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Florida · 2025 Regular Session

S1338 Assault Weapons and Large-capacity Magazines

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Firearms weapon accessory restrictionsAI label

Restricts gun access model confidence 95%

Prohibits the sale, transfer, and possession of assault weapons and large-capacity magazines (with grandfathering via certificates for pre-2025 ownership), so fewer people can buy, own or possess them.

prohibiting the sale or transfer of an assault weapon or a large-capacity magazine; ... prohibiting possession of an assault weapon or a large-capacity magazine;

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Firearms otherAI label

Restricts gun access model confidence 90%

Creates a grandfathering certificate-of-possession system for assault weapons and large-capacity magazines lawfully owned before October 1, 2025, with strict limits on where they may be possessed and transferred only to dealers or out of state.

A person who lawfully possesses an assault weapon or a large-capacity magazine before October 1, 2025, must apply by October 1, 2026 ... for a certificate of possession

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Status: Failed

Last action
2025-06-16: Died in Criminal Justice
Filed
2025-02-26
Sponsor
Carlos Smith D

Why the model tagged it this way: The bill creates a new statute banning sale/transfer/possession of defined assault weapons and magazines over 10 rounds (with law-enforcement/military exceptions and grandfathering under strict conditions), adds enhanced penalties for crimes committed with them, and sets up registration, transport, and relinquishment rules. All provisions fall under the firearms topic and act to restrict the axis of ability to buy, own, carry or make the covered items.

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History (5 actions)
DateChamberAction
2025-06-16SDied in Criminal Justice
2025-05-03SIndefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
2025-03-10SIntroduced
2025-03-06SReferred to Criminal Justice; Appropriations Committee on Criminal and Civil Justice; Fiscal Policy
2025-02-26SFiled