Virginia House Bill 1685 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-0)
Status: Introduced on January 6 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-02-07 - Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety
Pending: House Militia, Police and Public Safety Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Purchase of handguns; limitation on handgun purchases; penalty. Prohibits any person who is not a licensed firearms dealer from purchasing more than one handgun in a 30-day period and establishes such an offense as a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill exempts from this provision (i) persons who have been issued a certificate by the Department of State Police under certain circumstances and with an enhanced background check, (ii) law-enforcement agencies and officers, (iii) state and local correctional facilities, (iv) licensed private security companies, (v) persons who hold a valid Virginia concealed handgun permit, (vi) persons whose handgun has been stolen or irretrievably lost or who are trading in a handgun, (vii) purchases of handguns in a private sale, and (viii) purchases of antique firearms.

Handguns; limitation on purchases, penalty.

Del. Marcus Simon [D]	Sen. Jennifer Boysko [D]	Del. Betsy Carr [D]	Del. Daun Hester [D]
Del. Patrick Hope [D]	Del. Kaye Kory [D]	Del. Paul Krizek [D]	Del. Mark Levine [D]
Del. Kenneth Plum [D]	Del. Marcia Price [D]	Del. Roslyn Tyler [D]	Del. Vivian Watts [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-02-07	House	Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety
2017-01-19	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote
2017-01-17	House	Assigned MPPS sub: #1
2017-01-06	House	Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety
2017-01-06	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101004D

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

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1685
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1685+hil