SB226: Firearms; answering mental health questions on consent form required when purchasing.
Chief Patron
Sen.
Ryan McDougle (R-4)
Ryan McDougle
(R-4)
Served: 2006–
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Status
03/24/2008: Passed the Senate
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- 01/07/2008 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 083806272
- 01/07/2008 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/21/2008 Assigned Courts sub: Special on Proposed Mental Health Legislation
- 01/23/2008 Impact statement from DPB (SB226)
- 01/28/2008 Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (14-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
- 01/29/2008 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
- 01/30/2008 Read second time
- 01/30/2008 Reading of amendment waived
- 01/30/2008 Committee amendment agreed to
- 01/30/2008 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB226E
- 01/30/2008 Printed as engrossed 083806272-E
- 01/31/2008 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
- 01/31/2008 Communicated to House
- 02/11/2008 Placed on Calendar
- 02/11/2008 Read first time
- 02/11/2008 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/14/2008 Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
- 02/14/2008 Assigned Courts sub: Mental Health
- 02/15/2008 Impact statement from DPB (SB226E)
- 02/29/2008 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (17-Y 0-N)
- 03/03/2008 Committee substitute printed 081580568-H1
- 03/04/2008 Read second time
- 03/05/2008 Read third time
- 03/05/2008 Committee substitute agreed to 081580568-H1
- 03/05/2008 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB226H1
- 03/05/2008 Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
- 03/05/2008 VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
- 03/06/2008 Delegates: Janis, Kilgore, Valentine
- 03/06/2008 House substitute rejected by Senate (4-Y 36-N) (see vote tally)
- 03/06/2008 House insisted on substitute
- 03/06/2008 House requested conference committee
- 03/06/2008 Senate acceded to request (36-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
- 03/06/2008 Conferees appointed by Senate
- 03/06/2008 Senators: McDougle, Edwards, Quayle
- 03/06/2008 Conferees appointed by House
- 03/06/2008 Delegates: Janis, Kilgore, Bowling
- 03/07/2008 Conference substitute printed 080542272-S1
- 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) (see vote tally)
- 03/24/2008 Enrolled
- 03/24/2008 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB226ER)
- 03/24/2008 Signed by Speaker
- 03/26/2008 Signed by President
- 03/27/2008 Impact statement from DPB (SB226ER)
- 04/11/2008 Governor's recommendation received by Senate
Summary
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.
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Votes were cast on this bill on the following dates for which Richmond Sunlight
has video: 01/21/2008, 01/21/2008, 01/23/2008, 01/23/2008, 01/29/2008, 01/29/2008, 01/30/2008, 01/30/2008, 01/31/2008, 02/11/2008, 02/14/2008, 02/14/2008, 02/15/2008, 02/15/2008, 02/29/2008, 03/06/2008, 03/07/2008 and 03/07/2008.
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Monday, October 13, 2008
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.