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Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation HB961

  this is an anti-gun bill
Legislation Overview

Title: Assault firearms, certain firearm magazines, etc.; prohibiting sale, transport, etc., penalties.

Description: Prohibiting sale, transport, etc., of assault firearms, certain firearm magazines, silencers, and trigger activators; penalties. Expands the definition of "assault firearm" and prohibits any person from importing, selling, transferring, manufacturing, purchasing, or transporting an assault firearm. A violation is a Class 6 felony. The bill prohibits a dealer from selling, renting, trading, or transferring from his inventory an assault firearm to any person. The bill makes it a Class 6 felony to import, sell, transfer, manufacture, purchase, possess, or transport silencers, and trigger activators, all defined in the bill. The bill makes it a Class 6 felony to import, sell, transfer, manufacture, purchase, or transport a large-capacity firearm magazine, as defined in the bill, and a Class 1 misdemeanor to possess such large-capacity firearm magazine. Any person who legally owns a large-capacity firearm magazine, silencer, or trigger activator on July 1, 2020, may retain possession until January 1, 2021. During that time, such person shall (i) render the large-capacity firearm magazine, silencer, or trigger activator inoperable; (ii) remove the large-capacity firearm magazine, silencer, or trigger activator from the Commonwealth; (iii) transfer the large-capacity firearm magazine, silencer, or trigger activator to a person outside the Commonwealth who is not prohibited from possessing it; or (iv) surrender the large-capacity firearm magazine, silencer, or trigger activator to a state or local law-enforcement agency. Prohibiting sale, transport, etc., of assault firearms, certain firearm magazines, silencers, and trigger activators; penalties. Expands the definition of "assault firearm" and prohibits any person from importing, selling, transferring, manufacturing, purchasing, or transporting an assault firearm. A violation is a Class 6 felony. The bill prohibits a dealer from selling, renting, trading, or transferring from his inventory an assault firearm to any person. The bill makes it a Class 6 felony to import, sell, transfer, manufacture, purchase, possess, or transport silencers, and trigger activators, all defined in the bill. The bill makes it a Class 6 felony to import, sell, transfer, manufacture, purchase, or transport a large-capacity firearm magazine, as defined in the bill, and a Class 1 misdemeanor to possess such large-capacity firearm magazine. Any person who legally owns a large-capacity firearm magazine, silencer, or trigger activator on July 1, 2020, may retain possession until January 1, 2021. During that time, such person shall (i) render the large-capacity firearm magazine, silencer, or trigger activator inoperable; (ii) remove the large-capacity firearm magazine, silencer, or trigger activator from the Commonwealth; (iii) transfer the large-capacity firearm magazine, silencer, or trigger activator to a person outside the Commonwealth who is not prohibited from possessing it; or (iv) surrender the large-capacity firearm magazine, silencer, or trigger activator to a state or local law-enforcement agency.

Session: 2021 Regular Session

Last Action: Left in Judiciary

Last Action Date: December 4, 2020

Sponsors

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2 sponsors: Mark Levine (D); Dan Helmer (D);

Percentage of House Of Delegates sponsoring bill: 2% (2 of 100)

