| VA | SB901 | Engross
Sine Die | Firearm in unattended motor vehicle; civil penalty. Provides that no person shall leave, place, or store a handgun in an unattended motor vehicle, as defined in the bill, unless the vehicle is locked. The bill provides that any person violating such ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-22
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| VA | SB1382 | Engross
Sine Die | Purchase, possession, sale, transfer, etc., of assault firearms and certain ammunition feeding devices prohibited; penalty. Creates a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person who imports, sells, manufactures, purchases, possesses, transports, or transfers ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-22
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| VA | SB909 | Engross
Sine Die | Firearm transfers to another person from a prohibited person. Provides that a person who is prohibited from possessing a firearm because such person is subject to a protective order or has been convicted of an assault and battery of a family or house...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-22
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| VA | SB1192 | Engross
Sine Die | Carrying assault firearms in public areas prohibited; penalty. Prohibits the carrying of certain semi-automatic center-fire rifles, pistols, and shotguns on any public street, road, alley, sidewalk, or public right-of-way or in any public park or any...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-22
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| VA | SB1181 | Engross
Sine Die | Sale, transfer, or purchase of unfinished frames or receivers and unserialized firearms; penalty. Creates a Class 1 misdemeanor, which is punishable as a Class 4 felony for a second or subsequent offense, for any person to knowingly sell, offer to se...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-22
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| VA | SB1484 | Engross
Sine Die | Carrying a firearm or explosive material within Capitol Square or building owned or leased by the Commonwealth; exemptions; public institutions of higher education. Limits the exemption from the prohibition on the carrying of any firearm or explosive...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-22
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| VA | SB1167 | Engross
Sine Die | Firearm industry members; standards of responsible conduct; civil liability. Creates standards of responsible conduct for firearm industry members, as that term is defined in the bill. The bill requires any firearm industry member that sells, manufac...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-22
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| VA | SB1139 | Engross
Sine Die | Storage of firearms in a residence where a minor is present; penalty. Requires any person who possesses a firearm in a residence where such person knows that a minor under 18 years of age or a person who is prohibited by law from possessing a firearm...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-22
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| VA | HB2407 | Intro
Sine Die | Purchase of firearms; demonstrated competence with a firearm or completion of a firearms safety or training course; penalty. Requires that a prospective purchaser of a firearm present proof that such prospective purchaser has demonstrated competence ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-07
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| VA | HB1515 | Intro
Sine Die | Use of auto sear; prohibition; penalty. Makes it a Class 2 felony to possess or use an auto sear in the perpetration or attempted perpetration of a crime of violence. The bill also makes it a Class 4 felony to unlawfully possess or use an auto sear f...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-07
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| VA | HB2164 | Intro
Sine Die | Firearms; National Rifle Association. Removes references to the National Rifle Association (the NRA) from the Code and repealing authority for special license plates in support of the NRA.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-07
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| VA | HB1788 | Intro
Sine Die | Sale or transfer of firearms; microstamping-enabled firearms; penalties. Provides that it is unlawful for any licensed dealer in firearms to sell, offer for sale, exchange, give, transfer, or deliver any firearm manufactured on or after July 1, 2025,...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-07
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| VA | HB1729 | Intro
Sine Die | Firearm transfers to another person from a prohibited person. Provides that a person who is prohibited from possessing a firearm because such person is subject to a protective order or has been convicted of an assault and battery of a family or house...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-07
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| VA | HB2240 | Intro
Sine Die | Prohibiting the sale, transport, etc., of assault firearms, large-capacity firearm magazines, and silencers; penalties. Expands the definition of "assault firearm" and prohibits any person from importing, selling, transferring, manufacturing, purchas...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-07
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| VA | HB1646 | Intro
Sine Die | Court duties of sheriff; commitment hearings at locations other than a courthouse. Allows a judge or special justice who conducts a commitment hearing at a location other than a courthouse to request that the sheriff of the appropriate jurisdiction p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-07
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| VA | HB1719 | Intro
Sine Die | Release or dissemination of information from the Virginia Fusion Intelligence Center; whistleblower protection; report. Provides that any release or dissemination of information from the Virginia Fusion Intelligence Center made in good faith and in a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-07
