Assault Weapons and Large-capacity Magazines
Not law. Dead.
Official status checked 2026-10-21 23:46 PT
Sen. Smith
Bill summary
Prohibiting the sale or transfer of an assault weapon or a large-capacity magazine; providing exceptions; providing criminal penalties; prohibiting possession of an assault weapon or a large-capacity magazine; requiring certificates of possession for assault weapons or large-capacity magazines lawfully possessed before a specified date, etc.
Now vs if chaptered
NOW: dead; not Florida law. IF a later print chapters: new 790.301 possessory and transfer felonies plus 775.087 enhancements, with a pre-Oct. 1, 2026 certificate grandfather.
Defender utility
Florida PDs: this print died in committee and is not a charging statute. If a similar 790.301 vehicle is refiled, demand the feature-test / named-list 'assault weapon' definition, the >10-round LCM element, the grandfather/certificate path, and the mandatory-minimum stacking under 775.087. Portable AWB/LCM analogue for CA/NY/VA/NJ challenge work — not a California charge.
Who this is for. FL PDs — died in Criminal Justice; do not charge from this print. Multi-state firms as an AWB/LCM contrast card — not a California charge.
Exemptions (draft)
Would have excepted LE/military in official duties, licensed dealers in the ordinary course, permanently inoperable firearms, feeding devices permanently altered to 10 or fewer, .22 caliber tube devices, and lever-action tubular magazines. Possession grandfather tied to lawful pre-Oct. 1, 2026 possession plus a certificate of possession.
Penalties (if chaptered)
Would-have-been: sale/transfer of an assault weapon or LCM — third-degree felony, 2-year mandatory minimum; transfer to a person under 18 — second-degree felony, 6-year mandatory minimum; possession — third-degree felony, 1-year mandatory minimum; certain transport — second-degree misdemeanor. Never enacted.
Bank hints
- AWB
- LCM
- 790.301
- challenge-vehicle