Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation SB55
Legislation Overview
Title: Firearms; waiting period for purchase, penalty.
Subject: Appropriations: Crimes and Offenses Generally: Firearms
Description: Purchase of firearms; waiting period; penalty. Provides that no person shall sell a firearm unless at least three days have elapsed from the time the prospective purchaser completes the written consent form to have a licensed dealer obtain criminal history record information, with exceptions enumerated in relevant law.
Session: 2024 Regular Session
Last Action: Incorporated by Courts of Justice
Last Action Date: January 22, 2024
Sponsors
Note: the first sponsor listed is normally the primary sponsor. If a sponsor's name is a hyperlink you can click on it to 'follow the money'.
1 sponsors: Saddam Salim (D);
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 3% (1 of 40)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Jan 22, 2024 | Incorporated by Courts of Justice |
| Senate | Jan 10, 2024 | Moved from Judiciary to Courts of Justice due to a change of the committee name |
| Senate | Dec 22, 2023 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103771D |
| Senate | Dec 22, 2023 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Prefiled | Dec 22, 2023 | 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: Incorporated by Courts of Justice | 01/22/2024 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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Link: link to state bill page
