Virginia House Bill 2504 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-02-05 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Protective orders; possession of firearms; penalties. 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. This penalty 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 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. The bill provides that failure to file such certification is a Class 1 misdemeanor.

Protective orders; possession of firearms, penalties.

Del. Kathleen Murphy [D]

Del. Alfonso Lopez [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-05	House	Left in Courts of Justice
2019-01-09	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2019-01-09	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103833D

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?191+sum+HB2504
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2504+hil