The Colorado House passed the Democrats’ semiautomatic firearm ban on Monday, just over a month after the state’s Senate passed the legislation.
Colorado Newsline reported that the ban, SB 25-3, passed the House by a vote of 36-28.
The legislation was passed in the Senate on February 18, 2025, by a vote of 19-15.
SB25-3 targets firearms which state Democrats define as a “specified semiautomatic firearm.”
As noted in the legislation:
The bill defines a “specified semiautomatic firearm” as a semiautomatic rifle or semiautomatic shotgun with a detachable magazine or a gas-operated semiautomatic handgun with a detachable magazine.
The bill prohibits knowingly manufacturing, distributing, transferring, selling, or purchasing a specified semiautomatic firearm; except that a person may transfer a specified semiautomatic firearm to an heir, an individual residing in another state, or a federally licensed firearm dealer.
Denver 7 reported that, in addition to banning numerous shotguns and the AR-15, which is the most popular rifle in America, SB 25-3 would also prohibit “gas-operated semiautomatic handguns that have a detachable ammunition magazine.”
Differences in the legislation passed by the House and Senate must now be reconciled before the ban makes it to Gov. Jared Polis’s (D) desk.
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