Virginia House Bill 48 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on December 3 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-02-12 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Possession of firearms following conviction of certain crimes; penalty. Prohibits any person who is convicted of stalking, sexual battery, or assault and battery of a family member that results in serious bodily injury from possessing, transporting, or carrying a firearm or any other weapon for a period of five years following his conviction. A violation would constitute a Class 6 felony. The bill also provides for the forfeiture of any weapon possessed, transported, or carried in violation of the prohibition. Finally, the bill provides for a process by which a violator may petition the circuit court for a reinstatement of his rights to possess, transport, or carry a weapon.

Firearms; possession following conviction of certain crimes, penalty.

Del. Marcus Simon [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-02-12	House	Left in Courts of Justice
2014-02-03	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote
2014-02-03	House	Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law
2013-12-03	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2013-12-03	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14101057D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	2	308.1:6	(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?141+sum+HB48
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+ful+HB48+hil