Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation SB1008
Legislation Overview
Title: Firearms; mechanical devices designed to increase rate of fire, penalty.
Description: Mechanical devices designed to increase the rate of fire of firearms; penalty. Prohibits the manufacture, import, sale or offer to sell, possession, transfer, or transportation of a trigger activator, which includes a trigger crank or bump-fire device, that is designed to increase the rate of fire of a semiautomatic rifle but does not convert the semiautomatic rifle into a machine gun. A violation is punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor for a first or second offense and a Class 6 felony for a third or subsequent offense of this or certain other firearms offenses.
Session: 2019 Regular Session
Last Action: Stricken at the request of Patron in Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N)
Last Action Date: January 16, 2019
Sponsors
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3 sponsors: Adam Ebbin (D); Lynwood Lewis (D); Jennifer McClellan (D);
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 8% (3 of 40)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Jan 16, 2019 | Stricken at the request of Patron in Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N) |
| Senate | Jul 23, 2018 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100111D |
| Senate | Jul 23, 2018 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Prefiled | Jul 23, 2018 | 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
| Description | Vote Date | Yea Votes | Nay Votes | No Votes | Absent | Passed |
| Senate: Stricken at the request of Patron in Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N) | 01/16/2019 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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Link: link to state bill page
