Virginia House Bill 2187 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 11 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]

Firearm transfers; criminal history record information checks; penalty. Requires a background check for any firearm transfer and requires the Department of State Police to establish a process for transferors to obtain such a check from licensed firearms dealers. A transferor who fails to obtain a required background check and sells the firearm to another person is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill exempts transfers between immediate family members, transfers that occur by operation of law, transfers by the executor or administrator of an estate or by the trustee of a testamentary trust, and temporary transfers that occur in the presence of the owner of the firearm or are necessary to prevent imminent death or serious bodily injury. The bill removes the provision that makes background checks of prospective purchasers or transferees at firearms shows voluntary.

Firearm transfers; criminal history record information checks required, penalty.

Sen. Jennifer Boysko [D]

Del. Kaye Kory [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
2017-01-11	House	Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety
2017-01-11	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103088D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	2	308.2:5	(n/a)	See Bill Text
54	1	4201.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB2187
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2187+hil