Committee clarifies suppressor language, keeps offenses criminal when committed with suppressors

Mar 5, 2026

A committee substitute to House Bill 1324 clarified language around suppressors and related definitions (including location of bulletproof-vest definitions) and made explicit that offenses remain crimes if committed with a suppressor; the committee approved the substitute on a voice vote.

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Secretary Kelly presented a committee substitute to House Bill 1324 addressing language concerning suppressors and related definitions. She said concerns in section 5 regarding striking language about firearms with silencers had been resolved and that the substitute moves and cleans up the definition location for bulletproof vests.

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