BILL · 2017–18 SESSION

SB 6507: Firearm mandatory minimum

Concerning mandatory minimum sentences for the possession or use of a firearm during the commission of a felony.

Summary

  • Requires an offender convicted of a felony or an attempt to commit a felony to be sentenced to the following minimum terms of total confinement if the offender was armed with a firearm regardless of whether the use of a weapon is an element of the felony: (1) Ten years if he or she possessed a firearm; (2) Twenty years if he or she discharged the firearm resulting in injury to a person; or (3) Life if he or she…

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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedJan 22, 2018
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Passed House
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Senator (R-18)
Introduced
January 22, 2018 in the Senate
Last action
January 22, 2018

AN ACT Relating to mandatory minimum sentences for the possession or use of a firearm during the commission of a felony;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Senator (R-18)

1 co-sponsor (0 Democrats, 1 Republican)

Votes

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

History

  1. First reading, referred to Law & Justice.

SB 6507 in other sessions

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