STATE LEGISLATION

State Legislation

Holding the line at the state level is a top priority for the American Suppressor Association. ASA successfully fought to protect suppressor ownership in Virginia from 2019 to 2021 and again in 2023, and helped defeat a $500 tax on suppressors there in 2026. ASA stopped an attempt to ban suppressors in New Mexico in 2023. We understand that similar initiatives could take hold in other vulnerable states.

We have also set an aggressive agenda, called the No State Left Behind campaign, to pursue legislation in every state that does not currently allow suppressor ownership or their use while hunting. We believe that every law-abiding citizen in America should be able to use suppressors to help protect their hearing, and we will not stop until we have reached our goal.

Federal changes have opened a new front. ATF no longer requires federal registration for suppressors, but several states still make lawful ownership depend on NFA registration or federal approval. We are working to remove those references from state law, so that suppressor owners are protected no matter what happens in Washington.

Serving as subject matter experts, our primary state-level initiatives are as follows:

Defend against state-level attempts to ban suppressors, threaded barrels, or host firearms
Private ownership (eight states currently banned)
Use of suppressors for hunting (nine states currently banned)
Remove NFA registration requirements from state laws that still reference them
Litigation to challenge the constitutionality of state-level bans on suppressor ownership

State NFA Laws

These states have (or had) laws that tie lawful suppressor ownership to federal NFA registration or approval. ASA is working to decouple these states' laws from NFA registration requirements.

State	Status	State	Status
Alaska	PENDING	North Carolina	PENDING
Colorado	PENDING	North Dakota	PENDING
Connecticut	PENDING	Ohio	INTRODUCED
Georgia	PENDING	Oregon	PENDING
Kansas	PASSED	Pennsylvania	PENDING
Michigan	PENDING	South Dakota	PASSED
Mississippi	PENDING	Washington	PENDING
Montana	PENDING	Wisconsin	PENDING
Nevada	PENDING

PASSED Law enacted INTRODUCED Fix introduced in the legislature PENDING No fix introduced yet
As of November 2026.

Bill Tracking 2026

Virginia

H.B. 207 — Retail Sales and Use Tax; imposes firearm suppressor tax.

Del. Karen Keys-Gamarra (D-07)

Imposes a firearm suppressor tax equal to $500 per retail sale of any firearm suppressor by a dealer in firearms. The bill provides that the revenue from such tax shall be deposited in the general fund.

ASA Position: OPPOSE

Current Status: DEFEATED (Unanimous vote in committee to table the bill)

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