The bill, designated as SB116, aims to prohibit individuals from possessing parts or combinations of parts that are specifically designed or intended to convert a pistol into a machine gun. The legislation defines a "machine gun" as any weapon capable of firing automatically more than one shot without manual reloading by a single trigger function, including the frame or receiver of such a weapon. Under the new law, possessing, obtaining, receiving, selling, or using any part or combination of parts intended for this conversion will be classified as a Class C felony.

The bill includes specific exemptions, allowing state or local law enforcement officers acting in their official capacity, individuals with firearms or parts registered with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, and those possessing parts that increase a pistol's rate of fire without enabling it to fire more than two shots without reloading. Additionally, the bill states that it will not require further local funding expenditures as it defines a new crime or amends an existing one. The act is set to take effect immediately upon passage.