Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation HB399
Legislation Overview
Title: Plastic firearms and unfinished frames, etc.; manufacture, import, sale, transfer, etc., penalties.
Subject: Appropriations: Crimes and Offenses Generally: Firearms
Description: Manufacture, import, sale, transfer, or possession of plastic firearms and unfinished frames or receivers and unserialized firearms; penalties. Creates a Class 5 felony for any person who manufactures, imports, sells, transfers, or possesses any firearm with a major component, as defined in the bill, that when subjected to inspection by the types of detection devices, including X-ray machines, commonly used at airports for security screening does not generate an image that accurately depicts the shape of the component. The bill updates language regarding the types of detection devices that are used at airports for detecting plastic firearms. Manufacture, import, sale, transfer, or possession of plastic firearms and unfinished frames or receivers and unserialized firearms; penalties. Creates a Class 5 felony for any person who manufactures, imports, sells, transfers, or possesses any firearm with a major component, as defined in the bill, that when subjected to inspection by the types of detection devices, including X-ray machines, commonly used at airports for security screening does not generate an image that accurately depicts the shape of the component. The bill updates language regarding the types of detection devices that are used at airports for detecting plastic firearms. The bill also creates several Class 1 misdemeanors, which are punishable as a Class 4 felony for a second or subsequent offense, making it unlawful (i) for any person to knowingly possess, transport, or receive an unfinished frame or receiver unless the party possessing or receiving the unfinished frame or receiver is a federal firearms importer, manufacturer, or dealer or the unfinished frame or receiver is required by federal law to be, and has been, imprinted with a serial number by a federal firearms importer, manufacturer, or dealer and (ii) for any person to knowingly sell, offer to sell, transfer, or purchase an unfinished frame or receiver unless the party selling, offering to sell, transferring, or purchasing the unfinished frame or receiver is a federal firearms importer, manufacturer, or dealer or the unfinished frame or receiver is required by federal law to be, and has been, imprinted with a serial number by a federal firearms importer, manufacturer, or dealer. The provisions related to the prohibition for possessing, transporting, or receiving an unfinished frame or receiver have a delayed effected date of January 1, 2023.
Session: 2022 Regular Session
Last Action: Left in Public Safety
Last Action Date: February 15, 2022
Sponsors
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3 sponsors: Marcus Simon (D); Kathleen Murphy (D); Kathy Tran (D);
Percentage of House Of Delegates sponsoring bill: 3% (3 of 100)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Feb 15, 2022 | Left in Public Safety |
| House | Feb 3, 2022 | Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely (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 22103868D |
| 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 |
| 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 passing by indefinitely (6-Y 4-N) | 02/3/2022 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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Link: link to state bill page
