Plastic firearms and unfinished frames, etc.; manufacture, import, sale, transfer, etc., penalty. (HB2276)
Introduced By
Del. Marcus Simon (D-Falls Church) with support from 20 copatrons, whose average partisan position is:
Those copatrons are Del. Jeff Bourne (D-Richmond), Del. Betsy Carr (D-Richmond), Del. Eileen Filler-Corn (D-Fairfax Station), Del. Dan Helmer (D-Fairfax Station), Del. Patrick Hope (D-Arlington), Del. Clinton Jenkins (D-Suffolk), Del. Jay Jones (D-Norfolk), Del. Kaye Kory (D-Falls Church), Del. Mark Levine (D-Alexandria), Del. Alfonso Lopez (D-Arlington), Del. Kathleen Murphy (D-McLean), Del. Ken Plum (D-Reston), Del. Cia Price (D-Newport News), Del. Sam Rasoul (D-Roanoke), Del. David Reid (D-Loudoun), Del. Ibraheem Samirah (D-Herndon), Del. Shelly Simonds (D-Newport News), Del. Vivian Watts (D-Annandale), Sen. Jennifer McClellan (D-Richmond), Sen. Scott Surovell (D-Mount Vernon)
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
Manufacture, import, sale, transfer, or possession of plastic firearms and unfinished frames or receivers and unserialized firearms; penalties. Creates a Class 5 felony for any person who manufactures, imports, 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 by the types of detection devices, including X-ray machines, commonly used at airports for security screening. The bill updates language regarding the types of detection devices that are used at airports for detecting plastic firearms. The bill also creates several Class 1 misdemeanors, which are punishable as a Class 4 felony for a second or subsequent offense, making it unlawful (i) for any person to possess, sell, offer to sell, transfer, purchase, transport, or receive an unfinished frame or receiver or firearm, unless the party possessing or receiving the unfinished frame or receiver or firearm is a federal firearms importer or manufacturer or the unfinished frame or receiver or firearm is imprinted with a serial number issued by a federal firearms importer or manufacturer and (ii) for any person to manufacture, cause to be manufactured, assemble, or cause to be assembled a firearm that is not imprinted with a serial number issued by a federal firearms importer or manufacturer in compliance with all federal laws and regulations regulating the manufacture and import of firearms. The bill creates exceptions for (a) any firearm that has been rendered permanently inoperable, (b) an antique firearm, or (c) any firearm or unfinished frame or receiver manufactured before October 22, 1968. Read the Bill »
Status
02/25/2021: Passed the Senate
History
Date | Action |
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01/14/2021 | Presented and ordered printed 21102945D |
01/14/2021 | Impact statement from VCSC (HB2276) |
01/14/2021 | Referred to Committee on Public Safety |
01/18/2021 | Assigned PS sub: Firearms |
01/19/2021 | Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (6-Y 2-N) |
01/20/2021 | Impact statement from DPB (HB2276) |
01/20/2021 | House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered |
01/22/2021 | Reported from Public Safety with substitute (12-Y 10-N) (see vote tally) |
01/22/2021 | Committee substitute printed 21103385D-H1 |
01/22/2021 | Impact statement from VCSC (HB2276H1) |
01/24/2021 | Impact statement from DPB (HB2276H1) |
01/25/2021 | Read first time |
01/26/2021 | Read second time |
01/26/2021 | Committee substitute agreed to 21103385D-H1 |
01/26/2021 | Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2276H1 |
01/27/2021 | Read third time and passed House (52-Y 48-N) |
01/27/2021 | VOTE: Passage (52-Y 48-N) (see vote tally) |
01/28/2021 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
01/28/2021 | 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 |
02/17/2021 | Reported from Judiciary with substitute (8-Y 6-N) (see vote tally) |
02/17/2021 | Committee substitute printed 21200407D-S1 |
02/17/2021 | Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations |
02/18/2021 | Impact statement from VCSC (HB2276S1) |
02/19/2021 | Impact statement from DPB (HB2276S1) |
02/22/2021 | Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 4-N 1-A) |
02/24/2021 | Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) |
02/25/2021 | Read third time |
02/25/2021 | Reading of substitute waived |
02/25/2021 | Passed by temporarily |
02/25/2021 | Reading of amendment waived |
02/25/2021 | Committee substitute agreed to 21200407D-S1 |
02/25/2021 | Amendment by Senator Surovell agreed to |
02/25/2021 | Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment HB2276S1 |
02/25/2021 | Passed Senate with substitute with amendment (22-Y 17-N) |
02/25/2021 | Reconsideration of House substitute with amendment agreed to by Senate (37-Y 0-N 1-A) |
02/25/2021 | Passed Senate with substitute with amendment (21-Y 18-N) |
02/25/2021 | Placed on Calendar |
02/25/2021 | Senate substitute with amendment rejected by House 21200407D-S1 (0-Y 99-N) |
02/25/2021 | VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 99-N) |
02/25/2021 | Senate insisted on substitute with amendment (26-Y 11-N) |
02/25/2021 | Senate requested conference committee |
02/25/2021 | Conferees appointed by Senate |
02/25/2021 | Senators: Deeds, Petersen, Surovell |
02/25/2021 | House acceded to request |
02/25/2021 | Conferees appointed by House |
02/25/2021 | Delegates: Simon, Hope, Robinson |
03/01/2021 | No further action taken |
03/01/2021 | Failed to pass |