Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation HB1991
Legislation Overview
Title: Forfeiture of property used in connection with the commission of crimes; conviction required.
Description: Forfeiture of property used in connection with the commission of crimes; conviction required; owner retains possession. Requires that any action for the forfeiture of property used in connection with the commission of a crime be stayed until the person whose property is the subject of the forfeiture action has been convicted of the crime and has exhausted all appeals. The bill also provides that no property shall be seized until after a final judgment of conviction has been entered and all appeals have been exhausted.
Session: 2015 Regular Session
Last Action: Left in Courts of Justice
Last Action Date: February 10, 2015
Sponsors
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1 sponsors: Joseph Morrissey;
Percentage of House Of Delegates sponsoring bill: 1% (1 of 100)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Feb 10, 2015 | Left in Courts of Justice |
| House | Jan 26, 2015 | Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely by voice vote |
| House | Jan 20, 2015 | Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law |
| House | Jan 14, 2015 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15102050D |
| House | Jan 14, 2015 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Prefiled | Jan 14, 2015 | 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
