Firearms; purchase, etc., following conviction for assault and battery of a family member. (HB1992)

Introduced By

Del. Kathleen Murphy (D-McLean) with support from 12 copatrons, whose average partisan position is:

Those copatrons are Del. Hala Ayala (D-Woodbridge), Del. Betsy Carr (D-Richmond), Del. Elizabeth Guzman (D-Dale City), Del. Dan Helmer (D-Fairfax Station), Del. Patrick Hope (D-Arlington), Del. Kaye Kory (D-Falls Church), Del. Mark Levine (D-Alexandria), Del. Alfonso Lopez (D-Arlington), Del. Ken Plum (D-Reston), Del. David Reid (D-Loudoun), Del. Marcus Simon (D-Falls Church), Del. Vivian Watts (D-Annandale)

Progress

✓	Introduced
✓	Passed Committee
✓	Passed House
✓	Passed Senate
✓	Signed by Governor
☐	Became Law

Description

Purchase, possession, or transportation of firearms following conviction for assault and battery of a family or household member; penalties. Prohibits a person who has been convicted of assault and battery of a family or household member, as defined in the bill, from purchasing, possessing, or transporting a firearm. The prohibition expires three years after the date of conviction, at which point the person's firearms rights are restored, unless he receives another disqualifying conviction. A person who violates the provisions of the bill is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. Read the Bill »

Status

04/15/2021: signed by governor

History

Date	Action
01/11/2021	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100815D
01/11/2021	Referred to Committee on Public Safety
01/12/2021	Impact statement from VCSC (HB1992)
01/14/2021	Impact statement from DPB (HB1992)
01/14/2021	Assigned PS sub: Firearms
01/19/2021	Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
01/22/2021	Reported from Public Safety (10-Y 9-N) (see vote tally)
01/25/2021	Read first time
01/26/2021	Floor substitute printed 21103651D-H1 (Murphy)
01/26/2021	Motion to refer to committee agreed to
01/26/2021	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
01/27/2021	Impact statement from VCSC (HB1992H1)
01/27/2021	Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (13-Y 9-N) (see vote tally)
01/27/2021	Committee substitute printed 21103901D-H2
01/27/2021	Impact statement from DPB (HB1992H1)
01/28/2021	Impact statement from VCSC (HB1992H2)
01/28/2021	Read first time
01/29/2021	Read second time
01/29/2021	Committee substitute agreed to 21103901D-H2
01/29/2021	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1992H2
01/31/2021	Impact statement from DPB (HB1992H2)
02/01/2021	Read third time and passed House (54-Y 46-N)
02/01/2021	VOTE: Passage (54-Y 46-N) (see vote tally)
02/02/2021	Constitutional reading dispensed
02/02/2021	Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
02/05/2021	Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Judiciary (14-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/10/2021	Assigned Judiciary sub: Criminal Law
02/15/2021	Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
02/15/2021	Reported from Judiciary with substitute (8-Y 7-N) (see vote tally)
02/15/2021	Committee substitute printed 21200021D-S1
02/15/2021	Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
02/16/2021	Impact statement from VCSC (HB1992S1)
02/17/2021	Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
02/17/2021	Impact statement from DPB (HB1992S1)
02/17/2021	Committee substitute printed 21200284D-S2
02/17/2021	Impact statement from VCSC (HB1992S2)
02/17/2021	Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/17/2021	Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (11-Y 4-N) (see vote tally)
02/18/2021	Read third time
02/18/2021	Passed by temporarily
02/18/2021	Impact statement from DPB (HB1992S2)
02/18/2021	Reading of substitute waived
02/18/2021	Committee substitute rejected 21200021D-S1
02/18/2021	Committee substitute agreed to 21200284D-S2
02/18/2021	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1992S2
02/18/2021	Passed Senate with substitute (20-Y 19-N) (see vote tally)
02/22/2021	Placed on Calendar
02/22/2021	Senate substitute agreed to by House 21200284D-S2 (52-Y 46-N)
02/22/2021	VOTE: Adoption (52-Y 46-N)
02/25/2021	Enrolled
02/25/2021	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1992ER)
02/25/2021	Signed by President
02/26/2021	Signed by Speaker
02/26/2021	Impact statement from DPB (HB1992ER)
03/01/2021	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 1, 2021
03/01/2021	G Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
03/31/2021	Governor's recommendation received by House
04/07/2021	Placed on Calendar
04/07/2021	House concurred in Governor's recommendation (54-Y 45-N)
04/07/2021	VOTE: Adoption (54-Y 45-N)
04/07/2021	Senate rejected Governor's recommendations #1, #2 (12-Y 28-N)
04/07/2021	Senate rejected Governor's recommendation #3 (14-Y 26-N)
04/07/2021	Communicated to Governor
04/07/2021	G Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., May 7, 2021
04/15/2021	G Approved by Governor-Chapter 555 (effective 7/1/21)
04/15/2021	G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0555)