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7		-	General Assembly ~~Substitute~~ Bill No. 6816
	5	+	General Assembly Raised Bill No. 6816
8	6		January Session, 2023
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	10	+	Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
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	13	+	Introduced by:
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14		-	AN ACT CONCERNING A STUDY OF THE MERITS AND FEASIB ILITY
15		-	OF REQUIRING MICROSTAMPING -ENABLED SEMI-AUTOMATIC
16		-	PISTOLS.
	19	+	AN ACT CONCERNING MICROSTAMPING -ENABLED PISTOLS,
	20	+	RAISING THE AGE TO PURCHASE AMMUNITION AND RESTRICTING
	21	+	THE SALE AND POSSESSION OF BODY ARMOR.
17	22		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
18	23		Assembly convened:
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20		-	Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) As used in this section: 1
21		-	(1) "Microstamp" means a unique alphanumeric or geometric code 2
22		-	that identifies the make, model and serial number of a firearm; 3
23		-	(2) "Microstamping component" means a component part of a pistol 4
24		-	that will produce a microstamp on at least one location of each 5
25		-	expended cartridge case any time the pistol is fired; and 6
26		-	(3) "Microstamping-enabled pistol" means a pistol that contains a 7
27		-	microstamping component. 8
28		-	(b) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection 9
29		-	shall study the merits and feasibility of a requirement that semi-10
30		-	automatic pistols sold in this state contain a microstamping 11
31		-	component. The study shall include, at a minimum: 12
32		-	(1) An estimation of the costs to owners of semi-automatic pistols 13
33		-	and to the state associated with equipping semi-automatic pistols and 14
34		-	their components with microstamping technology; 15 Substitute Bill No. 6816
	25	+	Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) As used in this section and 1
	26	+	sections 2 and 3 of this act: 2
	27	+	(1) "Microstamp" means a unique alphanumeric or geometric code 3
	28	+	that identifies the make, model and serial number of a firearm; 4
	29	+	(2) "Microstamping component" means a component part of a 5
	30	+	semiautomatic pistol that will produce a microstamp on at least one 6
	31	+	location of the expended cartridge case each time the pistol is fired; and 7
	32	+	(3) "Microstamping-enabled pistol" means a semiautomatic pistol 8
	33	+	that contains a microstamping component. 9
	34	+	Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) Not later than one hundred 10
	35	+	eighty days after the effective date of this section, the Commissioner of 11
	36	+	Emergency Services and Public Protection or the commissioner's 12 Raised Bill No. 6816
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41		-	(2) An estimation of the costs associated with establishing processes 16
42		-	and standards for the training and licensure of entities for the purpose 17
43		-	of engaging in the business of servicing semi-automatic pistols and 18
44		-	their components in accordance with such requirement; 19
45		-	(3) The processes for an effective system of cartridge casings 20
46		-	recovery, analysis, storage and retrieval of the associated information 21
47		-	derived from microstamped cartridge casings; 22
48		-	(4) An evaluation of the reproducibility and quality of microstamp 23
49		-	impressions on cartridge casings for a range of commonly used 24
50		-	firearms and ammunition composition types following repeated 25
51		-	firearm operation; 26
52		-	(5) Any legal issues that need to be addressed in association with 27
53		-	such requirement; and 28
54		-	(6) A determination as to whether microstamping-enabled pistols 29
55		-	are technologically viable and whether implementation of a 30
56		-	requirement that semi-automatic pistols sold in this state contain a 31
57		-	microstamping component would be feasible. 32
58		-	(c) Not later than January 1, 2024, the commissioner shall submit the 33
59		-	results of such study, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-34
60		-	4a of the general statutes, to the Governor and the joint standing 35
61		-	committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 36
62		-	relating to the judiciary. 37
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	42	+	designee shall complete an investigation of the technological viability of 13
	43	+	microstamping-enabled pistols. Such investigation shall include, but 14
	44	+	not be limited to, the use of live-fire testing evidence. Immediately after 15
	45	+	the conclusion of such investigation, the commissioner or the 16
	46	+	commissioner's designee shall certify the technology of microstamping-17
	47	+	enabled pistols, or, if the commissioner or the commissioner's designee 18
	48	+	finds such technology is not viable, the commissioner or the 19
	49	+	commissioner's designee may decline to certify such technology. The 20
	50	+	commissioner or the commissioner's designee shall post a notice of any 21
	51	+	such certification or declination to certify on the Department of 22
