Trigger activators; prohibition, penalty. (SB14)
Introduced By
Sen. Dick Saslaw (D-Springfield) with support from co-patron Del. Kaye Kory (D-Falls Church)
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
Trigger activators; prohibition; penalty. Prohibits the manufacture, importation, sale or offer to sell, possession, transfer, or transportation of a trigger activator, defined in the bill as a device designed to allow a semi-automatic firearm to shoot more than one shot with a single pull of the trigger by harnessing the recoil energy of any semi-automatic firearm to which it is affixed so that the trigger resets and continues firing without additional physical manipulation of the trigger by the shooter. A violation is punishable as a Class 6 felony. Read the Bill »
Outcome
Bill Has Passed
History
Date | Action |
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11/18/2019 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
11/18/2019 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100506D |
11/18/2019 | Referred to Committee on the Judiciary |
11/19/2019 | Impact statement from VCSC (SB14) |
01/08/2020 | Moved from Courts of Justice to Judiciary due to a change of the committee name |
01/31/2020 | Impact statement from DPB (SB14) |
02/03/2020 | Committee substitute printed 20106402D-S1 |
02/03/2020 | Reported from Judiciary with substitute (9-Y 5-N) (see vote tally) |
02/03/2020 | Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations |
02/05/2020 | Impact statement from VCSC (SB14S1) |
02/05/2020 | Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/06/2020 | Impact statement from DPB (SB14S1) |
02/06/2020 | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/07/2020 | Read second time |
02/07/2020 | Reading of substitute waived |
02/07/2020 | Committee substitute agreed to 20106402D-S1 |
02/07/2020 | Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB14S1 |
02/10/2020 | Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 18-N) (see vote tally) |
02/18/2020 | Placed on Calendar |
02/18/2020 | Read first time |
02/18/2020 | Referred to Committee on Public Safety |
02/21/2020 | Reported from Public Safety (14-Y 8-N) (see vote tally) |
02/25/2020 | Read second time |
02/26/2020 | Read third time |
02/26/2020 | Passed House (55-Y 45-N) |
02/26/2020 | VOTE: Passage (55-Y 45-N) (see vote tally) |
03/03/2020 | Enrolled |
03/03/2020 | Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB14ER) |
03/03/2020 | Impact statement from DPB (SB14ER) |
03/03/2020 | Signed by Speaker |
03/04/2020 | Signed by President |
03/12/2020 | Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020 |
03/12/2020 | G Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020 |
03/31/2020 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 527 (effective 7/1/20) |
03/31/2020 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0527) |
Comments
Necessary bill.
This is unnecessary bill. Banning things that you know nothing about yet scare you is not going to make you safer.