-	By: Senator Barfoot
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	114	+	Senate
	115	+	Read for the first time and referred
	116	+	to the Senate committee on Judiciary
	117	+	................05-Feb-25
	118	+	Read for the second time and placed
	119	+	on the calendar:
	120	+	0 amendments
	121	+	................12-Feb-25
	122	+	Read for the third time and passed
	123	+	as amended
	124	+	Yeas 28
	125	+	Nays 0
	126	+	Abstains 0
	127	+	................25-Feb-25
	128	+	Patrick Harris,
	129	+	Secretary.
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