Act No. 120 Page 1 of 1
2024
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Act No. 120 (S.209). An act relating to prohibiting unserialized firearms and unserialized
firearms frames and receivers
Subjects: Firearms; criminal procedures; unserialized firearms, frames, and
receivers
This act prohibits the possession of firearms, frames and receivers of firearms, and
unfinished frames and receivers unless the firearm, frame, or receiver has been imprinted
with a serial number. The “frame or receiver” is that part of the firearm that houses or
holds the weapon’s fire control components, such as the hammer, the bolt, and the trigger
mechanism. An unfinished frame or receiver is a component that can be readily
converted or completed into a firearm, frame, or receiver. The act establishes a process
for persons to bring their firearms and components to a licensed firearms dealer and have
a serial number printed on them. The serialization must be completed by February 28,
2025, after which it will be unlawful for a person to possess, transfer, or manufacture an
unserialized firearm, an unserialized frame or receiver of a firearm, or an unserialized
unfinished frame or receiver of a firearm.
The act prohibits the possession of a firearm or a dangerous or deadly weapon at a
polling place, or on the walks leading to a building in which a polling place is located, on
an election day. Possession is also prohibited in the town clerk’s office during any period
when a board of civil authority has voted to permit early voting. A person who possesses
a firearm at a polling place in violation of the law may be imprisoned not more than one
year, which is the same penalty for unlawfully possessing a firearm at a school.
The act also requires the Vermont Crime Research Group to report data on
prosecutions of unserialized firearm offenses to the Legislature and requires the Office of
the Secretary of State to report to the Legislature on options for prohibiting firearms in
municipal and State government buildings, including the Vermont State House.
Multiple effective dates, beginning on May 28, 2024
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Statutes affected:
As Introduced: 13-85, 33-5204
As Passed By the Senate -- Official: 13-85, 33-5204
As Passed By the Senate -- Unofficial: 13-85
As Passed by Both House and Senate -- Official: 13-85, 33-5204, 4-1102, 13-4019a
As Passed by Both House and Senate -- Unofficial: 13-85, 4-1102, 13-4019a
As Enacted: 13-85, 4-1102, 13-4019a
Senate proposal of amendment to House proposal of amendment Official: 13-85, 4-1102, 13-4019a
Senate proposal of amendment to House proposal of amendment Unofficial: 13-85, 4-1102, 13-4019a