	52	+	Emergency Services and Public Protection's Internet web site. 23
	53	+	(b) Following certification pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, 24
	54	+	if applicable, the commissioner or the commissioner's designee shall: (1) 25
	55	+	Not later than one year following such certification, establish 26
	56	+	performance standards, qualifying criteria and testing protocols 27
	57	+	applicable to the examination and verification of microstamping-28
	58	+	enabled pistols and microstamping components; and (2) not later than 29
	59	+	two years following such certification, (A) establish and implement 30
	60	+	verification processes for microstamping-enabled pistols and 31
	61	+	microstamping components, (B) establish processes and standards for 32
	62	+	the training and licensure of persons, associations, partnerships, 33
	63	+	corporations or other entities for the purpose of engaging in the business 34
	64	+	of servicing semiautomatic pistols and their components to ensure 35
	65	+	compliance with the requirements of this section, and (C) establish a 36
	66	+	division within the Division of State Police to service semiautomatic 37
	67	+	pistols and their components to ensure compliance with the 38
	68	+	requirements of this section. 39
	69	+	(c) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection 40
	70	+	shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 41
	71	+	of the general statutes to carry out the provisions of this section. 42
	72	+	Sec. 3. (NEW) (Effective four years after notice of certification is posted on 43
	73	+	the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection's Internet web 44
	74	+	site pursuant to subsection (a) of section 2 of this act, or one year after the first 45 Raised Bill No. 6816
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	80	+	person, association, partnership, corporation or other entity is licensed in 46
	81	+	accordance with standards developed pursuant to subparagraph (B) of 47
	82	+	subdivision (2) of subsection (b) of section 2 of this act, whichever is earlier) (a) 48
	83	+	No licensed gun dealer, as defined in subsection (f) of section 53-202f of 49
	84	+	the general statutes, shall sell, offer for sale, exchange, give, transfer or 50
	85	+	deliver any semiautomatic pistol unless such pistol has been verified as 51
	86	+	a microstamping-enabled pistol. A pistol may be verified as a 52
	87	+	microstamping-enabled pistol if it contains a microstamping component 53
	88	+	installed by the manufacturer of such pistol or by a person, association, 54
	89	+	partnership, corporation or other entity licensed in accordance with 55
	90	+	standards developed pursuant to subparagraph (B) of subdivision (2) of 56
	91	+	subsection (b) of section 2 of this act. The provisions of this subsection 57
	92	+	shall not apply to a pistol manufactured prior to the effective date of this 58
	93	+	section. 59
	94	+	(b) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection 60
	95	+	or the commissioner's designee shall post on the Department of 61
	96	+	Emergency Services and Public Protection's Internet web site the 62
	97	+	effective date of this section at least one year prior to such effective date. 63
	98	+	Sec. 4. Subsection (b) of section 29-38m of the general statutes is 64
	99	+	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 65
	100	+	passage): 66
	101	+	(b) No person, firm or corporation shall sell ammunition or an 67
	102	+	ammunition magazine to any person under [eighteen] twenty-one years 68
	103	+	of age. 69
	104	+	Sec. 5. Subsection (a) of section 29-38n of the general statutes is 70
	105	+	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 71
	106	+	passage): 72
	107	+	(a) Any person who is [eighteen] twenty-one years of age or older 73
	108	+	may request the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public 74
	109	+	Protection to (1) conduct a state criminal history records check of such 75
	110	+	person, in accordance with the provisions of section 29-17a, using such 76
	111	+	person's name and date of birth only, and (2) issue an ammunition 77 Raised Bill No. 6816
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	117	+	certificate to such person in accordance with the provisions of this 78
	118	+	section. 79
	119	+	Sec. 6. Section 53-341b of the general statutes is repealed and the 80
	120	+	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2023): 81
	121	+	(a) No person, firm or corporation shall sell or deliver body armor to 82
	122	+	another person. [unless the transferee meets in person with the 83
	123	+	transferor to accomplish the sale or delivery.] 84
	124	+	(b) The provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to 85
	125	+	the sale or delivery of body armor to (1) a sworn member or authorized 86
	126	+	official of an organized local police department, the Division of State 87
	127	+	Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public 88
	128	+	Protection, the Division of Criminal Justice, the Department of 89
	129	+	Correction, the Board of Pardons and Paroles or the Department of 90
