Virginia Senate Bill 85 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on November 27 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-01-22 - Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary (9-Y 5-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Stolen firearms; penalties. Creates or enhances penalties for crimes related to larceny of a firearm or use of a stolen firearm during the commission of a felony. The bill provides that it is (i) a Class 3 felony with a five-year mandatory minimum sentence to commit larceny of a firearm with the intent to sell or distribute and (ii) a Class 5 felony with a two-year mandatory minimum sentence to sell or distribute, attempt to sell or distribute, or possess with the intent to sell or distribute a stolen firearm. The bill adds a one-year mandatory minimum sentence to the crime of receiving a stolen firearm, which is a Class 6 felony. Finally, the bill increases the mandatory minimum sentences for possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, if such firearm was stolen, from three years to five years for a first offense and from five years to 10 years for a second or subsequent offense.

Stolen firearms; penalties.

Sen. Bill DeSteph [R]

Sen. Amanda Chase [R]

2020-01-22 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary (9-Y 5-N) (Y: 9 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-01-22	Senate	Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary (9-Y 5-N)
2020-01-08	Senate	Moved from Courts of Justice to Judiciary due to a change of the committee name
2019-11-27	Senate	Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
2019-11-27	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101248D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	2	108.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	53.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB85
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB85+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S03V0060+SB0085