This bill addresses firearms and firearm accessories.
This bill:
- defines terms;
- requires, beginning on January 1, 2027, a manufacturer or seller of gas-operated semiautomatic firearms that is manufacturing or selling the firearms to the government of the United States, a state, or a federally recognized tribe, to mark on the firearm that the firearm may only be used by a government employee in accordance with government policy;
- amends offenses related to a restricted person in possession of a dangerous weapon to include ammunition;
- makes possession of a firearm on which the identifying marks have been altered or removed a crime;
- makes possession of a firearm without identifying marks a crime;
- amends provisions requiring the Bureau of Criminal Identification to inform local law enforcement when a prohibited person attempts to purchase a firearm from a firearm dealer;
- creates a criminal offense, beginning on January 1, 2027, for an adult to possess a machinegun firearm attachment;
- creates a waiting period, with certain exemptions, between the purchase of a firearm from a dealer and the delivery of the firearm to the purchaser;
- creates a criminal offense, beginning on January 1, 2027, for a person to import, sell, manufacture, transfer, receive, or possess, in certain circumstances, a gas-operated semiautomatic firearm;
- requires a firearm dealer to post a written notice of potential liability for the negligent storage of a firearm and provides a penalty for failure to post the notice;
- requires the Department of Public Safety to create a system for individuals who possess certain gas-operated semiautomatic firearms before January 1, 2027, to register the firearm with the department;
- creates a criminal offense beginning on January 1, 2027, for a person to import, sell, manufacture, transfer, receive, or possess, in certain circumstances, a large-capacity ammunition feeding device;
- expands the criminal offense of altering a serial number on a pistol or revolver beginning on January 1, 2027, to include all firearms and large-capacity ammunition feeding devices; and
- makes technical and conforming changes.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 53-5-704, 53-10-208.1, 76-3-203.5, 76-3-402, 76-10-501, 76-10-503, 76-10-503.1, 76-10-509.4, 76-10-522, 76-10-526, 76-10-527, 76-10-532, 76-10-1602, 80-6-104, 80-6-1004.1