Bill Text: VA HB1146 | 2010 | Regular Session | Prefiled
Bill Title: Firearms; possession by certain persons who have had parental rights terminated.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-02-16 - House: Left in Courts of Justice [HB1146 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2010-HB1146-Prefiled.html
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10100682D Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia: 1. That §19.2-386.28 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted and that the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 18.2-308.2:02 as follows: §18.2-308.2:02. Possession of firearms by certain persons who have had their parental rights terminated; penalty. It shall be unlawful for any person who has had his parental rights terminated pursuant to §16.1-283, based upon a finding that he has subjected any child to aggravated circumstances, to purchase, possess, or transport any firearm. A violation of this section shall be a Class 1 misdemeanor. For purposes of this section, "aggravated circumstances" means torture, chronic or severe abuse, or chronic or severe sexual abuse, if the victim of such conduct was a child of the parent or a child with whom the parent resided at the time such conduct occurred, including the failure to protect such a child from such conduct, which conduct or failure to protect: (i) evinces a wanton or depraved indifference to human life or (ii) has resulted in the death of such a child or in serious bodily injury to such a child. §19.2-386.28. Forfeiture of weapons that are concealed, possessed, transported or carried in violation of law. Any firearm, stun weapon as defined by §18.2-308.1, or any weapon concealed, possessed, transported or carried in violation of §§ 18.2-283.1, 18.2-287.4, 18.2-308.1:2, 18.2-308.1:3, 18.2-308.1:4, 18.2-308.2, 18.2-308.2:01, 18.2-308.2:02, 18.2-308.2:1, 18.2-308.4, 18.2-308.5, 18.2-308.7, or § 18.2-308.8 shall be forfeited to the Commonwealth and disposed of as provided in §19.2-386.29. |
