Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation HB1691
Legislation Overview
Title: Manufacture, import, sale, transfer, or possession of undetectable firearms; penalty.
Description: Manufacture, import, sale, transfer, or possession of undetectable firearms; penalty. 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, 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 also updates language regarding the types of detection devices that are used at airports for detecting plastic firearms.
Session: 2019 Regular Session
Last Action: Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety
Last Action Date: February 5, 2019
Sponsors
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4 sponsors: Marcus Simon (D); Kaye Kory (D); Mark Levine (D); Alfonso Lopez (D);
Percentage of House Of Delegates sponsoring bill: 4% (4 of 100)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Feb 5, 2019 | Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety |
| House | Jan 17, 2019 | Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely (4-Y 2-N) |
| House | Jan 15, 2019 | Assigned MPPS sub: Subcommittee #1 |
| House | Jan 14, 2019 | Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety |
| House | Jan 14, 2019 | Referred from Courts of Justice by voice vote |
| House | Dec 9, 2018 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100229D |
| House | Dec 9, 2018 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Prefiled | Dec 9, 2018 | 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 |
| House: Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely (4-Y 2-N) | 01/17/2019 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | Yes |
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Link: link to state bill page
