Virginia House Bill 237 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2012 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2012-02-03 - House: Continued to 2013 in Militia, Police and Public Safety by voice vote
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Criminal history record information checks upon handgun purchases; protective order registry; dissemination of information. Provides that certain criminal history record information and protective order registry information shall be made available to the Attorney General of the United States for the purposes of a National Instant Criminal Background check to determine a person's eligibility to possess or purchase a firearm under state or federal law. The bill also limits the requirement for a Virginia-specific criminal history record information check to the purchase of handguns only. Under current law, the Virginia-specific criminal history record information check applies to all purchases of any firearm in the Commonwealth.

Criminal history record information checks upon handgun purchases; dissemination of information.

Sen. John Cosgrove [R]

Del. James Morefield [R]

2012-02-02 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (4-Y 1-N) (Y: 4 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-02-03		House: Continued to 2013 in Militia, Police and Public Safety by voice vote
2012-02-02		House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (4-Y 1-N)
2012-02-01		House: Assigned MPPS sub: #2
2012-01-23		House: Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety
2012-01-23		House: Referred from Courts of Justice by voice vote
2012-01-10		House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2012-01-10		House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12103492D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	2	308.2:2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
19	2	387.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
19	2	389	(n/a)	See Bill Text
19	2	389.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+sum+HB237
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+ful+HB237+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+H1502V0007+HB0237