Virginia House Bill 2044 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)
Status: Introduced on January 10 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]

Protective orders; possession of firearms; felony. Provides that it is a Class 6 felony for a person who is subject to a permanent protective order (i.e., a protective order with a maximum duration of two years) for subjecting another person to an act of violence, force, or threat to possess a firearm while the order is in effect, which is equivalent to the existing penalty for possession of a firearm by a person subject to a permanent protective order for family abuse. The bill also provides that such person may continue to possess and transport a firearm for 24 hours after being served with the order for the purposes of selling or transferring the firearm to another person. The bill also requires that any person who is prohibited from possessing a firearm because he is subject to a permanent protective order certify in writing to the clerk of the court that issued the order within 48 hours after being served with the order that any firearm in his possession has been sold or transferred.

Protective orders; possession of firearms, felony.

Del. Kathleen Murphy [D]	Sen. Jennifer Boysko [D]	Del. Patrick Hope [D]	Del. Kaye Kory [D]
Del. Mark Levine [D]	Del. Kenneth Plum [D]	Del. Marcia Price [D]	Del. Marcus Simon [D]
Del. Richard Sullivan [D]	Del. Vivian Watts [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-02-07	House	Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety
2017-01-17	House	Assigned MPPS sub: #1
2017-01-10	House	Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety
2017-01-10	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101807D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	2	308.1:4	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB2044
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2044+hil