Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation HB2009
Legislation Overview
Title: Firearms, certain; law-enforcement certification.
Description: Law-enforcement certification of certain firearms. Provides that when the certification of a chief law-enforcement officer is required by federal law for transfer of a firearm as defined in the National Firearms Act, such certification must be provided within 60 days if the applicant is not prohibited by law from receiving the firearm. If the applicant is prohibited by law from receiving the firearm, the chief law-enforcement officer or his designee shall notify the applicant in writing of the reason for the prohibition. For the purposes of the bill, the definition of "firearm" is limited to machine guns, rifles and shotguns of a certain length, weapons made from certain rifles or shotguns, and silencers. If the chief law-enforcement officer fails to provide certification within 60 days, the applicant has a right to an ore tenus hearing in circuit court and, unless the evidence shows that the applicant is prohibited by law from receiving the firearm, the court shall order the chief law-enforcement officer to issue the certification within five business days.
Session: 2015 Regular Session
Last Action: Requires 27 affirmative votes to override Governor's veto
Last Action Date: April 15, 2015
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'.
2 sponsors: Steven Landes; Dave LaRock;
Percentage of House Of Delegates sponsoring bill: 2% (2 of 100)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Apr 15, 2015 | Requires 27 affirmative votes to override Governor's veto |
| Senate | Apr 15, 2015 | Senate sustained Governor's veto (21-Y 18-N) |
| House | Apr 15, 2015 | VOTE: OVERRIDE GOVERNOR'S VETO (68-Y 31-N) |
| House | Apr 15, 2015 | Governor's veto overridden (68-Y 31-N) |
| House | Apr 14, 2015 | Placed on Calendar |
| Mar 27, 2015 | Governor: Vetoed by Governor | |
| House | Mar 10, 2015 | Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 3/10/15 |
| Mar 10, 2015 | Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, March 29, 2015 | |
| Senate | Mar 7, 2015 | Signed by President |
| House | Mar 6, 2015 | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2009ER) |
| House | Mar 6, 2015 | Signed by Speaker |
| House | Mar 6, 2015 | Enrolled |
| House | Feb 26, 2015 | VOTE: ADOPTION (71-Y 29-N) |
| House | Feb 26, 2015 | Senate amendment agreed to by House (71-Y 29-N) |
| Senate | Feb 25, 2015 | Read third time |
| Senate | Feb 25, 2015 | Reading of amendment waived |
| Senate | Feb 25, 2015 | Committee amendment agreed to |
| Senate | Feb 25, 2015 | Engrossed by Senate as amended |
| Senate | Feb 25, 2015 | Passed Senate with amendment (25-Y 14-N) |
| House | Feb 25, 2015 | Placed on Calendar |
| Senate | Feb 24, 2015 | Reconsideration of Passed by for the day agreed to (37-Y 1-N) |
| Senate | Feb 24, 2015 | Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) |
| Senate | Feb 24, 2015 | Passed by for the day |
| Senate | Feb 24, 2015 | Passed by for the day |
| Senate | Feb 23, 2015 | Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (8-Y 5-N) |
| Senate | Feb 11, 2015 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
| Senate | Feb 11, 2015 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
| House | Feb 10, 2015 | VOTE: PASSAGE (68-Y 32-N) |
| House | Feb 10, 2015 | Read third time and passed House (68-Y 32-N) |
| House | Feb 9, 2015 | Read second time |
| House | Feb 9, 2015 | Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2009H1 |
| House | Feb 9, 2015 | Committee substitute agreed to 15104621D-H1 |
| House | Feb 7, 2015 | Read first time |
| House | Feb 6, 2015 | Committee substitute printed 15104621D-H1 |
| House | Feb 6, 2015 | Reported from Militia, Police and Public Safety with substitute (15-Y 6-N) |
| House | Feb 5, 2015 | Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (4-Y 1-N) |
| House | Jan 20, 2015 | Assigned MPPS sub: #1 |
| House | Jan 14, 2015 | Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety |
| House | Jan 14, 2015 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15103495D |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Enrolled | Mar 6, 2015 | state link | bill text |
| Comm Sub | Feb 6, 2015 | state link | bill 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
House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (4-Y 1-N)
House: Reported from Militia, Police and Public Safety with substitute (15-Y 6-N)
House: VOTE: PASSAGE (68-Y 32-N)
Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (8-Y 5-N)
Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
Senate: Reconsideration of Passed by for the day agreed to (37-Y 1-N)
Senate: Passed Senate with amendment (25-Y 14-N)
House: VOTE: ADOPTION (71-Y 29-N)
Senate: Senate sustained Governor's veto (21-Y 18-N)
House: VOTE: OVERRIDE GOVERNOR'S VETO (68-Y 31-N)
Link: link to state bill page
