Virginia Senate Bill 97 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on December 22 2015 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2016-01-27 - Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (11-Y 3-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [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) law-enforcement agencies and officers, (ii) state and local correctional facilities, (iii) licensed private security companies, (iv) persons who hold a valid Virginia concealed handgun permit, (v) persons whose handgun has been stolen or who are trading in a handgun, (vi) purchases of handguns in a private sale, and (vii) purchases of antique firearms.

Handguns; establishes limitation on purchases, penalty.

Sen. Dave Marsden [D]

2016-01-27 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (11-Y 3-N) (Y: 11 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-01-27 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (11-Y 4-N) (Y: 11 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-01-27	Senate	Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (11-Y 3-N)
2015-12-22	Senate	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2015-12-22	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16103098D

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?161+sum+SB97
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+SB97+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+S03V0064+SB0097
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+S03V0109+SB0097