HB2
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Helmer |
Assault firearms & certain ammunition, etc.; purchase, possession, sale, transfer, etc., prohibited. |
Summary:
Purchase, 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, or transfers an assault firearm, as that term is defined in the bill, and prohibits a person who has been convicted of such violation from purchasing, possessing, or transporting a firearm for a period of three years from the date of conviction. 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, 2024. The bill also prohibits the sale of a large capacity ammunition feeding device, as that term is defined in the bill. 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 makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person younger than 21 years of age to import, sell, manufacture, purchase, possess, transport, or transfer an assault firearm regardless of the date of manufacture of such assault firearm. This bill is identical to SB 2.
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Fiscal Impact
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Last Five Actions:
3/7/2024 - Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2ER) 3/7/2024 - Signed by Speaker 3/11/2024 - Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 3/12/2024 - Impact statement from DPB (HB2ER) 4/17/2024 - House sustained Governor's veto
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Senate Committee Actions:
2/28/2024 - Reading of substitute waived 2/28/2024 - Committee substitute agreed to 24107889D-S1 2/28/2024 - Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2S1 2/28/2024 - Passed Senate with substitute (20-Y 19-N) 3/8/2024 - Signed by President
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Related Bills:
SB2 (Deeds) - Assault firearms & certain ammunition, etc.; purchase, possession, sale, transfer, etc., prohibited.
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Transportation and Public Safety Subcommittee
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Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N)
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HB22
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Jones |
Auto sears and trigger activators; prohibition on manufacture, importation, sale, etc., penalty. |
Summary:
Manufacture, importation, sale, etc., of auto sears; prohibition; penalty.
Prohibits the manufacture, importation, sale or offer to sell, possession, transfer, or transportation of an auto sear, defined in the bill as a device, other than a trigger activator, for use in converting a semi-automatic firearm to shoot automatically more than one shot, without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger. A violation is punishable as a Class 6 felony. The bill also provides for the forfeiture of any auto sear concealed, possessed, transported, or carried in violation of the prohibition. This bill is identical to SB 210.
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Fiscal Impact
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Last Five Actions:
3/7/2024 - Enrolled 3/7/2024 - Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB22ER) 3/7/2024 - Signed by Speaker 3/11/2024 - Impact statement from DPB (HB22ER) 3/11/2024 - Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
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Senate Committee Actions:
3/1/2024 - Reading of substitute waived 3/1/2024 - Committee substitute agreed to 24107867D-S1 3/1/2024 - Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB22S1 3/1/2024 - Passed Senate with substitute (27-Y 13-N) 3/8/2024 - Signed by President
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Related Bills:
SB210 (Perry) - Auto sears and trigger activators; prohibition on manufacture, importation, sale, etc., penalty.
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Transportation and Public Safety Subcommittee
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Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
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HB113
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Sullivan |
Handguns; possession, purchase, or transportation by persons convicted of certain drug offenses. |
Summary:
Possession, purchase, or transportation of handgunby persons convicted of certain drug offenses and operating a boator vehicle while intoxicated prohibited; penalty.
Provides thatany person who within a five-year period has been convicted of two misdemeanor driving or boating while intoxicated offenses shall beineligible to possess, purchase, or transport a handgun. The billalso provides that any person who within a three-year period hasbeen convicted of two misdemeanor drug offenses shall be ineligibleto possess a handgun. Under current law, such person who has beenconvicted of two misdemeanor drug offenses is ineligible to purchaseor transport a handgun. The bill also provides that any person whois convicted of a second or subsequent offense for violating theprohibition on possessing, purchasing, or transporting a handgunfollowing convictions of these offenses shall be given the opportunityto voluntarily relinquish any firearm in his possession.
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Fiscal Impact
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Last Five Actions:
2/5/2024 - Passed by for the day 2/6/2024 - Impact statement from DPB (HB113H1) 2/6/2024 - Motion to rerefer to committee agreed to 2/6/2024 - Rereferred to Appropriations 2/13/2024 - Left in Appropriations
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Transportation and Public Safety Subcommittee
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Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
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HB173
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Simon |
Plastic firearms & unfinished frames, etc.; manufacture, import, etc. prohibited, penalties. |
Summary:
Manufacture, import, sale, transfer, or possession of plastic firearms and unfinished frames or receivers and unserialized firearms prohibited; penalties.
