Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation SB1181
Legislation Overview
Title: Unfinished frames or receivers and unserialized firearms; sale, transfer, or purchase, penalty.
Subject: Appropriations: Firearms
Description: Sale, transfer, or purchase of unfinished frames or receivers and unserialized firearms; penalty. Creates a Class 1 misdemeanor, which is punishable as a Class 4 felony for a second or subsequent offense, for any person to knowingly sell, offer to sell, transfer, or purchase an unfinished frame or receiver, as defined in the bill, unless the party selling, offering to sell, transferring, or purchasing the unfinished frame or receiver is a federal firearms importer, manufacturer, or dealer or the unfinished frame or receiver is required by federal law to be, and has been, imprinted with a serial number by a federal firearms importer, manufacturer, or dealer.
Session: 2023 Regular Session
Last Action: Left in Public Safety
Last Action Date: February 22, 2023
Sponsors
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18 sponsors: Adam Ebbin (D); George Barker (D); John Bell (D); Jennifer Boysko (D); Creigh Deeds (D); John Edwards (D); Barbara Favola (D); Ghazala Hashmi (D); Janet Howell (D); Mamie Locke (D); Louise Lucas (D); Dave Marsden (D); Monty Mason (D); Jennifer McClellan (D); Jeremy McPike (D); Richard Saslaw (D); Lionell Spruill (D); Scott Surovell (D);
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 45% (18 of 40)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Feb 22, 2023 | Left in Public Safety |
| House | Feb 9, 2023 | Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (6-Y 4-N) |
| House | Feb 8, 2023 | Placed on Calendar |
| House | Feb 8, 2023 | Assigned PS sub: Subcommittee #1 |
| House | Feb 8, 2023 | Referred to Committee on Public Safety |
| House | Feb 8, 2023 | Read first time |
| Senate | Jan 30, 2023 | Read third time and passed Senate (22-Y 17-N) |
| Senate | Jan 27, 2023 | Read second time and engrossed |
| Senate | Jan 26, 2023 | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) |
| Senate | Jan 25, 2023 | Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 4-N) |
| Senate | Jan 23, 2023 | Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations |
| Senate | Jan 23, 2023 | Reported from Judiciary (9-Y 6-N) |
| Senate | Jan 10, 2023 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23104048D |
| Senate | Jan 10, 2023 | Referred to Committee on the Judiciary |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Prefiled | Jan 10, 2023 | state link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
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Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
| Description | Vote Date | Yea Votes | Nay Votes | No Votes | Absent | Passed |
| Senate: Reported from Judiciary (9-Y 6-N) | 01/23/2023 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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| Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 4-N) | 01/25/2023 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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| Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) | 01/26/2023 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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| Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (22-Y 17-N) | 01/30/2023 | 22 | 17 | 0 | 1 | Yes |
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| House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (6-Y 4-N) | 02/9/2023 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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Link: link to state bill page
