Firearms; person legally incompetent, etc. prohibited from purchasing. (HB709)
Introduced By
Del. Bill Janis (R-Glen Allen) with support from co-patron Del. Tim Hugo (R-Centreville)
Progress
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Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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Became Law |
Description
Purchase of firearms; consent form; mental health questions. Requires that a person seeking to purchase a firearm from a firearms dealer answer questions on the state background check consent form concerning whether the applicant has ever been acquitted by reason of insanity, been adjudicated legally incompetent or mentally incapacitated, or been involuntarily admitted to a facility or involuntarily ordered to out-patient mental health treatment. Read the Bill »
Status
03/26/2008: Passed the General Assembly
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 01/08/2008 | Committee |
| 01/08/2008 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 081415568 |
| 01/08/2008 | Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety |
| 01/17/2008 | Impact statement from DPB (HB709) |
| 02/08/2008 | Reported from Militia, Police and Public Safety with amendment (22-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/09/2008 | Read first time |
| 02/11/2008 | Read second time |
| 02/11/2008 | Committee amendment agreed to |
| 02/11/2008 | Speaker ruled amendment by Delegate Scott, J.M. not germane |
| 02/11/2008 | Engrossed by House as amended HB709E |
| 02/11/2008 | Printed as engrossed 081415568-E |
| 02/12/2008 | Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N) |
| 02/12/2008 | VOTE: --- PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/12/2008 | Communicated to Senate |
| 02/13/2008 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
| 02/13/2008 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
| 02/14/2008 | Impact statement from DPB (HB709E) |
| 02/14/2008 | Assigned Courts sub: Special on Proposed Mental Health Legislation |
| 02/28/2008 | Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N) |
| 02/29/2008 | Committee substitute printed 089608272-S1 |
| 03/03/2008 | Impact statement from DPB (HB709S1) |
| 03/03/2008 | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) |
| 03/04/2008 | Read third time |
| 03/04/2008 | Reading of substitute waived |
| 03/04/2008 | Committee substitute agreed to 089608272-S1 |
| 03/04/2008 | Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB709S1 |
| 03/04/2008 | Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) |
| 03/05/2008 | VOTE: --- ADOPTION (1-Y 97-N) |
| 03/05/2008 | Placed on Calendar |
| 03/05/2008 | Senate substitute rejected by House (1-Y 97-N) |
| 03/05/2008 | VOTE: --- REJECTED (1-Y 97-N) |
| 03/06/2008 | Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N) |
| 03/06/2008 | Senate requested conference committee |
| 03/06/2008 | House acceded to request |
| 03/06/2008 | Conferees appointed by House |
| 03/06/2008 | Delegates: Janis, Kilgore, Bowling |
| 03/06/2008 | Conferees appointed by Senate |
| 03/06/2008 | Senators: McDougle, Edwards, Quayle |
| 03/07/2008 | Conference substitute printed 080541568-H1 |
| 03/08/2008 | Conference report agreed to by House (100-Y 0-N) |
| 03/08/2008 | VOTE: --- ADOPTION (100-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 03/08/2008 | Reading of conference report waived |
| 03/08/2008 | Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) |
| 03/24/2008 | Enrolled |
| 03/24/2008 | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB709ER) |
| 03/24/2008 | Signed by Speaker |
| 03/26/2008 | Signed by President |
| 03/27/2008 | Impact statement from DPB (HB709ER) |
| 04/11/2008 | Governor's recommendation received by House |
Comments
Sounds reasonable on the face of it, but if I had been adjudicated legally incompetent or mentally incpacitated, it is unlikely I'd remember that or be able to answer the question honestly. Also, anyone adjudicated in absentia would likely answer the question falsely, but paradoxically, in complete honesty.