Virginia Senate Bill 69 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: Passed on April 9 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-04-09 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0992)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [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. Mamie Locke [D]	Sen. Richard Saslaw [D]	Sen. Jennifer Boysko [D]	Sen. Adam Ebbin [D]
Sen. Jennifer McClellan [D]	Sen. Joseph Morrissey [D]

2020-03-07 - Senate - Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 19-N) (Y: 21 N: 19 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-03-05 - House - House: VOTE: Adoption (52-Y 47-N) (Y: 52 N: 47 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-27 - Senate - Senate: Senate acceded to request (23-Y 17-N) (Y: 23 N: 17 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-24 - Senate - Senate: House substitute rejected by Senate (1-Y 39-N) (Y: 1 N: 39 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2020-02-19 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (53-Y 47-N) (Y: 53 N: 47 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-14 - House - House: Reported from Public Safety with substitute (13-Y 9-N) (Y: 13 N: 9 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-16 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N) (Y: 21 N: 19 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-14 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional readings dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-13 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Judiciary with substitute (9-Y 5-N) (Y: 9 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-04-09		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0992)
2020-04-09		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 992 (effective 7/1/20)
2020-03-20		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
2020-03-20	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 20, 2020
2020-03-19	House	Signed by Speaker
2020-03-18	Senate	Signed by President
2020-03-18	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB69ER)
2020-03-18	Senate	Enrolled
2020-03-07	Senate	Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 19-N)
2020-03-05	House	VOTE: Adoption (52-Y 47-N)
2020-03-05	House	Conference report agreed to by House (52-Y 47-N)
2020-03-05		Conference: Amended by conference committee
2020-02-28	House	Delegates: Ward, Hope, Wright
2020-02-28	House	Conferees appointed by House
2020-02-27	Senate	Senators: Locke, Deeds, Stuart
2020-02-27	Senate	Conferees appointed by Senate
2020-02-27	Senate	Senate acceded to request (23-Y 17-N)
2020-02-25	House	House requested conference committee
2020-02-25	House	House insisted on substitute
2020-02-24	Senate	House substitute rejected by Senate (1-Y 39-N)
2020-02-21	Senate	Passed by for the day
2020-02-19	House	VOTE: Passage (53-Y 47-N)
2020-02-19	House	Passed House with substitute (53-Y 47-N)
2020-02-19	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB69H1
2020-02-19	House	Committee substitute agreed to 20108288D-H1
2020-02-19	House	Read third time
2020-02-18	House	Read second time
2020-02-14	House	Committee substitute printed 20108288D-H1
2020-02-14	House	Reported from Public Safety with substitute (13-Y 9-N)
2020-02-13	House	Referred to Committee on Public Safety
2020-02-13	House	Read first time
2020-02-13	House	Placed on Calendar
2020-01-16	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N)
2020-01-15	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB69S1
2020-01-15	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 20105654D-S1
2020-01-15	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2020-01-15	Senate	Read second time
2020-01-14	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2020-01-13	Senate	Committee substitute printed 20105654D-S1
2020-01-13	Senate	Incorporates SB22 (Saslaw)
2020-01-13	Senate	Reported from Judiciary with substitute (9-Y 5-N)
2020-01-08	Senate	Moved from Courts of Justice to Judiciary due to a change of the committee name
2019-11-22	Senate	Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
2019-11-22	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101200D

SB22 (Similar To) 2020-01-13 - Incorporated by Judiciary
HB812 (Same As) 2020-04-09 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0991)

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?201+sum+SB69&201+sum+SB69
Text	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB69+hil
Text	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB69S1+hil
Text	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB69H1+hil
Text	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB69ER+hil
Text	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0992+hil
Roll Call	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S03V0009+SB0069
Roll Call	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0035SB0069+SB0069
Roll Call	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0050SB0069+SB0069
Roll Call	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H15V0091+SB0069
Roll Call	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV1024+SB0069
Roll Call	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0855SB0069+SB0069
Roll Call	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1153SB0069+SB0069
Roll Call	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV1965+SB0069
Roll Call	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1758SB0069+SB0069