Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation HB48
Legislation Overview
Title: Forfeiture of property used in connection with the commission of crimes; finding of guilt required.
Description: Forfeiture of property used in connection with the commission of crimes; finding of guilt required. Requires that any action for the forfeiture of property used in connection with the commission of a crime be stayed until the person whose property is the subject of the forfeiture action has been found guilty of the crime authorizing the forfeiture, regardless of whether he has been sentenced. The bill provides that property may be forfeited even though no finding of guilt is made if (i) the forfeiture is ordered by the court pursuant to a plea agreement or (ii) the owner of the property has not submitted a written demand for the return of the property within one year from the date the property was seized.
Session: 2016 Regular Session
Last Action: VOTE: DEFEATED (47-Y 50-N)
Last Action Date: February 16, 2016
Sponsors
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5 sponsors: Mark Cole; Robert Marshall; Steven Landes; Dave LaRock; James LeMunyon;
Percentage of House Of Delegates sponsoring bill: 5% (5 of 100)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Feb 16, 2016 | Read third time and defeated by House (47-Y 50-N) |
| House | Feb 16, 2016 | VOTE: DEFEATED (47-Y 50-N) |
| House | Feb 15, 2016 | Read second time |
| House | Feb 15, 2016 | Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB48H1 |
| House | Feb 15, 2016 | Committee substitute agreed to 16105392D-H1 |
| House | Feb 13, 2016 | Read first time |
| House | Feb 12, 2016 | Committee substitute printed 16105392D-H1 |
| House | Feb 12, 2016 | Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (11-Y 10-N) |
| House | Feb 10, 2016 | Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 3-N) |
| House | Jan 18, 2016 | Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 3-N) |
| House | Jan 14, 2016 | Assigned App. sub: Subcommittee Criminal Law |
| House | Nov 25, 2015 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16100574D |
| House | Nov 25, 2015 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Comm Sub | Feb 12, 2016 | state link | bill text |
| Prefiled | Nov 25, 2015 | 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 reporting (8-Y 3-N)
House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 3-N)
House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (11-Y 10-N)
House: VOTE: DEFEATED (47-Y 50-N)
Link: link to state bill page
