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2024 SESSION
SB 327 Assault firearms; age requirement for purchase, penalty.
Introduced by: Saddam Azlan Salim | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Purchase of certain firearms; age requirement; penalty. Prohibits any person under 21 years of age from purchasing a handgun or assault firearm, with exceptions for the purchase of an assault firearm by a law-enforcement officer, correctional officer, jail officer, or member of the Armed Forces of the United States, the Virginia National Guard, or the National Guard of any other state. Accordingly, the bill prohibits a licensed dealer from selling, renting, trading, or transferring from his inventory a handgun or assault firearm to any person under 21 years of age. A violation of either prohibition is a Class 6 felony. The bill also expands the definition of "assault firearm" as the term applies to criminal history record information checks. This bill is identical to HB 1174.
FULL TEXT
- 01/09/24 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104749D pdf | impact statement
- 01/31/24 Senate: Committee substitute printed 24106617D-S1 pdf | impact statements
- 02/13/24 Senate: Floor substitute printed 24107682D-S2 (Salim) pdf | impact statement
- 02/16/24 House: Committee substitute printed 24107825D-H1 pdf | impact statements
- 03/25/24 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB327ER) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- Conference amendments
- Governor's veto explanation
HISTORY
- 01/09/24 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104749D
- 01/09/24 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/10/24 Senate: Moved from Judiciary to Courts of Justice due to a change of the committee name
- 01/31/24 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (9-Y 6-N)
- 01/31/24 Senate: Committee substitute printed 24106617D-S1
- 01/31/24 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/07/24 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N)
- 02/08/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/24 Senate: Read second time
- 02/09/24 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/09/24 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 24106617D-S1
- 02/09/24 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB327S1
- 02/12/24 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/13/24 Senate: Floor substitute printed 24107682D-S2 (Salim)
- 02/13/24 Senate: Engrossment reconsidered by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/24 Senate: Committee substitute reconsidered (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/24 Senate: Committee substitute rejected 24106617D-S1
- 02/13/24 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/13/24 Senate: Substitute by Senator Salim agreed to 24107682D-S2
- 02/13/24 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute SB327S2
- 02/13/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/24 Senate: Passed Senate (21-Y 19-N)
- 02/15/24 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/15/24 House: Read first time
- 02/15/24 House: Referred to Committee on Public Safety
- 02/16/24 House: Reported from Public Safety with substitute (12-Y 10-N)
- 02/16/24 House: Committee substitute printed 24107825D-H1
- 02/20/24 House: Read second time
- 02/21/24 House: Read third time
- 02/21/24 House: Committee substitute agreed to 24107825D-H1
- 02/21/24 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB327H1
- 02/21/24 House: Passed House with substitute (52-Y 48-N)
- 02/21/24 House: VOTE: Passage (52-Y 48-N)
- 02/23/24 Senate: House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 39-N)
- 02/26/24 House: House insisted on substitute
- 02/26/24 House: House requested conference committee
- 02/28/24 Senate: Senate acceded to request (21-Y 18-N)
- 02/28/24 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 02/28/24 Senate: Senators: Salim, Deeds, Jordan
- 02/29/24 House: Conferees appointed by House
- 02/29/24 House: Delegates: Sickles, McClure, Ennis
- 03/05/24 Conference: Amended by conference committee
- 03/06/24 Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 19-N)
- 03/06/24 House: Conference report agreed to by House (51-Y 48-N)
- 03/06/24 House: VOTE: Adoption (51-Y 48-N)
- 03/25/24 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/25/24 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB327ER)
- 03/25/24 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/26/24 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/27/24 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024
- 03/27/24 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
- 03/27/24 Governor: Vetoed by Governor
- 04/17/24 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 04/17/24 Senate: Senate sustained Governor's veto