Virginia Senate Bill 1382 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 19-0)
Status: Engrossed on January 27 2023 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-02-22 - Left in Public Safety
Pending: House Public Safety Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Purchase, possession, sale, transfer, etc., of assault firearms and certain ammunition feeding devices prohibited; penalty. Creates a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person who imports, sells, manufactures, purchases, possesses, transports, or transfers an assault firearm, as that term is defined in the bill, and prohibits a person who has been convicted of such violation from purchasing, possessing, or transporting a firearm for a period of three years from the date of conviction. The bill provides that an assault firearm does not include any firearm that is an antique firearm, has been rendered permanently inoperable, is manually operated by bolt, pump, lever, or slide action, or was manufactured before July 1, 2023. The bill also prohibits the sale of a large capacity ammunition feeding device, as that term is defined in the bill. The bill provides that any person who willfully and intentionally (i) sells an assault firearm to another person or (ii) purchases an assault firearm from another person is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor and that any person who imports, sells, barters, or transfers a large capacity ammunition feeding device is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill also makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person younger than 21 years of age to import, sell, manufacture, purchase, possess, transport, or transfer an assault firearm regardless of the date of manufacture of such assault firearm. Purchase, possession, sale, transfer, etc., of assault firearms and certain ammunition feeding devices prohibited; penalty. Creates a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person who imports, sells, manufactures, purchases, possesses, transports, or transfers an assault firearm, as that term is defined in the bill, and prohibits a person who has been convicted of such violation from purchasing, possessing, or transporting a firearm for a period of three years from the date of conviction. The bill provides that an assault firearm does not include any firearm that is an antique firearm, has been rendered permanently inoperable, is manually operated by bolt, pump, lever, or slide action, or was manufactured before July 1, 2023. The bill also prohibits the sale of a large capacity ammunition feeding device, as that term is defined in the bill. The bill provides that any person who willfully and intentionally (i) sells an assault firearm to another person or (ii) purchases an assault firearm from another person is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor and that any person who imports, sells, barters, or transfers a large capacity ammunition feeding device is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill also makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person younger than 21 years of age to import, sell, manufacture, purchase, possess, transport, or transfer an assault firearm regardless of the date of manufacture of such assault firearm.

Assault firearms and certain ammunition feeding devices; purchase, possession, etc., prohibited.

Sen. Creigh Deeds [D]	Sen. John Edwards [D]	Sen. Joseph Morrissey [D]	Sen. George Barker [D]
Sen. John Bell [D]	Sen. Jennifer Boysko [D]	Sen. Adam Ebbin [D]	Sen. Barbara Favola [D]
Sen. Ghazala Hashmi [D]	Sen. Janet Howell [D]	Sen. Mamie Locke [D]	Sen. Louise Lucas [D]
Sen. Dave Marsden [D]	Sen. Jennifer McClellan [D]	Sen. Jeremy McPike [D]	Sen. John Petersen [D]
Sen. Richard Saslaw [D]	Sen. Lionell Spruill [D]	Sen. Scott Surovell [D]

2023-02-09 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (6-Y 4-N) (Y: 6 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-01-31 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (23-Y 16-N) (Y: 23 N: 16 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-01-26 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-01-25 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (10-Y 4-N) (Y: 10 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-01-23 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Judiciary with substitute (9-Y 6-N) (Y: 9 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-02-22	House	Left in Public Safety
2023-02-09	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (6-Y 4-N)
2023-02-08	House	Assigned PS sub: Subcommittee #1
2023-02-08	House	Referred to Committee on Public Safety
2023-02-08	House	Read first time
2023-02-08	House	Placed on Calendar
2023-01-31	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (23-Y 16-N)
2023-01-30	Senate	Passed by for the day
2023-01-27	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1382S2
2023-01-27	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 23105315D-S2
2023-01-27	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2023-01-27	Senate	Committee substitute rejected 23104992D-S1
2023-01-27	Senate	Read second time
2023-01-26	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2023-01-25	Senate	Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (10-Y 4-N)
2023-01-25	Senate	Committee substitute printed 23105315D-S2
2023-01-25	Senate	Incorporates SB1283 (Edwards)
2023-01-25	Senate	Incorporates SB918 (Morrissey)
2023-01-23	Senate	Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
2023-01-23	Senate	Committee substitute printed 23104992D-S1
2023-01-23	Senate	Incorporates SB1283 (Edwards)
2023-01-23	Senate	Incorporates SB918 (Morrissey)
2023-01-23	Senate	Reported from Judiciary with substitute (9-Y 6-N)
2023-01-11	Senate	Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
2023-01-11	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23104134D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
15	2	915.5	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	287.4:1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	287.4:2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	308.09	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	308.1:9	(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	308.2:3	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	308.2:5	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	309.1	(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?231+sum+SB1382
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1382+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1382S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1382S2+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/23104992D.pdf
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+SB1382F160+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+SB1382F122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+SB1382FS1160+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+SB1382FS2160+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+SB1382FS2122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S03V0058+SB1382
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S05V0077+SB1382
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0125SB1382+SB1382
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0165SB1382+SB1382
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H1501V0028+SB1382