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Passed Virginia Firearm Legislation SB1433

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Legislation Overview

Title: Service handgun; purchases by certain officers from Department of State Police.

Subject: Trade and Commerce: Police State: Handguns

Description: Purchase of handguns or other weapons of certain officers; Department of State Police. Provides that the Department of State Police may allow any law-enforcement officer formerly employed by the Department who had at least 10 years of service with the Department and has been elected to a constitutional office to purchase his service handgun, with the approval of the Superintendent of State Police, at a fair market price. Purchase of handguns or other weapons of certain officers; Department of State Police. Provides that the Department of State Police may allow any law-enforcement officer formerly employed by the Department who had at least 10 years of service with the Department and has been elected to a constitutional office to purchase his service handgun, with the approval of the Superintendent of State Police, at a fair market price.

Session: 2023 Regular Session

Last Action: Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0203)

Last Action Date: March 22, 2023

Sponsors

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1 sponsors: David Suetterlein (R);

Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 3% (1 of 40)

History
Chamber Date Action
Mar 22, 2023 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 203 (effective 7/1/23)
Mar 22, 2023 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0203)
Mar 2, 2023 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023
Senate Mar 2, 2023 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023
Senate Feb 21, 2023 Signed by President
Senate Feb 20, 2023 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1433ER)
House Feb 20, 2023 Signed by Speaker
Senate Feb 20, 2023 Enrolled
House Feb 15, 2023 VOTE: Passage (78-Y 20-N)
House Feb 15, 2023 Passed House (78-Y 20-N)
House Feb 15, 2023 Read third time
House Feb 14, 2023 Read second time
House Feb 10, 2023 Reported from Public Safety (16-Y 6-N)
House Feb 9, 2023 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
House Feb 8, 2023 Assigned PS sub: Subcommittee #2
House Feb 8, 2023 Placed on Calendar
House Feb 8, 2023 Read first time
House Feb 8, 2023 Referred to Committee on Public Safety
Senate Feb 6, 2023 Read second time
Senate Feb 6, 2023 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
Senate Feb 6, 2023 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
Senate Feb 6, 2023 Printed as engrossed 23102723D-E
Senate Feb 6, 2023 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1433E
Senate Feb 6, 2023 Committee amendment agreed to
Senate Feb 6, 2023 Reading of amendment waived
Senate Feb 3, 2023 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
Senate Feb 1, 2023 Reported from Judiciary with amendment (11-Y 0-N)
Senate Jan 11, 2023 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
Senate Jan 11, 2023 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102723D
Texts
Type Date State Link Text
Chaptered Mar 22, 2023 state link bill text
Enrolled Feb 20, 2023 state link bill text
Engrossed Feb 6, 2023 state link bill text
Prefiled Jan 11, 2023 state link bill text
Amendments
Title Description Date State Link Text Adopted
Amendment(s) for SB1433 for S-Judiciary Amendment(s) for SB1433 for S-Judiciary Feb 1, 2023 State Link amendment text No
Senate amendments Senate amendments 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
02/1/2023 11 0 0 0 Yes
  • Boysko, Jennifer (D) Yea
  • Deeds, R. Creigh (D) Yea
  • Edwards, John (D) Yea
  • Lucas, L. Louise (D) Yea
  • McClellan, Jennifer (D) Yea
  • McDougle, Ryan (R) Yea
  • Peake, Mark (R) Yea
  • Petersen, John (D) Yea
  • Saslaw, Richard (D) Yea
  • Stanley, William (R) Yea
  • Surovell, Scott (D) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
02/3/2023 38 0 0 2 Yes
  • Barker, George (D) Yea
  • Bell, John (D) Absent
  • Boysko, Jennifer (D) Yea
  • Chase, Amanda (R) Yea
  • Cosgrove, John (R) Yea
  • DeSteph, Bill (R) Yea
  • Deeds, R. Creigh (D) Yea
  • Dunnavant, Siobhan (R) Yea
  • Ebbin, Adam (D) Yea
  • Edwards, John (D) Yea
  • Favola, Barbara (D) Yea
  • Hackworth, Travis (R) Yea
  • Hanger, Emmett (R) Yea
  • Hashmi, Ghazala (D) Yea
  • Howell, Janet (D) Yea
  • Lewis, Lynwood (D) Yea
  • Locke, Mamie (D) Yea
  • Lucas, L. Louise (D) Yea
  • Marsden, Dave (D) Yea
  • McClellan, Jennifer (D) Yea
  • McDougle, Ryan (R) Yea
  • McPike, Jeremy (D) Yea
  • Montgomery, Mason (D) Yea
  • Morrissey, Joseph (D) Yea
  • Newman, Stephen (R) Yea
  • Norment, Thomas (R) Yea
  • Obenshain, Mark (R) Yea
  • Peake, Mark (R) Yea
  • Petersen, John (D) Yea
  • Pillion, Todd (R) Yea
  • Reeves, Bryce (R) Yea
  • Rouse, Aaron (D) Yea
  • Ruff, Frank (R) Yea
  • Saslaw, Richard (D) Yea
  • Spruill, Lionell (D) Yea
  • Stanley, William (R) Yea
  • Stuart, Richard (R) Yea
  • Suetterlein, David (R) Yea
  • Surovell, Scott (D) Yea
  • Vogel, Jill (R) Absent
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
02/6/2023 39 0 0 1 Yes
  • Barker, George (D) Yea
  • Bell, John (D) Yea
  • Boysko, Jennifer (D) Yea
  • Chase, Amanda (R) Yea
  • Cosgrove, John (R) Yea
  • DeSteph, Bill (R) Yea
  • Deeds, R. Creigh (D) Yea
  • Dunnavant, Siobhan (R) Yea
  • Ebbin, Adam (D) Yea
  • Edwards, John (D) Yea
  • Favola, Barbara (D) Yea
  • Hackworth, Travis (R) Yea
  • Hanger, Emmett (R) Yea
  • Hashmi, