Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation HB2079
Legislation Overview
Title: Firearms; selling, bartering, etc., to persons not lawfully present in United States, penalty.
Subject: Crimes and Offenses Generally: Weapons: Foreign Governments and Countries: Firearms: Illegal Aliens: Appropriations
Description: Sale of firearms; persons not lawfully present in United States; penalty. Provides that the crime of selling, bartering, giving, or furnishing or possessing with the intent to sell, barter, give, or furnish a firearm to a person knowing that such person is prohibited from possessing or transporting a firearm because he is not lawfully present in the United States also applies to selling, bartering, giving, or furnishing an assault firearm to a person prohibited from possessing or transporting an assault firearm because he is not lawfully admitted for permanent residence.
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: Tony Wilt (R);
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 19, 2017 | Subcommittee recommends striking from docket by voice vote |
| House | Jan 17, 2017 | Assigned MPPS sub: #1 |
| House | Jan 10, 2017 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100458D |
| 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
