Virginia Senate Bill 385 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2018 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2018-01-17 - Failed to report (defeated) in Courts of Justice (4-Y 11-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

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.

Handguns; limitation on purchases, penalty.

Sen. Louise Lucas [D]

Sen. Jennifer Wexton [D]

2018-01-17 - Senate - Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in Courts of Justice (4-Y 11-N) (Y: 4 N: 11 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-01-17	Senate	Failed to report (defeated) in Courts of Justice (4-Y 11-N)
2018-01-09	Senate	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2018-01-09	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18102686D

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

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+SB385
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+SB385+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+S03V0078+SB0385