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| VA | HB1654 | Intro
Sine Die | Civilian deaths in custody; report. Requires every law-enforcement agency and correctional facility to report to the Department of Criminal Justice Services certain information regarding the death of any person who is detained, under arrest or in the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-07
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| VA | HB1936 | Intro
Sine Die | Establishment of Virginia Firearm Buy-Back Program and Fund. Directs the Department of State Police to establish the uniform standards for the creation of the Virginia Firearm Buy-Back Program. The bill requires the Department to (i) inform local law...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-07
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| VA | HB2288 | Intro
Sine Die | Assault firearms; purchase; age requirement; penalty. Provides that in order to purchase an assault firearm a person must be 21 years of age or older. The bill also expands the definition of "assault firearm" as the term applies to criminal history r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-07
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| VA | HB2119 | Intro
Sine Die | Photo speed monitoring devices; locality-designated highway segments. Authorizes any locality to authorize, by ordinance, its local law-enforcement agency to place and operate photo speed monitoring devices in certain locations named in the ordinance...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-07
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| VA | HB2273 | Intro
Sine Die | Purchase of firearms; waiting period; penalty. Provides that no person shall sell a firearm unless at least three days have elapsed from the time the prospective purchaser completes the written consent form to have a licensed dealer obtain criminal h...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-07
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| VA | HB2350 | Intro
Sine Die | Storage of firearms in a residence where a minor is present; penalty. Requires any person who possesses a firearm in a residence where such person knows or reasonably should know that a minor under 18 years of age is present to store such firearm unl...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-07
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| VA | HB1579 | Intro
Sine Die | Purchase or transportation of firearm by persons convicted of operating a boat or vehicle while intoxicated prohibited; penalty. Provides that any person who, within a five-year period, has been convicted of two misdemeanor driving or boating while i...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-07
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| VA | HB1774 | Intro
Sine Die | Training standards for law-enforcement officers; comprehensive harm reduction program; drug use. Requires the Department of Criminal Justice Services to establish training standards and publish and periodically update model policies for law-enforceme...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-07
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| VA | HB2039 | Intro
Sine Die | Local correctional facilities; fees; report. Eliminates or caps certain fees charged to inmates in local correctional facilities and repeals provisions that allow a sheriff or jail superintendent to establish a deferred or installment payment agreeme...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-07
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| VA | HB1914 | Intro
Sine Die | Department of Corrections; operations and costs. Establishes a formula for determining the estimated appropriations in a fiscal impact statement of any bill that adds a new felony for which imprisonment or commitment is authorized. The bill also prov...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-07
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| VA | HB2377 | Intro
Sine Die | Replacement of concealed handgun permits; biometric changes. Provides that if a valid concealed handgun permit holder presents a written notice of a change of name, height, weight, or gender on a form provided by the Department of State Police to the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-07
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| VA | HB2365 | Intro
Sine Die | Carrying a firearm or explosive material within Capitol Square or building owned or leased by the Commonwealth; exemptions; public institutions of higher education. Limits the exemption from the prohibition on the carrying of any firearm or explosive...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-07
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| VA | HB1428 | Intro
Sine Die | Carrying loaded firearms in public areas prohibited; certain localities; repeal. Repeals the prohibition on carrying certain loaded shotguns and semi-automatic center-fire rifles and pistols in certain localities in the Commonwealth.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-07
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| VA | HB1078 | Intro
Sine Die | Limitations on use or transfer of firearms. Provides that certain provisions related to the sale or transfer of firearms do not prohibit the lawful transfer of firearms between certain family members. The bill also removes the brandishing of a firear...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-11-22
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| VA | HB683 | Intro
Sine Die | Use of canines in correctional facilities; prohibited acts. Prohibits any correctional officer, jail officer, or other employee of a state, local, or juvenile correctional facility from using a canine to extract a prisoner or juvenile from his cell u...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2022-11-22
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