Ban on semiautomatic weapons and providing a criminal penalty

What it would have done

Summary by the Legislative Reference Bureau, the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

This bill bans the transportation, purchase, possession, or transfer of a semiautomatic assault weapon and specifically defines “assault weapon" for the purpose of the ban. Under the bill, whoever transports, purchases, possesses, or transfers a semiautomatic assault weapon is guilty of a felony and may be fined up to $10,000, sentenced to a term of imprisonment of up to six years, or both. If the crime is committed in a school zone, the maximum term of imprisonment is increased by five years. This ban does not apply 1) to the transportation, purchase, possession, or transfer of a semiautomatic assault weapon that is rendered permanently inoperative; 2) to any law enforcement officer or armed forces or military personnel while on official duty; 3) to a licensed importer or manufacturer of semiautomatic assault weapons; or 4) to a firearms dealer who is authorized to sell semiautomatic assault weapons.

Who's behind it

Leon Young, a Democrat, is its author⁠.