Plastic firearms and unfinished frames, etc.; manufacture, import, sale, transfer, etc., penalties. (HB399)
Introduced By
Del. Marcus Simon (D-Falls Church) with support from co-patron Del. Kathleen Murphy (D-McLean)
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 with a major component, as defined in the bill, that when subjected to inspection by the types of detection devices, including X-ray machines, commonly used at airports for security screening does not generate an image that accurately depicts the shape of the component. 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 knowingly possess, transport, or receive an unfinished frame or receiver unless the party possessing or receiving the unfinished frame or receiver is a federal firearms importer, manufacturer, or dealer or the unfinished frame or receiver is required by federal law to be, and has been, imprinted with a serial number by a federal firearms importer, manufacturer, or dealer and (ii) for any person to knowingly sell, offer to sell, transfer, or purchase an unfinished frame or receiver unless the party selling, offering to sell, transferring, or purchasing the unfinished frame or receiver is a federal firearms importer, manufacturer, or dealer or the unfinished frame or receiver is required by federal law to be, and has been, imprinted with a serial number by a federal firearms importer, manufacturer, or dealer. The provisions related to the prohibition for possessing, transporting, or receiving an unfinished frame or receiver have a delayed effected date of January 1, 2023. Read the Bill »
Outcome
History
Date | Action |
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01/11/2022 | Committee |
01/11/2022 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103868D |
01/11/2022 | Referred to Committee on Public Safety |
01/12/2022 | Impact statement from VCSC (HB399) |
02/01/2022 | Assigned PS sub: Subcommittee #1 |
02/03/2022 | Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely (6-Y 4-N) |
02/15/2022 | Left in Public Safety |