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The bill prohibits:
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On and after January 1, 2024, knowingly possessing or
transporting an unfinished firearm frame or receiver, unless
it has been imprinted with a serial number as required by
federal law;
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Knowingly selling, offering to sell, transferring, or
purchasing an unfinished firearm frame or receiver, unless
it has been imprinted with a serial number as required by
federal law;
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On and after January 1, 2024, knowingly possessing,
purchasing, transporting, or receiving a firearm or frame or
receiver of a firearm that is not imprinted with a serial
number;
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Knowingly selling, offering to sell, or transferring a firearm
or frame or receiver of a firearm that is not imprinted with
a serial number; and
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Manufacturing or causing to be manufactured a firearm, or
frame or receiver of a firearm; unless the manufacturer is
a federally licensed firearm manufacturer.
A person who commits any of the prohibited conduct commits
unlawful conduct involving an unserialized firearm, frame, or receiver.
Unlawful conduct involving an unserialized firearm, frame, or receiver
is a class 1 misdemeanor; except that a second or subsequent offense is
a class 5 felony.
A person who owns, on the date the bill becomes effective, a
firearm, frame, or receiver that the person manufactured and that is not
imprinted with a serial number by a federal firearms licensee, shall, no
later than January 1, 2024, have the firearm, frame, or receiver imprinted
with a serial number.
The bill prohibits the Colorado bureau of investigation from
approving the transfer of a firearm to a person who was convicted of the
misdemeanor violation within 5 years prior to the transfer. A person
convicted of the felony is prohibited from possessing a firearm or other
weapon.
The bill permits a federal firearms licensee to imprint a serial
number on a firearm or a firearm frame or receiver. The bill sets forth a
process and requirements for licensees to serialize firearms.
The bill defines machine gun conversion device and makes
machine gun conversion devices a dangerous weapon under Colorado
law.
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