Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation SB16
Legislation Overview
Title: Assault firearms and certain firearm magazines; prohibiting sale, transport, etc., penalties.
Description: Prohibiting sale, transport, etc., of assault firearms and certain firearm magazines; penalties. Expands the definition of "assault firearm" and prohibits any person from importing, selling, transferring, manufacturing, purchasing, possessing, or transporting an assault firearm. A violation is a Class 6 felony. The bill prohibits a dealer from selling, renting, trading, or transferring from his inventory an assault firearm to any person. The bill also prohibits a person from carrying a shotgun with a magazine that will hold more than seven rounds of the longest ammunition for which it is chambered in a public place; under existing law, this prohibition applies only in certain localities. The bill makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor to import, sell, barter, or transfer any firearm magazine designed to hold more than 10 rounds of ammunition.
Session: 2020 Regular Session
Last Action: Stricken at the request of Patron in Judiciary (9-Y 0-N)
Last Action Date: January 13, 2020
Sponsors
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1 sponsors: Richard Saslaw (D);
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 3% (1 of 40)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Jan 13, 2020 | Stricken at the request of Patron in Judiciary (9-Y 0-N) |
| Senate | Jan 8, 2020 | Moved from Courts of Justice to Judiciary due to a change of the committee name |
| Senate | Nov 18, 2019 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100507D |
| Senate | Nov 18, 2019 | Referred to Committee on the Judiciary |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Prefiled | Nov 18, 2019 | state link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
| Description | Vote Date | Yea Votes | Nay Votes | No Votes | Absent | Passed |
| Senate: Stricken at the request of Patron in Judiciary (9-Y 0-N) | 01/13/2020 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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Link: link to state bill page
