Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation HB2276
Legislation Overview
Title: Plastic firearms and unfinished frames, etc.; manufacture, import, sale, transfer, etc., penalty.
Description: Manufacture, import, sale, transfer, or possession of plastic firearms and unfinished frames or receivers and unserialized firearms; penalties. Creates a Class 5 felony for any person who manufactures, imports, sells, transfers, or possesses any firearm that, after removal of all parts other than a major component, as defined in the bill, is not detectable as a firearm by the types of detection devices, including X-ray machines, commonly used at airports for security screening. The bill updates language regarding the types of detection devices that are used at airports for detecting plastic firearms. Manufacture, import, sale, transfer, or possession of plastic firearms and unfinished frames or receivers and unserialized firearms; penalties. Creates a Class 5 felony for any person who manufactures, imports, sells, transfers, or possesses any firearm that, after removal of all parts other than a major component, as defined in the bill, is not detectable as a firearm by the types of detection devices, including X-ray machines, commonly used at airports for security screening. The bill updates language regarding the types of detection devices that are used at airports for detecting plastic firearms. The bill also creates several Class 1 misdemeanors, which are punishable as a Class 4 felony for a second or subsequent offense, making it unlawful (i) for any person to possess, sell, offer to sell, transfer, purchase, transport, or receive an unfinished frame or receiver or firearm, unless the party possessing or receiving the unfinished frame or receiver or firearm is a federal firearms importer or manufacturer or the unfinished frame or receiver or firearm is imprinted with a serial number issued by a federal firearms importer or manufacturer and (ii) for any person to manufacture, cause to be manufactured, assemble, or cause to be assembled a firearm that is not imprinted with a serial number issued by a federal firearms importer or manufacturer in compliance with all federal laws and regulations regulating the manufacture and import of firearms. The bill creates exceptions for (i) any firearm that has been rendered permanently inoperable, (ii) an antique firearm, or (iii) any firearm or unfinished frame or receiver manufactured before October 22, 1968.
Session: 2021 Regular Session
Last Action: Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Judiciary (14-Y 0-N)
Last Action Date: February 5, 2021
Sponsors
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19 sponsors: Marcus Simon (D); Dan Helmer (D); Kathleen Murphy (D); Jeffrey Bourne (D); Betsy Carr (D); Eileen Filler-Corn (D); Patrick Hope (D); Clinton Jenkins (D); Jerrauld Jones (D); Kaye Kory (D); Mark Levine (D); Alfonso Lopez (D); Kenneth Plum (D); Marcia Price (D); Sam Rasoul (D); David Reid (D); Ibraheem Samirah (D); Shelly Simonds (D); Vivian Watts (D);
Percentage of House Of Delegates sponsoring bill: 19% (19 of 100)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Feb 5, 2021 | Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Judiciary (14-Y 0-N) |
| Senate | Jan 28, 2021 | Referred to Committee on the Judiciary |
| Senate | Jan 28, 2021 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
| House | Jan 27, 2021 | Read third time and passed House (52-Y 48-N) |
| House | Jan 27, 2021 | VOTE: Passage (52-Y 48-N) |
| House | Jan 26, 2021 | Read second time |
| House | Jan 26, 2021 | Committee substitute agreed to 21103385D-H1 |
| House | Jan 26, 2021 | Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2276H1 |
| House | Jan 25, 2021 | Read first time |
| House | Jan 22, 2021 | Committee substitute printed 21103385D-H1 |
| House | Jan 22, 2021 | Reported from Public Safety with substitute (12-Y 10-N) |
| House | Jan 19, 2021 | Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (6-Y 2-N) |
| House | Jan 18, 2021 | Assigned PS sub: Firearms |
| House | Jan 14, 2021 | Referred to Committee on Public Safety |
| House | Jan 14, 2021 | Presented and ordered printed 21102945D |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Comm Sub | Jan 22, 2021 | state link | bill text |
| Introduced | Jan 14, 2021 | state link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| Substitute for HB2276 Public Safety, Firearms | Substitute for HB2276 Public Safety, Firearms | Jan 19, 2021 | State Link | amendment text | Yes |
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
| Description | Vote Date | Yea Votes | Nay Votes | No Votes | Absent | Passed |
| House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (6-Y 2-N) | 01/19/2021 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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| House: Reported from Public Safety with substitute (12-Y 10-N) | 01/22/2021 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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| House: VOTE: Passage (52-Y 48-N) | 01/27/2021 | 52 | 48 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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| Senate: Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Judiciary (14-Y 0-N) | 02/5/2021 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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Link: link to state bill page
