Passed Virginia Firearm Legislation SB210
Legislation Overview
Title: Auto sears and trigger activators; prohibition on manufacture, importation, sale, etc., penalty.
Subject: Appropriations: Crimes and Offenses Generally: Firearms: Criminal Procedure
Description: Manufacture, importation, sale, etc., of auto sears; prohibition; penalty. Prohibits the manufacture, importation, sale or offer to sell, possession, transfer, or transportation of an auto sear, defined in the bill as a device, other than a trigger activator, for use in converting a semi-automatic firearm to shoot automatically more than one shot, without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger. A violation is punishable as a Class 6 felony. The bill also provides for the forfeiture of any auto sear concealed, possessed, transported, or carried in violation of the prohibition.
Session: 2024 Regular Session
Last Action: Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0164)
Last Action Date: March 26, 2024
Sponsors
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3 sponsors: Russet Perry (D); Jennifer Carroll Foy (D); Suhas Subramanyam (D);
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 8% (3 of 40)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Mar 26, 2024 | Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0164) | |
| Mar 26, 2024 | Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 164 (effective 7/1/24) | |
| Mar 11, 2024 | Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 | |
| Senate | Mar 11, 2024 | Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 |
| Senate | Mar 2, 2024 | Signed by President |
| Senate | Feb 28, 2024 | Enrolled |
| House | Feb 28, 2024 | Signed by Speaker |
| Senate | Feb 28, 2024 | Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB210ER) |
| Senate | Feb 23, 2024 | Title replaced 24107820D-H1 |
| Senate | Feb 23, 2024 | House substitute agreed to by Senate (28-Y 11-N) |
| House | Feb 21, 2024 | Passed House with substitute (89-Y 2-N) |
| House | Feb 21, 2024 | Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB210H1 |
| House | Feb 21, 2024 | Committee substitute agreed to 24107820D-H1 |
| House | Feb 21, 2024 | Read third time |
| House | Feb 21, 2024 | VOTE: Passage (89-Y 2-N) |
| House | Feb 20, 2024 | Read second time |
| House | Feb 16, 2024 | Committee substitute printed 24107820D-H1 |
| House | Feb 16, 2024 | Reported from Public Safety with substitute (22-Y 0-N) |
| House | Feb 13, 2024 | Referred to Committee on Public Safety |
| House | Feb 13, 2024 | Read first time |
| House | Feb 13, 2024 | Placed on Calendar |
| Senate | Feb 5, 2024 | Read third time and passed Senate (28-Y 12-N) |
| Senate | Feb 2, 2024 | Reading of substitute waived |
| Senate | Feb 2, 2024 | Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB210S1 |
| Senate | Feb 2, 2024 | Committee substitute agreed to 24106016D-S1 |
| Senate | Feb 2, 2024 | Read second time |
| Senate | Feb 1, 2024 | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) |
| Senate | Jan 31, 2024 | Reported from Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 3-N) |
| Senate | Jan 22, 2024 | Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (11-Y 4-N) |
| Senate | Jan 22, 2024 | Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations |
| Senate | Jan 22, 2024 | Committee substitute printed 24106016D-S1 |
| Senate | Jan 10, 2024 | Moved from Judiciary to Courts of Justice due to a change of the committee name |
| Senate | Jan 8, 2024 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
| Senate | Jan 8, 2024 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101801D |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Chaptered | Mar 26, 2024 | state link | bill text |
| Enrolled | Feb 28, 2024 | state link | bill text |
| Comm Sub | Feb 16, 2024 | state link | bill text |
| Comm Sub | Jan 22, 2024 | state link | bill text |
| Prefiled | Jan 8, 2024 | state link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| Substitute for SB210 for Committee: Public Safety | Substitute for SB210 for Committee: Public Safety | Feb 16, 2024 | State Link | amendment text | No |
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
| Description | Vote Date | Yea Votes | Nay Votes | No Votes | Absent | Passed |
| Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (11-Y 4-N) | 01/22/2024 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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| Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 3-N) | 01/31/2024 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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| Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) | 02/1/2024 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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| Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (28-Y 12-N) | 02/5/2024 | 28 | 12 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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| House: Reported from Public Safety with substitute (22-Y 0-N) | 02/16/2024 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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| House: VOTE: Passage (89-Y 2-N) | 02/21/2024 | 89 | 2 | 0 | 9 | Yes |
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| Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (28-Y 11-N) | 02/23/2024 | 28 | 11 | 0 | 1 | Yes |
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Link: link to state bill page
