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Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation HB2492

  this is an anti-gun bill
Legislation Overview

Title: Firearms magazines and firearms, certain; prohibition of sale, transfer, etc., penalties.

Description: Prohibition of sale, transfer, etc., of certain firearms magazines and firearms; penalties. Prohibits any person from importing, selling, bartering, or transferring a firearms magazine designed to hold more than 10 rounds of ammunition. A violation is a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill prohibits a person from carrying a shotgun with a magazine that will hold more than seven rounds of the longest ammunition for which it is chambered in a public place; under existing law, this prohibition applies only in certain localities and also to assault firearms. The bill redefines "assault firearm" by reducing the number of rounds of ammunition that a firearms magazine will hold in order to be defined as an "assault firearm" from more than 20 to more than 10 and prohibits any person from knowingly and intentionally possessing or transporting any assault firearm or from knowingly and intentionally carrying about his person, hidden from common observation, an assault firearm. The bill prohibits a dealer from selling, renting, trading, or transferring from his inventory such an assault firearm to any person.

Session: 2019 Regular Session

Last Action: Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety

Last Action Date: February 5, 2019

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: Kathy Tran (D); Mark Levine (D);

Percentage of House Of Delegates sponsoring bill: 2% (2 of 100)

History
Chamber Date Action
House Feb 5, 2019 Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety
House Jan 17, 2019 Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely (4-Y 1-N)
House Jan 15, 2019 Assigned MPPS sub: Subcommittee #1
House Jan 9, 2019 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19104042D
House Jan 9, 2019 Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety
Texts
Type Date State Link Text
Prefiled Jan 9, 2019 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
Description Vote Date Yea Votes Nay Votes No Votes Absent Passed
01/17/2019 4 1 2 0 Yes
  • Bell, John (D) NV
  • Campbell, Jeffrey (R) Yea
  • Fariss, C. Matt (R) Yea
  • Freitas, Nicholas (R) Yea
  • Tyler, Roslyn (D) Nay
  • Webert, Michael (R) Yea
  • Wright, Thomas (R) NV
resort votes by: party yeas nays name

Link: link to state bill page

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