Virginia Senate Bill 918 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-0)
Status: Introduced on January 6 2023 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2023-01-23 - Incorporated by Judiciary
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Carrying, sale, transfer, etc., of assault firearms and certain ammunition feeding devices prohibited; penalties. Prohibits the sale of an assault firearm and a large capacity ammunition feeding device, as those terms are defined in the bill. The bill provides that an assault firearm does not include any firearm that is an antique firearm, has been rendered permanently inoperable, is manually operated by bolt, pump, lever, or slide action, or was manufactured before July 1, 2023. The bill provides that any person who willfully and intentionally (i) sells an assault firearm to another person or (ii) purchases an assault firearm from another person is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor and that any person who imports, sells, barters, or transfers a large capacity ammunition feeding device is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill also prohibits the carrying of certain shotguns and semi-automatic center-fire rifles and pistols on any public street, road, alley, sidewalk, or public right-of-way or in any public park or any other place of whatever nature that is open to the public. Under current law, the current prohibition on carrying certain shotguns and semi-automatic center-fire rifles and pistols applies to a narrower range of firearms, only in certain localities, and only when such firearms are loaded. The bill prohibits a firearms dealer from selling, renting, trading, or transferring from his inventory any assault firearm to any person.

Assault firearms and certain ammunition feeding devices; carrying, sale, transfer, etc.

Sen. Joseph Morrissey [D]	Sen. John Bell [D]	Sen. Jennifer Boysko [D]	Sen. Creigh Deeds [D]
Sen. Adam Ebbin [D]	Sen. John Edwards [D]	Sen. Barbara Favola [D]	Sen. Ghazala Hashmi [D]
Sen. Janet Howell [D]	Sen. Mamie Locke [D]	Sen. Dave Marsden [D]	Sen. Jeremy McPike [D]
Sen. Lionell Spruill [D]

2023-01-23 - Senate - Senate: Incorporated by Judiciary (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-01-23	Senate	Incorporated by Judiciary
2023-01-06	Senate	Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
2023-01-06	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102000D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	2	287.4	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	308.2:2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	308.2:5	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	309.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB918
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB918+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+SB918F160+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S03V0056+SB0918