Passed Virginia Firearm Legislation HB2429
Legislation Overview
Title: Firearms; purchase, possession, or transportation.
Subject: Crimes and Offenses Generally: Weapons: Behavioral Health and Developmental Services: Firearms
Description: Purchase, possession, or transportation of firearms; petition to restore right. Provides that any person who is not a resident of the Commonwealth and who is prohibited from purchasing, possessing, or transporting any firearm in the Commonwealth due to an acquittal by reason of insanity, being adjudicated mentally incompetent or incapacitated, or being involuntarily admitted or ordered to outpatient treatment may petition for the restoration of such rights in the general district court of the city or county in which the most recent of such proceedings occurred. Current law provides that a person so prohibited may petition for the restoration of such rights in the general district court of the city or county in which he resides.
Session: 2017 Regular Session
Last Action: Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0516)
Last Action Date: March 16, 2017
Sponsors
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2 sponsors: Israel O'Quinn (R); Terry Kilgore (R);
Percentage of House Of Delegates sponsoring bill: 2% (2 of 100)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Mar 16, 2017 | Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0516) | |
| Mar 16, 2017 | Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 516 (effective 7/1/17) | |
| Feb 28, 2017 | Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017 | |
| House | Feb 28, 2017 | Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/28/17 |
| Senate | Feb 24, 2017 | Signed by President |
| House | Feb 23, 2017 | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2429ER) |
| House | Feb 23, 2017 | Signed by Speaker |
| House | Feb 23, 2017 | Enrolled |
| Senate | Feb 20, 2017 | Read third time |
| Senate | Feb 20, 2017 | Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) |
| Senate | Feb 20, 2017 | Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) |
| Senate | Feb 20, 2017 | Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) |
| Senate | Feb 17, 2017 | Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) |
| Senate | Feb 15, 2017 | Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) |
| Senate | Feb 8, 2017 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
| Senate | Feb 8, 2017 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
| House | Feb 7, 2017 | Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) |
| House | Feb 7, 2017 | VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N) |
| House | Feb 6, 2017 | Read second time |
| House | Feb 6, 2017 | Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2429H1 |
| House | Feb 6, 2017 | Committee substitute agreed to 17104704D-H1 |
| House | Feb 4, 2017 | Read first time |
| House | Feb 3, 2017 | Committee substitute printed 17104704D-H1 |
| House | Feb 3, 2017 | Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (19-Y 0-N) |
| House | Jan 25, 2017 | Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 1-N) |
| House | Jan 24, 2017 | Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law |
| House | Jan 19, 2017 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
| House | Jan 19, 2017 | Presented and ordered printed 17104501D |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Chaptered | Mar 16, 2017 | state link | bill text |
| Enrolled | Feb 23, 2017 | state link | bill text |
| Comm Sub | Feb 3, 2017 | state link | bill text |
| Introduced | Jan 19, 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
House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 1-N)
House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (19-Y 0-N)
House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N)
Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)
Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
Link: link to state bill page
