VA SB1117 | 2023 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2023 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2023-01-23 - Incorporated by Judiciary
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on January 10 2023 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2023-01-23 - Incorporated by Judiciary
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]
Summary
Possession, purchase, sale, and transportation of catalytic converters; penalty. Makes it a Class 6 felony for any person to sell, offer for sale, or purchase a catalytic converter from a motor vehicle exhaust system that has been detached from a motor vehicle. The bill also makes it a Class 6 felony for any person to transport from inside the Commonwealth to outside of the Commonwealth a catalytic converter from a motor vehicle exhaust system that has been detached from a motor vehicle with the intent to sell such catalytic converter. The bill provides that a person who is in possession of a catalytic converter that has been removed from a motor vehicle is presumed to have criminally obtained such catalytic converter unless the person is an authorized agent or employee acting in the performance of his official duties for a motor vehicle dealer, motor vehicle garage or repair shop, or salvage yard that is licensed or registered by the Commonwealth or a person who possesses vehicle registration documentation indicating that the catalytic converter in the person's possession is the result of a replacement of a catalytic converter from a vehicle registered in that person's name.
Title
Catalytic converters; unlawful possession, purchase, sale, and transportation, penalty.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2023-01-23 - Senate - Senate: Incorporated by Judiciary (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-01-23 | Senate | Incorporated by Judiciary |
| 2023-01-10 | Senate | Referred to Committee on the Judiciary |
| 2023-01-10 | Senate | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101658D |
Subjects
Code Citations
| Chapter | Article | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | 2 | 146 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 18 | 2 | 146.1 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 59 | 1 | 136.1 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 59 | 1 | 136.3 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
