Virginia House Bill 809 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3)
Status: Introduced on January 7 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-02-12 - Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety
Pending: House Militia, Police and Public Safety Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Prohibition of sale, transfer, etc., of certain firearms magazines; fine. Provides that any person, corporation, or other entity that manufactures, imports, possesses, purchases, sells, or transfers any large capacity magazine shall be subject to a $250 fine. The bill provides for exceptions to the prohibition, including the owner's registration with the Department of State Police following a criminal history record information check. The willful or intentional making of a materially false statement on the consent form required by the processes required for a criminal history record information check will subject the person making such statement to a $250 fine. The bill also provides that a registrant is limited to three large capacity magazines and must otherwise dispose of all magazines in excess of the limit. Finally, the bill outlines the registration process for anyone who owns a large capacity magazine.

Firearms; prohibition of sale, transfer, etc., of certain magazines, fine.

Del. Kenneth Plum [D]

Del. Alfonso Lopez [D]

Del. Marcus Simon [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-02-12	House	Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety
2014-01-16	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote
2014-01-14	House	Assigned MPPS sub: Subcommittee #1
2014-01-07	House	Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety
2014-01-07	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14103305D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	2	309.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
19	2	386.29	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+sum+HB809
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+ful+HB809+hil