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2008 SESSION
HB 709 Firearms; person legally incompetent, etc. prohibited from purchasing, possessing or transporting.
Introduced by: William R. Janis | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS ENACTED WITH GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDATION: (all summaries)
Purchase of firearms; consent form; mental health questions. Requires that a person seeking to purchase a firearm from a firearms dealer answer questions on the state background check consent form concerning whether the applicant has ever been acquitted by reason of insanity, been adjudicated legally incompetent or mentally incapacitated, adjudicated an incapacitated person, or been involuntarily admitted to a facility or involuntarily ordered to outpatient mental health treatment. This bill is identical to SB 226.
FULL TEXT
- 01/08/08 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 081415568 pdf | impact statement
- 02/11/08 House: Printed as engrossed 081415568-E pdf | impact statement
- 02/29/08 Senate: Committee substitute printed 089608272-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/07/08 House: Conference substitute printed 080541568-H1 pdf
- 03/24/08 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB709ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/23/08 House: Reenrolled bill text (HB709ER2) pdf
- 04/23/08 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0854) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/08/08 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 081415568
- 01/08/08 House: Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety
- 02/08/08 House: Reported from Militia, Police and Public Safety with amendment (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/08 House: Read first time
- 02/11/08 House: Read second time
- 02/11/08 House: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/11/08 House: Speaker ruled amendment by Delegate Scott, J.M. not germane
- 02/11/08 House: Engrossed by House as amended HB709E
- 02/11/08 House: Printed as engrossed 081415568-E
- 02/12/08 House: Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/08 House: VOTE: --- PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/08 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/13/08 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/13/08 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/14/08 Senate: Assigned Courts sub: Special on Proposed Mental Health Legislation
- 02/28/08 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/29/08 Senate: Committee substitute printed 089608272-S1
- 03/03/08 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/04/08 Senate: Read third time
- 03/04/08 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 03/04/08 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 089608272-S1
- 03/04/08 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB709S1
- 03/04/08 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/05/08 House: Placed on Calendar
- 03/05/08 House: Senate substitute rejected by House (1-Y 97-N)
- 03/05/08 House: VOTE: --- REJECTED (1-Y 97-N)
- 03/06/08 Senate: Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/06/08 Senate: Senate requested conference committee
- 03/06/08 House: House acceded to request
- 03/06/08 House: Conferees appointed by House
- 03/06/08 House: Delegates: Janis, Kilgore, Bowling
- 03/06/08 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 03/06/08 Senate: Senators: McDougle, Edwards, Quayle
- 03/07/08 House: Conference substitute printed 080541568-H1
- 03/08/08 House: Conference report agreed to by House (100-Y 0-N)
- 03/08/08 House: VOTE: --- ADOPTION (100-Y 0-N)
- 03/08/08 Senate: Reading of conference report waived
- 03/08/08 Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/24/08 House: Enrolled
- 03/24/08 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB709ER)
- 03/24/08 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/26/08 Senate: Signed by President
- 04/11/08 House: Governor's recommendation received by House
- 04/22/08 House: Placed on Calendar
- 04/23/08 House: House concurred in Governor's recommendation (96-Y 0-N)
- 04/23/08 House: VOTE: --- ADOPTION (96-Y 0-N)
- 04/23/08 Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (39-Y 0-N)
- 04/23/08 Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
- 04/23/08 House: Reenrolled
- 04/23/08 House: Reenrolled bill text (HB709ER2)
- 04/23/08 House: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- 04/23/08 Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
- 04/23/08 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 854 (effective 7/1/08)
- 04/23/08 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0854)