Virginia Senate Bill 220 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: Introduced on January 5 2016 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2016-01-27 - Failed to report (defeated) in Courts of Justice (4-Y 10-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Firearm transfers; penalties. Creates a Class 2 misdemeanor for a person who is not a licensed dealer to sell, rent, trade, or transfer a firearm to any other person who is not a licensed dealer. The bill also creates a Class 2 misdemeanor for a person who is not a licensed dealer to buy, rent, trade, or transfer a firearm from any other person who is not a licensed dealer. The bill exempts certain transfers, such as between immediate family members, by operation of law, and when the transfer is temporary and is necessary to prevent imminent death or great bodily harm or occurs while in the continuous presence of the owner of the firearm.

Firearm transfers; penalties.

Sen. Donald McEachin [D]	Sen. Adam Ebbin [D]	Sen. Barbara Favola [D]	Sen. Janet Howell [D]
Sen. Mamie Locke [D]	Sen. Richard Saslaw [D]	Sen. Scott Surovell [D]

2016-01-27 - Senate - Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in Courts of Justice (4-Y 10-N) (Y: 4 N: 10 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2016-01-27 - Senate - Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in Courts of Justice (5-Y 10-N) (Y: 5 N: 10 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-01-27	Senate	Failed to report (defeated) in Courts of Justice (4-Y 10-N)
2016-01-05	Senate	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2016-01-05	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16101955D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	2	308.1:01	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+sum+SB220
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+SB220+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+S03V0076+SB0220
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+S03V0127+SB0220