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HB 812 Handguns; limitation on purchases, penalty.
Introduced by: Jeion A. Ward | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Purchase of handguns; limitation on handgun purchases; penalty. Prohibits any person who is not a licensed firearms dealer from purchasing more than one handgun in a 30-day period and establishes such an offense as a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill exempts from this provision (i) persons who have been issued a certificate by the Department of State Police under certain circumstances and with an enhanced background check, (ii) law-enforcement agencies and officers, (iii) state and local correctional facilities, (iv) licensed private security companies, (v) persons who hold a valid Virginia concealed handgun permit, (vi) persons whose handgun has been stolen or irretrievably lost or who are trading in a handgun, (vii) purchases of handguns in a private sale, and (viii) purchases of antique firearms. This bill incorporates HB 1502. This bill is identical to SB 69.
FULL TEXT
- 01/07/20 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103354D pdf | impact statements
- 01/24/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20106618D-H1 pdf | impact statements
- 02/24/20 Senate: Committee substitute printed 20108962D-S1 pdf | impact statements
- 03/18/20 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB812ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/09/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0991) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/07/20 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103354D
- 01/07/20 House: Referred to Committee on Public Safety
- 01/24/20 House: Reported from Public Safety with substitute (13-Y 9-N)
- 01/24/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20106618D-H1
- 01/24/20 House: Incorporates HB1502 (Ward)
- 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: Committee substitute agreed to 20106618D-H1
- 01/29/20 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB812H1
- 01/30/20 House: Read third time and passed House (53-Y 47-N)
- 01/30/20 House: VOTE: Passage (53-Y 47-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 with substitute (9-Y 6-N)
- 02/24/20 Senate: Committee substitute printed 20108962D-S1
- 02/25/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/26/20 Senate: Read third time
- 02/26/20 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/26/20 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 20108962D-S1
- 02/26/20 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/27/20 Senate: Read third time
- 02/27/20 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB812S1
- 02/27/20 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (22-Y 18-N)
- 02/27/20 Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/27/20 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N)
- 03/02/20 House: Placed on Calendar
- 03/02/20 House: Senate substitute rejected by House 20108962D-S1 (0-Y 97-N)
- 03/02/20 House: VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 97-N)
- 03/03/20 Senate: Senate insisted on substitute (23-Y 17-N)
- 03/03/20 Senate: Senate requested conference committee
- 03/04/20 House: House acceded to request
- 03/04/20 House: Conferees appointed by House
- 03/04/20 House: Delegates: Ward, Hope, Wright
- 03/05/20 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 03/05/20 Senate: Senators: Locke, Deeds, Stuart
- 03/05/20 Conference: Amended by conference committee
- 03/05/20 House: Conference report agreed to by House (51-Y 48-N)
- 03/05/20 House: VOTE: Adoption (51-Y 48-N)
- 03/07/20 Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 19-N)
- 03/18/20 House: Enrolled
- 03/18/20 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB812ER)
- 03/18/20 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/19/20 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/20/20 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 20, 2020
- 03/20/20 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- 04/09/20 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 991 (effective 7/1/20)
- 04/09/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0991)