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Senate approves ban on using 3‑D printing to manufacture firearms, 23‑12
Summary
The Senate passed House Bill 11‑44, prohibiting use of three‑dimensional printing to manufacture firearms. The vote was 23 ayes to 12 noes on final passage after reconsideration.
The Colorado Senate on March 30 approved House Bill 11‑44, a measure intended to prohibit the use of three‑dimensional printing to manufacture firearms.
After the clerk read the bill title, Senator Sullivan moved the measure on third reading and final passage. Debate on the floor concluded with a recorded tally listing 23 ayes and 12 no votes. The clerk announced that House Bill 11‑44 is passed and recorded cosponsors.
Senators on the floor did not expand at length on enforcement mechanics during the brief floor debate that appears in the transcript; recorded cosponsors and tally were entered as part of final passage. Later in the day the Senate also granted a reconsideration motion on several bills, and House Bill 11‑44 was repassed as recorded in the day’s proceedings.
The bill’s statutory language as read on the chamber floor addresses prohibiting the use of three‑dimensional printing to manufacture firearms; specific implementation and enforcement provisions were not detailed in the floor remarks recorded in the transcript.
