Florida Senate - 2021 SB 372



By Senator Stewart





13-00460-21 2021372__
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to three-dimensional printed firearms;
3 creating s. 790.224, F.S.; defining the term “3D
4 printed firearm”; prohibiting a person from printing,
5 transferring, importing into this state, distributing,
6 selling, possessing, or giving to another person
7 certain 3D-printed firearms as of a specified date;
8 providing criminal penalties; requiring persons in
9 possession of such firearms to relinquish them to a
10 law enforcement agency or to the Department of Law
11 Enforcement or to destroy them before the prohibition
12 takes effect; requiring a law enforcement agency or
13 the department to destroy any relinquished 3D-printed
14 firearms within a specified timeframe; providing for
15 the future expiration of certain provisions; providing
16 an effective date.
17
18 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
19
20 Section 1. Section 790.224, Florida Statutes, is created to
21 read:
22 790.224 3D-printed firearms.—
23 (1) As used in this section, the term “3D-printed firearm”
24 means a firearm that is created using a three-dimensional
25 printer or an additive manufacturing process, or a similar
26 device or process, and that is capable of firing one or more
27 projectiles.
28 (2) On or after January 1, 2022, a person may not print,
29 transfer, import into this state, distribute, sell, possess, or
30 give to another person a 3D-printed firearm that:
31 (a) Is created using:
32 1. Polyethylene terephthalate;
33 2. Polycarbonate;
34 3. Polylactic acid; or
35 4. Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene; and
36 (b) Does not contain at least 4 ounces of a metal
37 detectable by metal detectors used for security checks.
38 (3) A person who violates subsection (2) commits a felony
39 of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s.
40 775.083, or s. 775.084.
41 (4)(a) A person who owns or is in possession of a 3D
42 printed firearm as described in subsection (2) shall:
43 1. Relinquish the firearm to a law enforcement agency, as
44 defined in s. 934.02, or to the Department of Law Enforcement,
45 in which case the law enforcement agency or the department must
46 destroy the firearm within 120 days after the relinquishment; or
47 2. Destroy the firearm.
48 (b) This subsection expires on December 31, 2021.
49 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2021.