Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation HB2029
Legislation Overview
Title: Concealed handgun permits; background check, exemption for permit holders.
Description: Concealed handgun permits; fees; background check; exemption for permit holders. Provides that a licensed firearms dealer does not have to have a criminal background check performed to determine a person's eligibility to purchase a firearm if the purchaser possesses a valid concealed handgun permit and presents a photo ID issued by an agency of the Commonwealth or the Department of Defense. The bill increases from $10 to $20 the fee charged by the circuit court clerk for processing an application and issuing a permit. The bill also sets at $30 the maximum fee that is charged for conducting a background investigation of an applicant for a concealed handgun permit. Of this maximum $30 fee, $10 must be paid to the State Police to cover its costs associated with processing the application and the local law-enforcement agency may charge a fee not to exceed the remaining $20. The bill also requires that the State Police, in preparing the report from the Central Criminal Records Exchange for the circuit court with regard to an applicant for a concealed handgun permit, shall initiate a search of the National Instant Criminal Background Check System for purposes of obtaining criminal history record information regarding the applicant. The bill also provides that an applicant for a concealed handgun permit must include his alien number or admission number if he is not a citizen of the United States. Finally, the bill provides that a person is disqualified from obtaining a concealed handgun permit if he is otherwise disqualified from possessing or receiving a firearm pursuant to state or federal law.
Session: 2015 Regular Session
Last Action: Left in Finance
Last Action Date: February 24, 2015
Sponsors
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6 sponsors: Mark Cole; Riley Ingram; Steven Landes; Scott Lingamfelter; Charles Poindexter; Tony Wilt;
Percentage of House Of Delegates sponsoring bill: 6% (6 of 100)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Feb 24, 2015 | Left in Finance |
| Senate | Feb 16, 2015 | Rereferred to Finance |
| Senate | Feb 16, 2015 | Reported from Courts of Justice (10-Y 3-N) |
| Senate | Feb 11, 2015 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
| Senate | Feb 11, 2015 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
| House | Feb 10, 2015 | Read third time and passed House (65-Y 35-N) |
| House | Feb 10, 2015 | VOTE: PASSAGE (65-Y 35-N) |
| House | Feb 9, 2015 | Committee substitute agreed to 15104235D-H1 |
| House | Feb 9, 2015 | Read second time |
| House | Feb 9, 2015 | Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2029H1 |
| House | Feb 7, 2015 | Read first time |
| House | Feb 6, 2015 | Committee substitute printed 15104235D-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 23, 2015 | Assigned MPPS sub: #1 |
| House | Jan 14, 2015 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15103116D |
| House | Jan 14, 2015 | Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | 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 (65-Y 35-N)
Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (10-Y 3-N)
Link: link to state bill page
