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Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation HB427

  this is an anti-gun bill
Legislation Overview

Title: Manufacture, import, sale, transfer, or possession of undetectable firearms; penalty.

Description: Manufacture, import, sale, transfer, or possession of undetectable firearms; penalty. Creates a Class 5 felony for any person who manufactures, imports, sells, transfers, or possesses any firearm that, after removal of all parts other than a major component, defined in the bill, is not detectable as a firearm by the types of detection devices, including X-ray machines, commonly used at airports for security screening. The bill updates language regarding the types of detection devices that are used at airports for detecting plastic firearms.

Session: 2020 Regular Session

Last Action: Left in Public Safety

Last Action Date: February 11, 2020

Sponsors

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1 sponsors: Marcus Simon (D);

Percentage of House Of Delegates sponsoring bill: 1% (1 of 100)

History
Chamber Date Action
House Feb 11, 2020 Left in Public Safety
House Jan 3, 2020 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101586D
House Jan 3, 2020 Referred to Committee on Public Safety
Texts
Type Date State Link Text
Prefiled Jan 3, 2020 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

There have not been any votes on this bill

Link: link to state bill page

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