Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation HB1394
Legislation Overview
Title: Firearms; removal from persons posing substantial risk, penalties.
Subject: Crimes and Offenses Generally: Criminal Procedure: Firearms
Description: Firearms; removal from persons posing substantial risk; penalties. Repeals the procedure by which any attorney for the Commonwealth or law-enforcement officer may apply to a general district court, circuit court, or juvenile and domestic relations district court judge or magistrate for an emergency substantial risk order to prohibit a person who poses a substantial risk of injury to himself or others from purchasing, possessing, or transporting a firearm. The bill also repeals the requirement that the Department of State Police maintain and make information available from the Substantial Risk Order Registry.
Session: 2023 Regular Session
Last Action: Left in Rules
Last Action Date: February 7, 2023
Sponsors
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4 sponsors: Marie March (R); Phillip Scott (R); Wren Williams (R); Thomas Wright (R);
Percentage of House Of Delegates sponsoring bill: 4% (4 of 100)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Feb 7, 2023 | Left in Rules |
| House | Nov 30, 2022 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100071D |
| House | Nov 30, 2022 | Referred to Committee on Rules |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Prefiled | Nov 30, 2022 | 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
There have not been any votes on this bill
Link: link to state bill page
