Assault firearms, certain firearm magazines, etc.; prohibiting sale, transport, etc., penalties. (HB961)
Introduced By
Del. Mark Levine (D-Alexandria)
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
Prohibiting sale, transport, etc., of assault firearms, certain firearm magazines, silencers, and trigger activators; penalties. Expands the definition of "assault firearm" and prohibits any person from importing, selling, transferring, manufacturing, purchasing, or transporting an assault firearm. A violation is a Class 6 felony. The bill prohibits a dealer from selling, renting, trading, or transferring from his inventory an assault firearm to any person. The bill makes it a Class 6 felony to import, sell, transfer, manufacture, purchase, possess, or transport silencers, and trigger activators, all defined in the bill. The bill makes it a Class 6 felony to import, sell, transfer, manufacture, purchase, or transport a large-capacity firearm magazine, as defined in the bill, and a Class 1 misdemeanor to possess such large-capacity firearm magazine. Any person who legally owns a large-capacity firearm magazine, silencer, or trigger activator on July 1, 2020, may retain possession until January 1, 2021. During that time, such person shall (i) render the large-capacity firearm magazine, silencer, or trigger activator inoperable; (ii) remove the large-capacity firearm magazine, silencer, or trigger activator from the Commonwealth; (iii) transfer the large-capacity firearm magazine, silencer, or trigger activator to a person outside the Commonwealth who is not prohibited from possessing it; or (iv) surrender the large-capacity firearm magazine, silencer, or trigger activator to a state or local law-enforcement agency. Read the Bill »
Status
12/04/2020: Failed to Pass in Committee
History
Date | Action |
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01/07/2020 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104855D |
01/07/2020 | Referred to Committee on Public Safety |
01/08/2020 | Impact statement from VCSC (HB961) |
01/21/2020 | Impact statement from DPB (HB961) |
02/07/2020 | House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered |
02/07/2020 | Reported from Public Safety with substitute (12-Y 9-N) (see vote tally) |
02/07/2020 | Committee substitute printed 20107888D-H1 |
02/07/2020 | Impact statement from VCSC (HB961H1) |
02/09/2020 | Read first time |
02/10/2020 | Read second time |
02/10/2020 | Committee substitute agreed to 20107888D-H1 |
02/10/2020 | Amendments by Delegate Helmer agreed to |
02/10/2020 | Pending question ordered |
02/10/2020 | Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendments HB961EH1 |
02/10/2020 | Printed as engrossed 20107888D-EH1 |
02/11/2020 | Read third time and passed House (51-Y 48-N) |
02/11/2020 | VOTE: Passage (51-Y 48-N) (see vote tally) |
02/12/2020 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
02/12/2020 | Referred to Committee on the Judiciary |
02/14/2020 | Impact statement from DPB (HB961EH1) |
02/17/2020 | Continued to 2021 in Judiciary (10-Y 5-N) (see vote tally) |
12/04/2020 | Left in Judiciary |