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2015 SESSION
HB 2029 Concealed handgun permits; background check, exemption for permit holders.
Introduced by: Tony O. Wilt | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Concealed handgun permits; fees; background check; exemption for permit holders. Provides that a licensed firearms dealer does not have to have a criminal background check performed to determine a person's eligibility to purchase a firearm if the purchaser possesses a valid concealed handgun permit and presents a photo ID issued by an agency of the Commonwealth or the Department of Defense. The bill increases from $10 to $20 the fee charged by the circuit court clerk for processing an application and issuing a permit. The bill also sets at $30 the maximum fee that is charged for conducting a background investigation of an applicant for a concealed handgun permit. Of this maximum $30 fee, $10 must be paid to the State Police to cover its costs associated with processing the application and the local law-enforcement agency may charge a fee not to exceed the remaining $20. The bill also requires that the State Police, in preparing the report from the Central Criminal Records Exchange for the circuit court with regard to an applicant for a concealed handgun permit, shall initiate a search of the National Instant Criminal Background Check System for purposes of obtaining criminal history record information regarding the applicant. The bill also provides that an applicant for a concealed handgun permit must include his alien number or admission number if he is not a citizen of the United States. Finally, the bill provides that a person is disqualified from obtaining a concealed handgun permit if he is otherwise disqualified from possessing or receiving a firearm pursuant to state or federal law.
FULL TEXT
- 01/14/15 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15103116D pdf | impact statements
- 02/06/15 House: Committee substitute printed 15104235D-H1 pdf | impact statements
HISTORY
- 01/14/15 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15103116D
- 01/14/15 House: Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety
- 01/23/15 House: Assigned MPPS sub: #1
- 02/05/15 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (4-Y 1-N)
- 02/06/15 House: Reported from Militia, Police and Public Safety with substitute (15-Y 6-N)
- 02/06/15 House: Committee substitute printed 15104235D-H1
- 02/07/15 House: Read first time
- 02/09/15 House: Read second time
- 02/09/15 House: Committee substitute agreed to 15104235D-H1
- 02/09/15 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2029H1
- 02/10/15 House: Read third time and passed House (65-Y 35-N)
- 02/10/15 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (65-Y 35-N)
- 02/11/15 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/11/15 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/16/15 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (10-Y 3-N)
- 02/16/15 Senate: Rereferred to Finance
- 02/24/15 Senate: Left in Finance