Virginia House Bill 2240 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Introduced on January 11 2023 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-02-07 - Left in Public Safety
Pending: House Public Safety Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Prohibiting the sale, transport, etc., of assault firearms, large-capacity firearm magazines, and silencers; penalties. Expands the definition of "assault firearm" and prohibits any person from importing, selling, transferring, manufacturing, purchasing, or transporting an assault firearm. A violation of this provision of the bill is a Class 6 felony. The bill also prohibits a dealer from selling, renting, trading, or transferring from his inventory an assault firearm to any person. The bill makes it a Class 6 felony to import, sell, transfer, manufacture, purchase, or transport a large-capacity firearm magazine, as defined in the bill, and a Class 1 misdemeanor to possess such large-capacity firearm magazine. The bill provides that any person who legally owns a large-capacity firearm magazine on July 1, 2023, may retain possession of such firearm magazine until January 1, 2024, and during that time, such person shall (i) render the large-capacity firearm magazine permanently inoperable, (ii) remove the large-capacity firearm magazine from the Commonwealth, (iii) transfer the large-capacity firearm magazine to a person outside the Commonwealth who is not prohibited from possessing it, or (iv) surrender the large-capacity firearm magazine to a state or local law-enforcement agency. Finally, the bill makes it a Class 6 felony for any person to import, sell, transfer, manufacture, or purchase a silencer, except as provided for in the National Firearms Act.

Assault firearms, etc.; prohibiting sale, transport, penalties.

Del. Dan Helmer [D]

Del. Elizabeth Bennett-Parker [D]

Del. Rodney Willett [D]

Del. Alfonso Lopez [D]

2023-01-26 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely (6-Y 4-N) (Y: 6 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-02-07	House	Left in Public Safety
2023-01-26	House	Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely (6-Y 4-N)
2023-01-24	House	Assigned PS sub: Subcommittee #1
2023-01-11	House	Referred to Committee on Public Safety
2023-01-11	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23104162D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
16	1	278.9	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	287.4	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	308.12	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	308.2:01	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	308.2:1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	308.2:2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	308.7	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	308.9	(n/a)	See Bill Text
19	2	386.28	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2240
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2240+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB2240F160+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H1501V0019+HB2240