Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation HB1865
Legislation Overview
Title: Firearms; transfer, criminal history record check delay.
Subject: Crimes and Offenses Generally: Weapons: Firearms: Police State
Description: Transfer of firearms; criminal history record check delay. Increases from the end of the next business day to within five business days the time in which State Police must advise a dealer if its records indicate that a firearms buyer or transferee is prohibited from possessing or transporting a firearm and the time after which a dealer may complete the sale or transfer without a response from the State Police. The bill removes the option in current law that a dealer may immediately complete the sale or transfer if he is advised by the State Police that a response will not be available within the required timeframe.
Session: 2017 Regular Session
Last Action: Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety
Last Action Date: February 7, 2017
Sponsors
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1 sponsors: Alfonso Lopez (D);
Percentage of House Of Delegates sponsoring bill: 1% (1 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 10, 2017 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102499D |
| House | Jan 10, 2017 | Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Prefiled | Jan 10, 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