	130	+	Motor Vehicles, (2) an authorized official of a municipality or the 91
	131	+	Department of Administrative Services that purchases body armor on 92
	132	+	behalf of an organized local police department, the Division of State 93
	133	+	Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public 94
	134	+	Protection, the Division of Criminal Justice, the Department of 95
	135	+	Correction, the Board of Pardons and Paroles or the Department of 96
	136	+	Motor Vehicles, (3) an authorized official of the Judicial Branch who 97
	137	+	purchases body armor on behalf of a probation officer or a judicial 98
	138	+	marshal, or (4) a member of the National Guard or the armed forces 99
	139	+	reserve. 100
	140	+	(c) As used in this section, "body armor" means any material designed 101
	141	+	to be worn on the body and to provide bullet penetration resistance. 102
	142	+	(d) Any person, firm or corporation that violates the provisions of this 103
	143	+	section shall be guilty of a class B misdemeanor. 104
	144	+	Sec. 7. Section 53a-217d of the general statutes is repealed and the 105
	145	+	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2023): 106
	146	+	(a) A person is guilty of criminal possession of body armor when he 107 Raised Bill No. 6816
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	152	+	possesses body armor. [and has been (1) convicted of a capital felony 108
	153	+	under the provisions of section 53a-54b in effect prior to April 25, 2012, 109
	154	+	a class A felony, except a conviction under section 53a-196a, a class B 110
	155	+	felony, except a conviction under section 53a-86, 53a-122 or 53a-196b, a 111
	156	+	class C felony, except a conviction under section 53a-87, 53a-152 or 53a-112
	157	+	153 or a class D felony under sections 53a-60 to 53a-60c, inclusive, 53a-113
	158	+	72a, 53a-72b, 53a-95, 53a-103, 53a-103a, 53a-114, 53a-136 or 53a-216, or 114
	159	+	(2) convicted as delinquent for the commission of a serious juvenile 115
	160	+	offense, as defined in section 46b-120.] 116
	161	+	(b) The provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to 117
	162	+	the possession of body armor by (1) a sworn member or authorized 118
	163	+	official of an organized local police department, the Division of State 119
	164	+	Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public 120
	165	+	Protection, the Division of Criminal Justice, the Department of 121
	166	+	Correction, the Board of Pardons and Paroles or the Department of 122
	167	+	Motor Vehicles, (2) an authorized official of a municipality or the 123
	168	+	Department of Administrative Services that possesses body armor on 124
	169	+	behalf of an organized local police department, the Division of State 125
	170	+	Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public 126
	171	+	Protection, the Division of Criminal Justice, the Department of 127
	172	+	Correction, the Board of Pardons and Paroles or the Department of 128
	173	+	Motor Vehicles, (3) an authorized official of the Judicial Branch who 129
	174	+	possesses body armor on behalf of a probation officer or a judicial 130
	175	+	marshal, or (4) a member of the National Guard or the armed forces 131
	176	+	reserve. 132
	177	+	[(b)] (c) For the purposes of this section, "body armor" means any 133
	178	+	material designed to be worn on the body and to provide bullet 134
	179	+	penetration resistance and "convicted" means having a judgment of 135
	180	+	conviction entered by a court of competent jurisdiction. 136
	181	+	[(c)] (d) Criminal possession of body armor is a class A misdemeanor. 137
63	182		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
64	183		sections:
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66	190		Section 1 from passage New section
	191	+	Sec. 2 from passage New section
	192	+	Sec. 3 four years after notice of
	193	+	certification is posted on
	194	+	the Department of
	195	+	Emergency Services and
	196	+	Public Protection's
	197	+	Internet web site pursuant
	198	+	to subsection (a of section 2
	199	+	of this act, or one year after
	200	+	the first person,
	201	+	association, partnership,
	202	+	corporation or other entity
	203	+	is licensed in accordance
	204	+	with standards developed
	205	+	pursuant to subparagraph
	206	+	(B of subdivision (2 of
	207	+	subsection (b of section 2 of
	208	+	this act, whichever is
	209	+	earlier
	210	+	New section
	211	+	Sec. 4 from passage 29-38m(b)
	212	+	Sec. 5 from passage 29-38n(a)
	213	+	Sec. 6 October 1, 2023 53-341b
	214	+	Sec. 7 October 1, 2023 53a-217d
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68		-	JUD Joint Favorable Subst.
	216	+	Statement of Purpose:
	217	+	To require an investigation of the technological viability of and possible
	218	+	requirements concerning microstamping-enabled pistols, raise the age
	219	+	to purchase ammunition and restrict the sale and possession of body
	220	+	armor.
	221	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
	222	+	that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
	223	+	underlined.]
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