Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation HB768
Legislation Overview
Title: Victims of domestic violence, etc.; firearms safety or training course.
Subject: Courts Not of Record: Criminal Procedure: Weapons: Firearms: Victims of Crime: Commonwealth Public Safety
Description: Victims of domestic violence, etc.; firearms safety or training course. Provides that the Department of Criminal Justice Services may distribute funds from the Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Victim Fund to reimburse an entity that offers a firearms safety or training course or class approved by the Department free of charge to victims of domestic violence, sexual abuse, stalking, and family abuse. The bill also requires that, upon the issuance of a protective order, the petitioner for the order be provided with a list of such approved courses or classes.
Session: 2017 Regular Session
Last Action: Left in Finance
Last Action Date: December 2, 2016
Sponsors
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6 sponsors: Todd Gilbert (R); Jackson Miller (R); Jason Miyares (R); Margaret Ransone (R); Christopher Stolle (R); Michael Webert (R);
Percentage of House Of Delegates sponsoring bill: 6% (6 of 100)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Dec 2, 2016 | Left in Finance |
| Senate | Mar 2, 2016 | Continued to 2017 in Finance (15-Y 0-N) |
| Senate | Feb 24, 2016 | Rereferred to Finance |
| Senate | Feb 24, 2016 | Reported from Courts of Justice (10-Y 5-N) |
| Senate | Feb 17, 2016 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
| Senate | Feb 17, 2016 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
| House | Feb 16, 2016 | VOTE: PASSAGE (78-Y 21-N) |
| House | Feb 16, 2016 | Read third time and passed House (78-Y 21-N) |
| House | Feb 15, 2016 | Read second time |
| House | Feb 15, 2016 | Speaker ruled Amendments by Delegate Simon not germane |
| House | Feb 15, 2016 | Engrossed by House |
| House | Feb 13, 2016 | Read first time |
| House | Feb 12, 2016 | Reported from Appropriations (21-Y 1-N) |
| House | Feb 11, 2016 | Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) |
| House | Feb 4, 2016 | Assigned App. sub: Public Safety |
| House | Feb 3, 2016 | Referred to Committee on Appropriations |
| House | Feb 3, 2016 | Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 7-N) |
| House | Jan 29, 2016 | Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations |
| House | Jan 29, 2016 | Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 3-N) |
| House | Jan 19, 2016 | Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law |
| House | Jan 12, 2016 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
| House | Jan 12, 2016 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16100430D |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Prefiled | Jan 12, 2016 | 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: Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 7-N)
House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
House: Reported from Appropriations (21-Y 1-N)
House: VOTE: PASSAGE (78-Y 21-N)
Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (10-Y 5-N)
Senate: Continued to 2017 in Finance (15-Y 0-N)
Link: link to state bill page
