Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation HB878
Legislation Overview
Title: Firearms, certain; certification by chief law-enforcement officer within 30 days of request.
Subject: Crimes and Offenses Generally: Police: Weapons
Description: Law-enforcement certification of certain firearms. Requires that when certification of a chief law-enforcement officer is required by federal law for the transfer of a firearm, as defined in the National Firearms Act, such certification must be provided within 30 days if the applicant is not prohibited by law from receiving the firearm. If the applicant is prohibited by law from receiving the firearm, the chief law-enforcement officer or his designee shall provide written notification to the applicant stating the reason for the prohibition. The definition of "firearm" includes machine guns, rifles and shotguns of a certain length, weapons made from certain rifles or shotguns, silencers, and destructive devices.
Session: 2014 Regular Session
Last Action: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (9-Y 5-N)
Last Action Date: February 12, 2014
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'.
1 sponsors: Dave A. LaRock
Percentage of House Of Delegates sponsoring bill: 1% (1 of 100)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Feb 12, 2014 | Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (9-Y 5-N) |
| Senate | Jan 23, 2014 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
| Senate | Jan 23, 2014 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
| House | Jan 22, 2014 | Read third time and passed House (64-Y 32-N) |
| House | Jan 22, 2014 | VOTE: PASSAGE (64-Y 32-N) |
| House | Jan 21, 2014 | Read second time |
| House | Jan 21, 2014 | Committee substitute agreed to 14104110D-H1 |
| House | Jan 21, 2014 | Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB878H1 |
| House | Jan 20, 2014 | Read first time |
| House | Jan 17, 2014 | Committee substitute printed 14104110D-H1 |
| House | Jan 17, 2014 | Reported from Militia, Police and Public Safety with substitute (15-Y 6-N) |
| House | Jan 16, 2014 | Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (4-Y 1-N) |
| House | Jan 14, 2014 | Assigned MPPS sub: Subcommittee #1 |
| House | Jan 8, 2014 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14102846D |
| House | Jan 8, 2014 | Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Comm Sub | Jan 17, 2014 | state link | bill text |
| Prefiled | Jan 8, 2014 | 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 with amendment(s) (4-Y 1-N)
House: Reported from Militia, Police and Public Safety with substitute (15-Y 6-N)
House: VOTE: PASSAGE (64-Y 32-N)
Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (9-Y 5-N)
Link: link to state bill page
