Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation SB1155
Legislation Overview
Title: Firearms; confiscation, reporting, and return by law enforcement.
Description: Confiscation, reporting, and return of firearms by law enforcement. Replaces current requirements that law-enforcement agencies report information regarding confiscated firearms to the Department of State Police with a requirement that information be reported to a firearms tracing system maintained by the U.S. Department of Justice. The bill requires law-enforcement agencies to return stolen firearms to the rightful owner unless the person is prohibited from possessing the firearm or it is needed in a criminal prosecution.
Session: 2015 Regular Session
Last Action: Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety
Last Action Date: February 24, 2015
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: John Edwards;
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 3% (1 of 40)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Feb 24, 2015 | Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety |
| House | Feb 18, 2015 | Motion to rerefer to committee agreed to |
| House | Feb 18, 2015 | Rereferred to Militia, Police and Public Safety |
| House | Feb 17, 2015 | Passed by for the day |
| House | Feb 17, 2015 | Read third time |
| House | Feb 16, 2015 | Read second time |
| House | Feb 13, 2015 | Reported from Militia, Police and Public Safety (21-Y 0-N) |
| House | Feb 12, 2015 | Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 0-N) |
| House | Feb 6, 2015 | Assigned MPPS sub: #1 |
| House | Feb 6, 2015 | Placed on Calendar |
| House | Feb 6, 2015 | Read first time |
| House | Feb 6, 2015 | Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety |
| Senate | Jan 29, 2015 | Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 1-N) |
| Senate | Jan 28, 2015 | Read second time and engrossed |
| Senate | Jan 27, 2015 | Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) |
| Senate | Jan 26, 2015 | Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N) |
| Senate | Jan 13, 2015 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15101819D |
| Senate | Jan 13, 2015 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Prefiled | Jan 13, 2015 | 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
Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N)
Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 1-N)
House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 0-N)
House: Reported from Militia, Police and Public Safety (21-Y 0-N)
Link: link to state bill page
