Virginia House Bill 961 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 10 2020 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-02-17 - Continued to 2021 in Judiciary (10-Y 5-N)
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

Prohibiting sale, transport, etc., of assault firearms, certain firearm magazines, silencers, and trigger activators; penalties. Expands the definition of "assault firearm" and prohibits any person from importing, selling, transferring, manufacturing, purchasing, or transporting an assault firearm. A violation is a Class 6 felony. The bill prohibits a dealer from selling, renting, trading, or transferring from his inventory an assault firearm to any person. The bill makes it a Class 6 felony to import, sell, transfer, manufacture, purchase, possess, or transport silencers, and trigger activators, all defined in the bill. The bill makes it a Class 6 felony to import, sell, transfer, manufacture, purchase, or transport a large-capacity firearm magazine, as defined in the bill, and a Class 1 misdemeanor to possess such large-capacity firearm magazine. Any person who legally owns a large-capacity firearm magazine, silencer, or trigger activator on July 1, 2020, may retain possession until January 1, 2021. During that time, such person shall (i) render the large-capacity firearm magazine, silencer, or trigger activator inoperable; (ii) remove the large-capacity firearm magazine, silencer, or trigger activator from the Commonwealth; (iii) transfer the large-capacity firearm magazine, silencer, or trigger activator to a person outside the Commonwealth who is not prohibited from possessing it; or (iv) surrender the large-capacity firearm magazine, silencer, or trigger activator to a state or local law-enforcement agency.

Assault firearms, certain firearm magazines, etc.; prohibiting sale, transport, etc., penalties.

Del. Mark Levine [D]

Del. Dan Helmer [D]

2020-02-17 - Senate - Senate: Continued to 2021 in Judiciary (10-Y 5-N) (Y: 10 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-11 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (51-Y 48-N) (Y: 51 N: 48 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-07 - House - House: Reported from Public Safety with substitute (12-Y 9-N) (Y: 12 N: 9 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-02-17	Senate	Continued to 2021 in Judiciary (10-Y 5-N)
2020-02-12	Senate	Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
2020-02-12	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2020-02-11	House	VOTE: Passage (51-Y 48-N)
2020-02-11	House	Read third time and passed House (51-Y 48-N)
2020-02-10	House	Printed as engrossed 20107888D-EH1
2020-02-10	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendments HB961EH1
2020-02-10	House	Pending question ordered
2020-02-10	House	Amendments by Delegate Helmer agreed to
2020-02-10	House	Committee substitute agreed to 20107888D-H1
2020-02-10	House	Read second time
2020-02-09	House	Read first time
2020-02-07	House	Committee substitute printed 20107888D-H1
2020-02-07	House	Reported from Public Safety with substitute (12-Y 9-N)
2020-01-07	House	Referred to Committee on Public Safety
2020-01-07	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104855D

HB961 (Carry Over) 2020-02-17 - Continued to 2021 in Judiciary (10-Y 5-N)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
16	1	278.9	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	287.4	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	308.13	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	308.2:01	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	308.2:1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	308.2:2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	308.7	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	308.8	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	308.9	(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?201+sum+HB961
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB961+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB961H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB961EH1+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H15V0046+HB0961
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV0841+HB0961
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S03V0361+HB0961