Passed Virginia Firearm Legislation HB2548
Legislation Overview
Title: Felons; restoration of firearms rights, report to State Police.
Description: Restoration of firearms rights; report to State Police. Creates a method whereby circuit courts shall report to the Department of State Police the issuance of a restoration order that unconditionally authorizes the possession, transportation, or carrying of a firearm to a person (i) who has been convicted of a felony; (ii) adjudicated delinquent as a juvenile 14 years of age or older at the time of the offense of murder, kidnapping, robbery by the threat or presentation of firearms, or rape; or (iii) under the age of 29 who was adjudicated delinquent as a juvenile 14 years of age or older at the time of the offense of a delinquent act that would be a felony if committed by an adult. The bill provides that if a court enters an order restoring a felon's right, the order shall contain the felon's name and date of birth and the clerk of the court shall certify and forward the restoration order accompanied by a complete set of the petitioner's fingerprints to the Central Criminal Records Exchange (CCRE). The bill provides that the Department of State Police, upon receipt of the restoration order, shall enter the felon's name and description in the CCRE so that law-enforcement personnel accessing the CCRE will be aware of the order's existence. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2021.
Session: 2019 Regular Session
Last Action: Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0203)
Last Action Date: March 5, 2019
Sponsors
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2 sponsors: Larry Rush (R); Mark Cole (R);
Percentage of House Of Delegates sponsoring bill: 2% (2 of 100)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Mar 5, 2019 | Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0203) | |
| Mar 5, 2019 | Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 203 (effective 1/1/21) | |
| Feb 18, 2019 | Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019 | |
| House | Feb 18, 2019 | Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 18, 2019 |
| Senate | Feb 15, 2019 | Signed by President |
| House | Feb 14, 2019 | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2548ER) |
| House | Feb 14, 2019 | Signed by Speaker |
| House | Feb 14, 2019 | Enrolled |
| Senate | Feb 11, 2019 | Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) |
| Senate | Feb 11, 2019 | Read third time |
| Senate | Feb 8, 2019 | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) |
| Senate | Feb 6, 2019 | Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N) |
| Senate | Feb 1, 2019 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
| Senate | Feb 1, 2019 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
| House | Jan 31, 2019 | VOTE: PASSAGE (98-Y 1-N) |
| House | Jan 31, 2019 | Read third time and passed House (98-Y 1-N) |
| House | Jan 30, 2019 | Printed as engrossed 19101934D-E |
| House | Jan 30, 2019 | Engrossed by House as amended HB2548E |
| House | Jan 30, 2019 | Committee amendments agreed to |
| House | Jan 30, 2019 | Read second time |
| House | Jan 29, 2019 | Read first time |
| House | Jan 25, 2019 | Reported from Militia, Police and Public Safety with amendments (20-Y 0-N) |
| House | Jan 24, 2019 | Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (5-Y 0-N) |
| House | Jan 22, 2019 | Assigned MPPS sub: Subcommittee #1 |
| House | Jan 21, 2019 | Referred from Courts of Justice by voice vote |
| House | Jan 21, 2019 | Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety |
| House | Jan 15, 2019 | Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1 |
| House | Jan 9, 2019 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
| House | Jan 9, 2019 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101934D |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Chaptered | Mar 5, 2019 | state link | bill text |
| Enrolled | Feb 14, 2019 | state link | bill text |
| Engrossed | Jan 30, 2019 | state link | bill 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 |
| House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (5-Y 0-N) | 01/24/2019 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Yes |
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| House: Reported from Militia, Police and Public Safety with amendments (20-Y 0-N) | 01/25/2019 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Yes |
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| House: VOTE: PASSAGE (98-Y 1-N) | 01/31/2019 | 98 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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| Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N) | 02/6/2019 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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| Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) | 02/8/2019 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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| Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) | 02/11/2019 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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Link: link to state bill page