Creates a Class 5 felony for any person who knowingly manufactures or assembles, imports, purchases, sells, transfers, or possesses any firearm that, after removal of all parts other than a major component, as defined in the bill, is not detectable as a firearm when subjected to inspection by the types of detection devices, including X-ray machines, commonly used at airports, government buildings, schools, correctional facilities, and other locations for security screening. The bill updates language regarding the types of detection devices that are used at such locations for detecting plastic firearms. Under current law, it is unlawful to manufacture, import, sell, transfer, or possess any plastic firearm and a violation is punishable as a Class 5 felony. The bill also creates a Class 1 misdemeanor, which is punishable as a Class 4 felony for a second or subsequent offense, making it unlawful for any person to knowingly possess a firearm or any completed or unfinished frame or receiver that is not imprinted with a valid serial number or to knowingly import, purchase, sell, offer for sale, or transfer ownership of any completed or unfinished frame or receiver, unless the completed or unfinished frame or receiver (i) is deemed to be a firearm pursuant to federal law and (ii) is imprinted with a valid serial number. The bill creates a Class 1 misdemeanor, which is punishable as a Class 4 felony for a second or subsequent offense, making it unlawful for any person to manufacture or assemble, cause to be manufactured or assembled, import, purchase, sell, offer for sale, or transfer ownership of any firearm that is not imprinted with a valid serial number. The portions of the bill prohibiting unfinished frames or receivers and unserialized firearms have a delayed effective date of January 1, 2025; however, the portions of the bill prohibiting the knowing possession of a firearm or any completed or unfinished frame or receiver that is not imprinted with a valid serial number have a delayed effective date of July 1, 2025. This bill is identical to SB 100.
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Fiscal Impact
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Last Five Actions:
3/26/2024 - Governor's recommendation received by House 3/27/2024 - Governor's substitute printed 24109222D-H2 4/2/2024 - Impact statement from VCSC (HB173H2) 4/17/2024 - Speaker ruled Governor's amendments not germane 4/17/2024 - Communicated to Governor
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Senate Committee Actions:
3/1/2024 - Reading of substitute waived 3/1/2024 - Committee substitute agreed to 24107868D-S1 3/1/2024 - Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB173S1 3/1/2024 - Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N) 3/8/2024 - Signed by President
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Related Bills:
SB100 (Ebbin) - Plastic firearms & unfinished frames, etc.; manufacture, import, etc. prohibited, penalties.
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Transportation and Public Safety Subcommittee
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Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
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HB454
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Callsen |
Firearm/explosive material; carrying w/in Capitol Square or bldg. owned or leased by Commonwealth. |
Summary:
Carrying a firearm or explosive material within Capitol Square or building owned or leased by the Commonwealth; exemptions; public institutions of higher education; penalty.
Limits the exemption from the prohibition on the carrying of any firearm or explosive material within any building owned or leased by the Commonwealth or agency thereof or any office where employees of the Commonwealth or any agency thereof are regularly present for the purpose of performing their official duties that currently applies to any property owned or operated by a public institution of higher education to instead apply to any individual within a building owned or operated by a public institution of higher education who possesses a weapon as part of such public institution of higher education's curriculum or activities or as part of any organization authorized by such public institution of higher education to conduct its programs or activities within such building, as such uses are approved through the law-enforcement or public safety unit of such institution. This bill is identical to SB 383.
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Fiscal Impact
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Last Five Actions:
3/7/2024 - Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB454ER) 3/7/2024 - Impact statement from DPB (HB454ER) 3/7/2024 - Signed by Speaker 3/11/2024 - Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 4/17/2024 - House sustained Governor's veto
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Senate Committee Actions:
2/28/2024 - Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N) 2/29/2024 - Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) 3/1/2024 - Read third time 3/1/2024 - Passed Senate (21-Y 19-N) 3/8/2024 - Signed by President
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Related Bills:
SB383 (Deeds) - Firearm/explosive material; carrying w/in Capitol Square or bldg. owned or leased by Commonwealth.
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Transportation and Public Safety Subcommittee
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Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
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