Virginia Senate Bill 4002 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-0)
Status: Introduced on July 6 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2019-07-09 - Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice with letter (9-Y 6-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 makes such an offense 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 whose handgun has been stolen or irretrievably lost or who are trading in a handgun, and (vi) purchases of antique firearms. The bill establishes an appropriation for the fiscal impact of the bill and authorizes the Director of the Department of Planning and Budget to allocate such appropriation among the agencies and programs impacted by the bill.

Handguns; limitation on purchases, exceptions, penalty.

Sen. Mamie Locke [D]	Sen. George Barker [D]	Sen. Jennifer Boysko [D]	Sen. Rosalyn Dance [D]
Sen. Adam Ebbin [D]	Sen. John Edwards [D]	Sen. Barbara Favola [D]	Sen. Janet Howell [D]
Sen. Louise Lucas [D]	Sen. Dave Marsden [D]	Sen. Monty Mason [D]	Sen. Jennifer McClellan [D]
Sen. Jeremy McPike [D]	Sen. John Petersen [D]	Sen. Lionell Spruill [D]	Sen. Scott Surovell [D]

2019-07-09 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice with letter (9-Y 6-N) (Y: 9 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-07-09	Senate	Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice with letter (9-Y 6-N)
2019-07-06	Senate	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2019-07-06	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 07/09/19 19200146D

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?192+sum+SB4002
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?192+ful+SB4002+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?192+vot+S03V0002+SB4002