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SB 226 Firearms; answering mental health questions on consent form required when purchasing, etc.
Introduced by: Ryan T. McDougle | 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 HB 709.
FULL TEXT
- 01/07/08 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 083806272 pdf | impact statement
- 01/30/08 Senate: Printed as engrossed 083806272-E pdf | impact statement
- 03/03/08 House: Committee substitute printed 081580568-H1 pdf
- 03/07/08 Senate: Conference substitute printed 080542272-S1 pdf
- 03/24/08 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB226ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/23/08 Senate: Reenrolled bill text (SB226ER2) pdf
- 04/23/08 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0869) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/07/08 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 083806272
- 01/07/08 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/21/08 Senate: Assigned Courts sub: Special on Proposed Mental Health Legislation
- 01/28/08 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (14-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/08 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/08 Senate: Read second time
- 01/30/08 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 01/30/08 Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
- 01/30/08 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended SB226E
- 01/30/08 Senate: Printed as engrossed 083806272-E
- 01/31/08 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/31/08 Senate: Communicated to House
- 02/11/08 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/11/08 House: Read first time
- 02/11/08 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/14/08 House: Assigned Courts sub: Mental Health
- 02/29/08 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (17-Y 0-N)
- 03/03/08 House: Committee substitute printed 081580568-H1
- 03/04/08 House: Read second time
- 03/05/08 House: Read third time
- 03/05/08 House: Committee substitute agreed to 081580568-H1
- 03/05/08 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB226H1
- 03/05/08 House: Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
- 03/05/08 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N)
- 03/06/08 Senate: House substitute rejected by Senate (4-Y 36-N)
- 03/06/08 House: House insisted on substitute
- 03/06/08 House: House requested conference committee
- 03/06/08 Senate: Senate acceded to request (36-Y 0-N)
- 03/06/08 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 03/06/08 Senate: Senators: McDougle, Edwards, Quayle
- 03/06/08 House: Conferees appointed by House
- 03/06/08 House: Delegates: Janis, Kilgore, Bowling
- 03/07/08 Senate: Conference substitute printed 080542272-S1
- 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 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/24/08 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB226ER)
- 03/24/08 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/26/08 Senate: Signed by President
- 04/11/08 Senate: Governor's recommendation received by Senate
- 04/22/08 Senate: Placed on Calendar
- 04/23/08 Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (39-Y 0-N)
- 04/23/08 House: House concurred in Governor's recommendation (95-Y 0-N)
- 04/23/08 House: VOTE: --- ADOPTION (95-Y 0-N)
- 04/23/08 Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
- 04/23/08 Senate: Reenrolled
- 04/23/08 Senate: Reenrolled bill text (SB226ER2)
- 04/23/08 Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
- 04/23/08 House: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- 04/23/08 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 869 (effective 7/1/08)
- 04/23/08 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0869)