Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation HB720
Legislation Overview
Title: Firearms; purchase or transport, simple assault hate crime.
Description: Purchase and transport of firearms; simple assault hate crime. Prohibits persons convicted of simple assault or assault and battery when the victim was selected because of his race, religious conviction, color, or national origin from purchasing or transporting a firearm for five years following such conviction.
Session: 2018 Regular Session
Last Action: Left in Courts of Justice
Last Action Date: February 15, 2018
Sponsors
Note: the first sponsor listed is normally the primary sponsor. If a sponsor's name is a hyperlink you can click on it to 'follow the money'.
8 sponsors: Kenneth Plum (D); Lamont Bagby (D); Jennifer Boysko (D); Patrick Hope (D); Kaye Kory (D); Mark Levine (D); Marcus Simon (D); Roslyn Tyler (D);
Percentage of House Of Delegates sponsoring bill: 8% (8 of 100)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Feb 15, 2018 | Left in Courts of Justice |
| House | Jan 26, 2018 | Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely (4-Y 3-N) |
| House | Jan 25, 2018 | Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1 |
| House | Jan 9, 2018 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18102335D |
| House | Jan 9, 2018 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Prefiled | Jan 9, 2018 | 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 3-N)
Link: link to state bill page
