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2020 SESSION
HB 1689 Firearms; limitations on laws regarding the control thereof.
Introduced by: Ronnie R. Campbell | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Limitations on laws regarding the control of firearms. Provides that any law, executive order, administrative regulation, local ordinance, or court order shall be considered an unlawful infringement on the right of the people to keep and bear arms as guaranteed by Article I, Section 13 of the Constitution of Virginia and the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States if such law, order, regulation, ordinance, or order (i) imposes any tax, fee, or stamp on any firearm, ammunition, or firearm component; (ii) requires the registration of any firearm, ammunition, or firearm component; (iii) requires any person to register as an owner of a firearm, ammunition, or firearms component; (iv) prohibits any person from possessing, using, or transferring a firearm who is not prohibited from possessing a firearm; or (v) requires any person to surrender his firearm, ammunition, or firearm component who is not prohibited from possessing a firearm. The bill also provides that any person who knowingly deprives or attempts to deprive another person of such other person's right to keep and bear arms by enforcing any law, executive order, administrative regulation, local ordinance, or court order that unlawfully infringes on a person's right to keep and bear arms, even acting under the color of any state law, shall be liable for an unlawful deprivation of a person's constitutional rights and such injured person shall be entitled to damages, including punitive damages, and in the discretion of the court to an award of the cost of the litigation and reasonable attorney fees in an amount to be fixed by the court.
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HISTORY
- 01/17/20 House: Presented and ordered printed 20105990D
- 01/17/20 House: Referred to Committee on Public Safety
- 01/28/20 House: Assigned PS sub: Firearms
- 02/04/20 House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (8-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/20 House: Left in Public Safety