Virginia House Bill 2273 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-0)
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]

Purchase of firearms; waiting period; penalty. Provides that no person shall sell a firearm unless at least three days have elapsed from the time the prospective purchaser completes the written consent form to have a licensed dealer obtain criminal history record information, with exceptions for (i) transactions between licensed firearms importers or collectors, manufacturers, or dealers; (ii) purchases by or sales to any law-enforcement officer or agent of the United States, the Commonwealth or any local government, or any campus police officer; (iii) sales of antique firearms or curios or relics, as defined in relevant law; (iv) sales to an authorized representative of the Commonwealth or any subdivision thereof as part of an authorized voluntary gun buy-back or give-back program; (v) sales that occur at a firearms show and the seller has received a determination from the Department of State Police that the purchaser is not prohibited under state or federal law from possessing a firearm; or (vi) sales of a service weapon to a retired law-enforcement officer.

Firearms; waiting period for purchase, penalty.

Del. C.E. Hayes [D]	Del. Elizabeth Bennett-Parker [D]	Del. Jeffrey Bourne [D]	Del. Jackie Glass [D]
Del. Elizabeth Guzman [D]	Del. Dan Helmer [D]	Del. Patrick Hope [D]	Del. Kaye Kory [D]
Del. Michael Mullin [D]	Del. Marcia Price [D]	Del. Sam Rasoul [D]	Del. Don Scott [D]
Del. Irene Shin [D]	Del. Marcus Simon [D]	Sen. Suhas Subramanyam [D]	Sen. Angelia Williams Graves [D]

2023-01-26 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (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 laying on the table (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 23102364D

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

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2273
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2273+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB2273F160+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB2273F122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H1501V0018+HB2273