Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation HB41
Legislation Overview
Title: Firearms; mechanical devices designed to increase rate of fire, penalty.
Description: Mechanical devices designed to increase the rate of fire of firearms; penalty. Prohibits the manufacture, import, sale or offer to sell, possession, transfer, or transportation of any device used to increase the rate of fire of any semi-automatic firearm beyond the capability of an unaided person to operate the trigger mechanism of that firearm. A violation is punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor.
Session: 2018 Regular Session
Last Action: Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety
Last Action Date: February 13, 2018
Sponsors
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19 sponsors: Mark Levine (D); Dawn Adams (D); Jennifer Boysko (D); Betsy Carr (D); Kelly Convirs-Fowler (D); Karrie Delaney (D); Elizabeth Guzman (D); Patrick Hope (D); Jerrauld Jones (D); Kaye Kory (D); Alfonso Lopez (D); Kathleen Murphy (D); Kenneth Plum (D); Marcia Price (D); Sam Rasoul (D); Danica Roem (D); Marcus Simon (D); Richard Sullivan (D); Vivian Watts (D);
Percentage of House Of Delegates sponsoring bill: 19% (19 of 100)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Feb 13, 2018 | Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety |
| House | Jan 25, 2018 | Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely (4-Y 2-N) |
| House | Jan 23, 2018 | Assigned MPPS sub: Subcommittee #1 |
| House | Jan 19, 2018 | Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety |
| House | Jan 19, 2018 | Referred from Rules by voice vote |
| House | Nov 29, 2017 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101155D |
| House | Nov 29, 2017 | Referred to Committee on Rules |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Prefiled | Nov 29, 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 passing by indefinitely (4-Y 2-N)
Link: link to state bill page
