Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation HB5024
Legislation Overview
Title: Firearm sales; criminal history record information check, penalty.
Description: Firearm sales; criminal history record information check; penalty. Eliminates the Class 1 misdemeanor penalty for a person who purchases a firearm from another person without obtaining the required criminal history record information check. The bill also eliminates the question on the form provided to a firearm dealer by the Department of State Police asking whether a prospective purchaser of a firearm has ever been the subject of a mental health temporary detention order and subsequently agreed to a voluntary admission.
Session: 2020 Special I
Last Action: Left in Public Safety
Last Action Date: November 9, 2020
Sponsors
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5 sponsors: Glenn Davis (R); John Avoli (R); Wendell Walker (R); Lee Ware (R); Thomas Wright (R);
Percentage of House Of Delegates sponsoring bill: 5% (5 of 100)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Nov 9, 2020 | Left in Public Safety |
| House | Aug 17, 2020 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 08/18/20 20200570D |
| House | Aug 17, 2020 | Referred to Committee on Public Safety |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Prefiled | Aug 17, 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