History
Chamber Date Action
Senate Dec 4, 2020 Left in Judiciary
Senate Feb 17, 2020 Continued to 2021 in Judiciary (10-Y 5-N)
Senate Feb 12, 2020 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
Senate Feb 12, 2020 Constitutional reading dispensed
House Feb 11, 2020 VOTE: Passage (51-Y 48-N)
House Feb 11, 2020 Read third time and passed House (51-Y 48-N)
House Feb 10, 2020 Pending question ordered
House Feb 10, 2020 Read second time
House Feb 10, 2020 Committee substitute agreed to 20107888D-H1
House Feb 10, 2020 Amendments by Delegate Helmer agreed to
House Feb 10, 2020 Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendments HB961EH1
House Feb 10, 2020 Printed as engrossed 20107888D-EH1
House Feb 9, 2020 Read first time
House Feb 7, 2020 Committee substitute printed 20107888D-H1
House Feb 7, 2020 Reported from Public Safety with substitute (12-Y 9-N)
House Jan 7, 2020 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104855D
House Jan 7, 2020 Referred to Committee on Public Safety
Texts
Type Date State Link Text
Engrossed Feb 10, 2020 state link bill text
Comm Sub Feb 7, 2020 state link bill text
Prefiled Jan 7, 2020 state link bill text
Amendments
Title Description Date State Link Text Adopted
House amendments adopted House amendments adopted Jul 19, 2020 State Link amendment text No
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
Description Vote Date Yea Votes Nay Votes No Votes Absent Passed
02/7/2020 12 9 0 0 Yes
  • Batten, Amanda (R) Nay
  • Bourne, Jeffrey (D) Yea
  • Campbell, Ronnie (R) Nay
  • Carroll Foy, Jennifer (D) Yea
  • Coyner, Carrie (R) Nay
  • Davis, Glenn (R) Nay
  • Fariss, C. Matt (R) Nay
  • Helmer, Dan (D) Yea
  • Hope, Patrick (D) Yea
  • Jenkins, Clinton (D) Yea
  • Kory, L. Kaye (D) Yea
  • Levine, Mark (D) Yea
  • Lopez, Alfonso (D) Yea
  • Plum, Kenneth (D) Yea
  • Price, Marcia (D) Yea
  • Rasoul, Sam (D) Yea
  • Robinson, Roxann (R) Nay
  • Rush, Larry (R) Nay
  • Simonds, Shelly (D) Yea
  • Wilt, Tony (R) Nay
  • Wright, Thomas (R) Nay
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
02/11/2020 51 48 0 1 Yes
  • Adams, Dawn (D) Yea
  • Adams, Les (R) Nay
  • Aird, Lashrecse (D) Yea
  • Askew, Alex (D) Yea
  • Austin, Terry (R) Nay
  • Avoli, G. (R) Nay
  • Ayala, Hala (D) Yea
  • Bagby, Lamont (D) Yea
  • Batten, Amanda (R) Nay
  • Bell, Robert (R) Nay
  • Bloxom, Robert (R) Nay
  • Bourne, Jeffrey (D) Yea
  • Brewer, Emily (R) Nay
  • Bulova, David (D) Yea
  • Byron, Kathy (R) Nay
  • Campbell, Jeffrey (R) Nay
  • Campbell, Ronnie (R) Nay
  • Carr, Betsy (D) Yea
  • Carroll Foy, Jennifer (D) Yea
  • Carter, Lee (D) Nay
  • Cole, Joshua (D) Yea
  • Cole, Mark (R) Nay
  • Collins, Christopher (R) Nay
  • Convirs-Fowler, Kelly (D) Absent
  • Cox, M. Kirkland (R) Nay
  • Coyner, Carrie (R) Nay
  • Davis, Glenn (R) Nay
  • Delaney, Karrie (D) Yea
  • Edmunds, James (R) Nay
  • Fariss, C. Matt (R) Nay
  • Filler-Corn, Eileen (D) Yea
  • Fowler, Hyland (R) Nay
  • Freitas, Nicholas (R) Nay
  • Gilbert, C. Todd (R) Nay
  • Gooditis, Wendy (D) Yea
  • Guy, Nancy (D) Yea
  • Guzman, Elizabeth (D) Yea
  • Hayes, C.E. (D) Yea
  • Head, Chris (R) Nay
  • Helmer, Dan (D) Yea
  • Heretick, Steve (D) Nay
  • Herring, Charniele (D) Yea
  • Hodges, M. Keith (R) Nay
  • Hope, Patrick (D) Yea
  • Hudson, Sally (D) Yea
  • Hurst, Chris (D) Yea
  • Jenkins, Clinton (D) Yea
  • Jones, Jerrauld (D) Yea
  • Keam, Mark (D) Yea
  • Kilgore, Terry (R) Nay
  • Knight, Barry (R) Nay
  • Kory, L. Kaye (D) Yea
  • Krizek, Paul (D) Yea
  • LaRock, Dave (R) Nay
  • Leftwich, James (R) Nay
  • Levine, Mark (D) Yea
  • Lindsey, Joesph (D) Yea
  • Lopez, Alfonso (D) Yea
  • Marshall, Daniel (R) Nay
  • McGuire, John (R) Nay
  • McNamara, Joseph (R) Nay
  • McQuinn, Delores (D) Yea
  • Miyares, Jason (R) Nay
  • Morefield, James (R) Nay
  • Mugler, Martha (D) Yea
  • Mullin, Michael (D) Yea
  • Murphy, Kathleen (D) Yea
  • O'Quinn, Israel (R) Nay
  • Orrock, Robert (R) Nay
  • Plum, Kenneth (D) Yea
  • Poindexter, Charles (R) Nay
  • Price, Marcia (D) Yea
  • Ransone, Margaret (R) Nay
  • Rasoul, Sam (D) Yea
  • Reid, David (D) Yea
  • Robinson, Roxann (R) Nay
  • Roem, Danica (D) Yea
  • Runion, Chris (R) Nay
  • Rush, Larry (R) Nay
  • Samirah, Ibraheem (D) Yea
  • Scott, Don (D) Yea
  • Sickles, Mark (D) Yea
  • Simon, Marcus (D) Yea
  • Simonds, Shelly (D) Yea
  • Subramanyam, Suhas (D) Yea
  • Sullivan, Richard (D) Yea
  • Torian, Luke (D) Yea
  • Tran, Kathy (D) Yea
  • Tyler, Roslyn (D) Nay
  • VanValkenburg, Schuyler (D) Yea
  • Walker, Wendell (R) Nay
  • Wampler, William (R) Nay
  • Ward, Jeion (D) Yea
  • Ware, Lee (R) Nay
  • Watts, Vivian (D) Yea
  • Webert, Michael (R) Nay
  • Willett, Rodney (D) Yea
  • Wilt, Tony (R) Nay
  • Wright, Thomas (R) Nay
  • Wyatt, Scott (R) Nay
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
02/17/2020 10 5 0 0 Yes
  • Boysko, Jennifer (D) Nay
  • Chafin, Benton (R) Yea
  • Deeds, R. Creigh (D) Yea
  • Edwards, John (D) Yea
  • Lucas, L. Louise (D) Nay
  • McClellan, Jennifer (D) Nay
  • McDougle, Ryan (R) Yea
  • Morrissey, Joseph (D) Nay
  • Norment, Thomas (R) Yea
  • Obenshain, Mark (R) Yea
  • Petersen, John (D) Yea
  • Saslaw, Richard (D) Nay
  • Stanley, William (R) Yea
  • Stuart, Richard (R) Yea
  • Surovell, Scott (D) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name

Link: link to state bill page

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