Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation HB1792
Legislation Overview
Title: Firearms; felon sharing residence with person who legally possesses.
Subject: Crimes and Offenses Generally: Weapons: Felons and Felonies: Firearms
Description: Possession of firearms; shared residence. Exempts a person prohibited from possessing a firearm due to a felony conviction from such prohibition if he is in constructive possession of a firearm owned by another person by virtue of sharing a residence with such other person who lawfully possesses a firearm, provided that he is not in actual possession of the firearm.
Session: 2017 Regular Session
Last Action: Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety
Last Action Date: February 7, 2017
Sponsors
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2 sponsors: Matt Fariss (R); Ron Villanueva (R);
Percentage of House Of Delegates sponsoring bill: 2% (2 of 100)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Feb 7, 2017 | Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety |
| House | Jan 17, 2017 | Assigned MPPS sub: #1 |
| House | Jan 9, 2017 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101976D |
| 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
There have not been any votes on this bill
Link: link to state bill page
