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Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation HB899

  this is an anti-gun bill
Legislation Overview

Title: Restricted firearm ammunition; penalty.

Description: Manufacture, import, sale, transfer, or possession of restricted firearm ammunition; penalty. Makes it a Class 5 felony to manufacture, import, sell, transfer, or possess any restricted firearm ammunition, defined in current law as bullets, projectiles, or other types of ammunition that are (i) Teflon coated or coated with a similar product; (ii) commonly known as "KTW" bullets or "French Arcanes"; or (iii) cartridges containing bullets coated with a plastic substance with other than lead or lead alloy cores, jacketed bullets with other than lead or lead alloy cores, or cartridges of which the bullet itself is wholly composed of a metal or metal alloy other than lead, but the definition does not include shotgun shells or solid plastic bullets. The bill provides exceptions to the prohibition and provides that any restricted ammunition possessed in violation of the law shall be forfeited to the Commonwealth.

Session: 2020 Regular Session

Last Action: Left in Public Safety

Last Action Date: February 11, 2020

Sponsors

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1 sponsors: Mark Levine (D);

Percentage of House Of Delegates sponsoring bill: 1% (1 of 100)

History
Chamber Date Action
House Feb 11, 2020 Left in Public Safety
House Jan 7, 2020 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104905D
House Jan 7, 2020 Referred to Committee on Public Safety
Texts
Type Date State Link Text
Prefiled Jan 7, 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

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