Virginia Senate Bill 5 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on November 20 2017 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2018-01-15 - Incorporates SB447 (Surovell)
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Firearm transfers; criminal history record information checks; penalty. Requires a background check for any firearm transfer and requires the Department of State Police to establish a process for transferors to obtain such a check from licensed firearms dealers. A transferor who fails to obtain a required background check and sells the firearm to another person is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill exempts transfers between immediate family members, transfers that occur by operation of law, transfers by the executor or administrator of an estate or by the trustee of a testamentary trust, and temporary transfers that (i) occur within the continuous presence of the owner of the firearm; (ii) are necessary to prevent imminent death or serious bodily injury; (iii) occur at a shooting range, shooting gallery, or other area designed for the purpose of target shooting, for use during target practice, a firearms safety or training course or class, a shooting competition, or any similar lawful activity; or (iv) are for the purpose of and while the transferee is engaged in hunting, trapping, or target shooting. The bill removes the provision that makes background checks of prospective purchasers or transferees at firearms shows voluntary.

Firearm transfers; criminal history record information checks, penalty.

Sen. Adam Ebbin [D]

Sen. Jennifer McClellan [D]

2018-01-15 - Senate - Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in Courts of Justice (6-Y 9-N) (Y: 6 N: 9 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-01-15	Senate	Incorporates SB447 (Surovell)
2018-01-15	Senate	Incorporates SB432 (Wexton)
2018-01-15	Senate	Incorporates SB412 (Lucas)
2018-01-15	Senate	Incorporates SB145 (Edwards)
2018-01-15	Senate	Failed to report (defeated) in Courts of Justice (6-Y 9-N)
2018-01-15	Senate	Committee substitute printed to LIS only 18105230D-S1
2017-11-20	Senate	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2017-11-20	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18100782D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	2	308.2:5	(n/a)	See Bill Text
54	1	4201.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+SB5
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+SB5+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+SB5S1+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+S03V0038+SB0005