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2020 SESSION
HB 9 Firearms; reporting those lost or stolen, civil penalty.
Introduced by: Jeffrey M. Bourne | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Reporting lost or stolen firearms; civil penalty. Requires that, if a firearm is lost or stolen from a person who lawfully possessed it, such person shall report the loss or theft of the firearm to any local law-enforcement agency or the Department of State Police within 48 hours after such person discovers the loss or theft or is informed by a person with personal knowledge of the loss or theft. The bill requires the relevant law-enforcement agency to enter the report information into the National Crime Information Center. A violation is punishable by a civil penalty of not more than $250. The bill provides that a person who, in good faith, reports the loss or theft is immune from criminal or civil liability for acts or omissions that result from the loss or theft. The immunity does not apply to a person who knowingly gives a false report. The bill does not apply to the loss or theft of an antique firearm.
FULL TEXT
- 11/18/19 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100298D pdf | impact statement
- 03/05/20 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB9ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/06/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0743) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 11/18/19 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100298D
- 11/18/19 House: Referred to Committee on Public Safety
- 01/24/20 House: Reported from Public Safety (15-Y 7-N)
- 01/28/20 House: Read first time
- 01/29/20 House: Read second time
- 01/29/20 House: Passed by temporarily
- 01/29/20 House: Engrossed by House
- 01/30/20 House: Read third time and passed House (55-Y 44-N)
- 01/30/20 House: VOTE: Passage (55-Y 44-N)
- 01/31/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 01/31/20 Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
- 02/24/20 Senate: Reported from Judiciary (8-Y 7-N)
- 02/25/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/26/20 Senate: Read third time
- 02/26/20 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 02/26/20 Senate: Amendment by Senator McClellan agreed to
- 02/26/20 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 02/26/20 Senate: Passed Senate with amendment (20-Y 20-N)
- 02/26/20 Senate: Chair votes Yes
- 02/28/20 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/28/20 House: Senate amendment agreed to by House (55-Y 44-N)
- 02/28/20 House: VOTE: Adoption (55-Y 44-N)
- 03/05/20 House: Enrolled
- 03/05/20 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB9ER)
- 03/06/20 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/06/20 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/12/20 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- 03/12/20 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- 04/06/20 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 743 (effective 7/1/20)
- 04/06/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0743)