Virginia Senate Bill 411 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 12 2016 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2016-01-20 - Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (9-Y 5-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Firearms; removal from persons posing substantial risk; penalties. Creates a procedure by which an attorney for the Commonwealth or law-enforcement officer may apply to a circuit court judge for a warrant to remove firearms from a person who poses a substantial risk of injury to himself or others. If firearms are seized pursuant to such warrant, the bill requires a court hearing within 14 days from execution of the warrant to determine whether the firearms should be returned or retained by law enforcement. Seized firearms may be retained by court order for up to 180 days or, with court approval, may be transferred to a third party chosen by the person from whom they were seized. Persons who have been served with a warrant to remove firearms or who are the subject of an order to retain firearms are disqualified from having a concealed handgun permit or purchasing a firearm from a licensed dealer and may not be employed by a licensed firearms dealer. The bill also provides that a person who transfers a firearm to a person whom he knows has been served with a warrant or who is the subject of an order is guilty of a Class 6 felony.

Firearms; removal from persons posing substantial risk; penalties.

Sen. George Barker [D]

2016-01-20 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (9-Y 5-N) (Y: 9 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-01-20	Senate	Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (9-Y 5-N)
2016-01-12	Senate	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2016-01-12	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16102465D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	2	308.09	(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
19	2	387.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
19	2	60.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+sum+SB411
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+SB411+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+S03V0049+SB0411