Virginia House Bill 964 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Introduced on January 7 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-02-11 - Left in Public Safety
Pending: House Public Safety Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Firearms; restoration of rights of persons convicted of violent felonies. Provides that a person who has been convicted of an act of violence or a violent felony may not petition for a restoration order that unconditionally authorizes possessing, transporting, or carrying a firearm, ammunition for a firearm, or a stun weapon until one year after his civil rights have been restored by the Governor or other appropriate authority. The bill further provides that if such person is convicted of a violent misdemeanor, defined in the bill, after his civil rights have been restored, then he may not petition for such order until two years after the date of conviction.

Firearms; restoration of rights of persons convicted of violent felonies.

Del. Clinton Jenkins [D]

Del. Mark Levine [D]

Del. Ibraheem Samirah [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-02-11	House	Left in Public Safety
2020-01-07	House	Referred to Committee on Public Safety
2020-01-07	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101778D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	2	308.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB964
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB964+hil