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2020 SESSION

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SENATE BILL NO. 928
Offered January 10, 2020
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 15.2-915.6, relating to possession, purchase, and transport of certain firearms in certain localities.
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Patrons-- Newman and Obenshain
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Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 15.2-915.6 as follows:

§ 15.2-915.6. Possession, purchase, and transport of certain firearms in certain localities.

A person may lawfully possess, purchase, or transport a firearm or firearms magazine that he would otherwise be lawfully permitted to possess, purchase, or transport on January 1, 2020, while he is in a locality that has enacted an ordinance, resolution, or motion, as permitted by § 15.2-1425, that authorizes the possession, purchase, or transportation of such firearm or firearms magazine within such locality.