Virginia House Bill 1406 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 17-0)
Status: Introduced on September 16 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-02-07 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Restoration of right to possess, etc., a firearm. Provides that a person convicted of a felony, other than a violent felony, whose civil rights have been restored is not required to petition a circuit court for an order to possess, transport, or carry a firearm, ammunition for a firearm, or a stun weapon. The bill provides that such person's right to possess, transport, or carry such items is automatically restored upon the restoration of his civil rights. The bill has an effective date of January 1, 2019, contingent upon voter approval of amendments to Article II, Section 1 and Article V, Section 12 of the Constitution of Virginia at the November 2018 general election.

Firearms; restoration of right to person convicted of a nonviolent felony to possess, etc.

Del. Gregory Habeeb [R]	Del. Peter Farrell [R]	Del. John O'Bannon [R]	Del. Terry Austin [R]
Del. Richard Bell [R]	Del. Jeffrey Campbell [R]	Del. James Edmunds [R]	Del. Matt Fariss [R]
Del. Gordon Helsel [R]	Del. Chris Jones [R]	Del. Daniel Marshall [R]	Del. James Massie [R]
Del. Robert Orrock [R]	Del. Christopher Peace [R]	Del. Charles Poindexter [R]	Del. Lee Ware [R]
Del. Michael Webert [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-02-07	House	Left in Courts of Justice
2017-02-01	House	Subcommittee recommends striking from docket by voice vote
2017-01-23	House	Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law
2016-09-16	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2016-09-16	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100358D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	2	308.09	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	308.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1406
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1406+hil