Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation HB61
Legislation Overview
Title: Firearms; purchase and sale of rifles or shotguns, penalties.
Subject: Crimes and Offenses Generally: Motor Vehicles: Weapons
Description: Firearms; purchase and sale of rifles or shotguns; penalties. Prohibits the sale of any rifle, shotgun, or assault rifle by a federally licensed firearms dealer to any out-of-state resident. Under current law, out-of-state residents may purchase rifles, shotguns, or assault rifles from licensed dealers in the Commonwealth, provided certain background checks have been passed. Also, the bill moves language regarding driver's license designations from Title 18.2, Crimes and Offenses Generally, to Title 46.2, Motor Vehicles, with no substantive change to the language. The bill contains technical amendments.
Session: 2014 Regular Session
Last Action: Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety
Last Action Date: February 12, 2014
Sponsors
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1 sponsors: Delores L. McQuinn;
Percentage of House Of Delegates sponsoring bill: 1% (1 of 100)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Feb 12, 2014 | Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety |
| House | Jan 16, 2014 | Subcommittee recommends striking from docket by voice vote |
| House | Jan 14, 2014 | Assigned MPPS sub: Subcommittee #1 |
| House | Dec 5, 2013 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14100309D |
| House | Dec 5, 2013 | Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Prefiled | Dec 5, 2013 | 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
