VA SB22 | 2020 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on November 18 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-01-13 - Incorporated by Judiciary
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on November 18 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-01-13 - Incorporated by Judiciary
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]
Summary
Purchase of handguns; limitation on handgun purchases; Purchase of handguns; limitation on handgun purchases; penalty. Prohibits any person who is not a licensed firearms dealer from purchasing more than one handgun in a 30-day period and establishes such an offense as a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill exempts from this provision (i) persons who have been issued a certificate by the Department of State Police under certain circumstances and with an enhanced background check, (ii) law-enforcement agencies and officers, (iii) state and local correctional facilities, (iv) licensed private security companies, (v) persons who hold a valid Virginia concealed handgun permit, (vi) persons whose handgun has been stolen or irretrievably lost or who are trading in a handgun, (vii) purchases of handguns in a private sale, and (viii) purchases of antique firearms.
Title
Handguns; limitation on purchases, penalty.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2020-01-13 - Senate - Senate: Incorporated by Judiciary (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
---|---|---|
2020-01-13 | Senate | Incorporated by Judiciary |
2020-01-08 | Senate | Moved from Courts of Justice to Judiciary due to a change of the committee name |
2019-11-18 | Senate | Referred to Committee on the Judiciary |
2019-11-18 | Senate | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101067D |
Same As/Similar To
SB69 (Similar To) 2020-04-09 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0992)