Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation SB100
Legislation Overview
Title: Plastic firearms & unfinished frames, etc.; manufacture, import, etc. prohibited, penalties.
Subject: Appropriations: Crimes and Offenses Generally: Firearms
Description: Manufacture, import, sale, transfer, or possession of plastic firearms and unfinished frames or receivers and unserialized firearms prohibited; penalties. Creates a Class 5 felony for any person who knowingly manufactures or assembles, imports, purchases, sells, transfers, or possesses any firearm that, after removal of all parts other than a major component, as defined in the bill, is not detectable as a firearm when subjected to inspection by the types of detection devices, including X-ray machines, commonly used at airports, government buildings, schools, correctional facilities, and other locations for security screening. The bill updates language regarding the types of detection devices that are used at such locations for detecting plastic firearms. Under current law, it is unlawful to manufacture, import, sell, transfer, or possess any plastic firearm and a violation is punishable as a Class 5 felony. Manufacture, import, sale, transfer, or possession of plastic firearms and unfinished frames or receivers and unserialized firearms prohibited; penalties. Creates a Class 5 felony for any person who knowingly manufactures or assembles, imports, purchases, sells, transfers, or possesses any firearm that, after removal of all parts other than a major component, as defined in the bill, is not detectable as a firearm when subjected to inspection by the types of detection devices, including X-ray machines, commonly used at airports, government buildings, schools, correctional facilities, and other locations for security screening. The bill updates language regarding the types of detection devices that are used at such locations for detecting plastic firearms. Under current law, it is unlawful to manufacture, import, sell, transfer, or possess any plastic firearm and a violation is punishable as a Class 5 felony. The bill also creates a Class 1 misdemeanor, which is punishable as a Class 4 felony for a second or subsequent offense, making it unlawful for any person to knowingly possess a firearm or any completed or unfinished frame or receiver that is not imprinted with a valid serial number or to knowingly import, purchase, sell, offer for sale, or transfer ownership of any completed or unfinished frame or receiver, unless the completed or unfinished frame or receiver (i) is deemed to be a firearm pursuant to federal law and (ii) is imprinted with a valid serial number. The bill creates a Class 1 misdemeanor, which is punishable as a Class 4 felony for a second or subsequent offense, making it unlawful for any person to manufacture or assemble, cause to be manufactured or assembled, import, purchase, sell, offer for sale, or transfer ownership of any firearm that is not imprinted with a valid serial number. The portions of the bill prohibiting unfinished frames or receivers and unserialized firearms have a delayed effective date of January 1, 2025; however, the portions of the bill prohibiting the knowing possession of a firearm or any completed or unfinished frame or receiver that is not imprinted with a valid serial number have a delayed effective date of July 1, 2025.
Session: 2024 Regular Session
Last Action: Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., May 17, 2024
Last Action Date: April 17, 2024
Sponsors
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3 sponsors: Adam Ebbin (D); Suhas Subramanyam (D); Saddam Salim (D);
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 8% (3 of 40)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Apr 17, 2024 | Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., May 17, 2024 | |
| Senate | Apr 17, 2024 | Communicated to Governor |
| Senate | Apr 17, 2024 | Passed by for the day |
| Senate | Mar 27, 2024 | Governor's substitute printed 24109224D-S2 |
| Senate | Mar 26, 2024 | Governor's recommendation received by Senate |
| Senate | Mar 11, 2024 | Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 |
| Mar 11, 2024 | Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 | |
| Senate | Feb 28, 2024 | Signed by President |
| Senate | Feb 26, 2024 | Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB100ER) |
| House | Feb 26, 2024 | Signed by Speaker |
| Senate | Feb 26, 2024 | Enrolled |
| House | Feb 21, 2024 | Read third time |
| House | Feb 21, 2024 | VOTE: Passage (52-Y 48-N) |
| House | Feb 21, 2024 | Passed House (52-Y 48-N) |
| House | Feb 20, 2024 | Read second time |
| House | Feb 16, 2024 | Reported from Public Safety (12-Y 10-N) |
| House | Feb 13, 2024 | Referred to Committee on Public Safety |
| House | Feb 13, 2024 | Read first time |
| House | Feb 13, 2024 | Placed on Calendar |
| Senate | Feb 5, 2024 | Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N) |
| Senate | Feb 2, 2024 | Reading of substitute waived |
| Senate | Feb 2, 2024 | Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB100S1 |
| Senate | Feb 2, 2024 | Committee substitute agreed to 24105790D-S1 |
| Senate | Feb 2, 2024 | Read second time |
| Senate | Feb 1, 2024 | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) |
| Senate | Jan 31, 2024 | Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N) |
| Senate | Jan 22, 2024 | Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (9-Y 6-N) |
| Senate | Jan 22, 2024 | Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations |
| Senate | Jan 22, 2024 | Committee substitute printed 24105790D-S1 |
| Senate | Jan 10, 2024 | Moved from Judiciary to Courts of Justice due to a change of the committee name |
| Senate | Jan 3, 2024 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
| Senate | Jan 3, 2024 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104102D |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Conference Sub | Mar 27, 2024 | state link | bill text |
| Enrolled | Feb 26, 2024 | state link | bill text |
| Comm Sub | Jan 22, 2024 | state link | bill text |
| Prefiled | Jan 3, 2024 | state link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| Substitute for SB100 for S-Courts of Justice | Substitute for SB100 for S-Courts of Justice | Jan 22, 2024 | State Link | amendment text | No |
| Governors recommendation | Governors recommendation | Dec 17, 2017 | 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 |
| Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (9-Y 6-N) | 01/22/2024 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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| Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N) | 01/31/2024 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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| Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) | 02/1/2024 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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| Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N) | 02/5/2024 | 21 | 19 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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| House: Reported from Public Safety (12-Y 10-N) | 02/16/2024 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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| House: VOTE: Passage (52-Y 48-N) | 02/21/2024 | 52 | 48 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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Link: link to state bill page
