Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation HB1778
Legislation Overview
Title: Purchase and transport of firearms; simple assault hate crime.
Subject: Crimes and Offenses Generally: Weapons: Assault and Battery: Firearms: Hate Crimes
Description: Purchase and transport of firearms; simple assault hate crime. Prohibits persons convicted of simple assault or assault and battery when the victim was selected because of his race, religious conviction, color, or national origin from purchasing or transporting a firearm for five years following such conviction.
Session: 2017 Regular Session
Last Action: Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety
Last Action Date: February 7, 2017
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'.
12 sponsors: Kenneth Plum (D); Jennifer Boysko (D); Daun Hester (D); Patrick Hope (D); Kaye Kory (D); Paul Krizek (D); Mark Levine (D); Joesph Lindsey (D); Marcus Simon (D); Richard Sullivan (D); Roslyn Tyler (D); Vivian Watts (D);
Percentage of House Of Delegates sponsoring bill: 12% (12 of 100)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Feb 7, 2017 | Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety |
| House | Jan 19, 2017 | Subcommittee failed to recommend reporting (3-Y 5-N) |
| House | Jan 17, 2017 | Assigned MPPS sub: #2 |
| House | Jan 9, 2017 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102510D |
| House | Jan 9, 2017 | Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Prefiled | Jan 9, 2017 | 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
House: Subcommittee failed to recommend reporting (3-Y 5-N)
Link: link to state bill page
