Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation HB325
Legislation Overview
Title: Firearms; reporting lost or stolen, civil penalty.
Subject: Crimes and Offenses Generally: Police: Firearms: Police State
Description: Reporting lost or stolen firearms; civil penalty. Repeals the requirement that, if a firearm is lost or stolen from a person who lawfully possessed it, such person shall report the loss or theft of the firearm to any local law-enforcement agency or the Department of State Police within 48 hours after such person discovers the loss or theft or is informed by a person with personal knowledge of the loss or theft. Under current law, a violation is punishable by a civil penalty of not more than $250.
Session: 2022 Regular Session
Last Action: Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary (8-Y 7-N)
Last Action Date: February 28, 2022
Sponsors
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1 sponsors: Nicholas Freitas (R);
Percentage of House Of Delegates sponsoring bill: 1% (1 of 100)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Feb 28, 2022 | Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary (8-Y 7-N) |
| Senate | Feb 11, 2022 | Referred to Committee on the Judiciary |
| Senate | Feb 11, 2022 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
| House | Feb 10, 2022 | Read third time and passed House (51-Y 48-N) |
| House | Feb 10, 2022 | VOTE: Passage (51-Y 48-N) |
| House | Feb 9, 2022 | Read second time and engrossed |
| House | Feb 8, 2022 | Read first time |
| House | Feb 4, 2022 | Reported from Public Safety (12-Y 10-N) |
| House | Feb 3, 2022 | Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 4-N) |
| House | Feb 1, 2022 | Assigned PS sub: Subcommittee #1 |
| House | Jan 11, 2022 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102189D |
| House | Jan 11, 2022 | Referred to Committee on Public Safety |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Prefiled | Jan 11, 2022 | state link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
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Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
| Description | Vote Date | Yea Votes | Nay Votes | No Votes | Absent | Passed |
| House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 4-N) | 02/3/2022 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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| House: Reported from Public Safety (12-Y 10-N) | 02/4/2022 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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| House: VOTE: Passage (51-Y 48-N) | 02/10/2022 | 51 | 48 | 0 | 1 | Yes |
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| Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary (8-Y 7-N) | 02/28/2022 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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Link: link to state bill page
