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2005 SESSION

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HB 2931 Firearms; applicant purchasing to provide specified information for required background check.

Introduced by: Robert F. McDonnell | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Purchase of firearms. Eliminates the requirement that a person who wishes to purchase a firearm fill out duplicate information on the form required by the Department of State Police as is required on the federal firearm purchase application form. Instead, the applicant will be required to provide written consent for a background check on a state form, and provide certain specified information necessary for the Department of State Police to complete the required background check. In addition, the bill allows the chief law-enforcement officer of a locality, in the course of a criminal investigation, to examine both federal and state firearm transaction records maintained by a licensed firearms dealer in the Commonwealth.

FULL TEXT

• 01/21/05  House: Presented & ordered printed 055054404  pdf | impact statement
• 02/05/05  House: Committee substitute printed 055086404-H1  pdf | impact statement
• 03/07/05  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2931ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 04/04/05  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0859)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

• Senate amendments
• Senate amendments engrossed

HISTORY

• 01/21/05  House: Presented & ordered printed 055054404
• 01/21/05  House: Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety
• 02/04/05  House: Reported from M., P. & P. S. with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
• 02/05/05  House: Committee substitute printed 055086404-H1
• 02/05/05  House: Read first time
• 02/07/05  House: Read second time
• 02/07/05  House: Committee substitute agreed to 055086404-H1
• 02/07/05  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2931H1
• 02/08/05  House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
• 02/08/05  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
• 02/08/05  House: Communicated to Senate
• 02/09/05  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/09/05  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 02/21/05  Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice w/amd (14-Y 0-N)
• 02/22/05  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/22/05  Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/23/05  Senate: Read third time
• 02/23/05  Senate: Reading of amendment waived
• 02/23/05  Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
• 02/23/05  Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 02/23/05  Senate: Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/23/05  Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/23/05  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/24/05  House: Senate amendment agreed to by House (95-Y 1-N)
• 02/24/05  House: VOTE: ADOPTION (95-Y 1-N)
• 02/24/05  House: Reconsideration of Senate amendment agreed to by House
• 02/24/05  House: Senate amendment agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N)
• 02/24/05  House: VOTE: ADOPTION #2 (98-Y 0-N)
• 03/07/05  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2931ER)
• 03/09/05  House: Enrolled
• 03/09/05  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/11/05  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/26/05  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 859 (effective 7/1/05)
• 04/04/05  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0859)