Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation HB1687
Legislation Overview
Title: Violence Intervention and Prevention Fund and Grant Program; established.
Description: Violence Intervention and Prevention Fund and Grant Program; firearm and ammunition tax. Establishes the Violence Intervention and Prevention Fund (the Fund), to be administered by the Department of Criminal Justice Services (the Department), to distribute grants to localities and organizations for the purpose of improving public health and safety by supporting effective violence reduction initiatives in communities that are disproportionately impacted by violence, particularly homicides, shootings, and aggravated assaults. Funds may also be used to finance the hiring of counselors in public elementary and secondary schools and research initiatives that have the objective of reducing gun violence. The bill provides that the Department shall issue grants on a competitive basis. As a condition of receiving a grant, a locality or organization must commit a cash or in-kind contribution equivalent to the amount of the grant, with waivers allowed for good cause, and report on its progress toward achieving the grant's objectives. The bill requires the Department to provide public access to such reports. The bill imposes a 15 percent tax on the sale of any firearm or ammunition, with all revenue from the tax accruing to the Fund. Sales to state or local agencies or law-enforcement officers are exempt from the tax.
Session: 2021 Regular Session
Last Action: Left in Finance
Last Action Date: December 4, 2020
Sponsors
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1 sponsors: Sam Rasoul (D);
Percentage of House Of Delegates sponsoring bill: 1% (1 of 100)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Dec 4, 2020 | Left in Finance |
| House | Feb 5, 2020 | Continued to 2021 in Finance by voice vote |
| House | Jan 31, 2020 | Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2021 by voice vote |
| House | Jan 29, 2020 | Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #3 |
| House | Jan 17, 2020 | Presented and ordered printed 20100209D |
| House | Jan 17, 2020 | Referred to Committee on Finance |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | Jan 17, 2020 | 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
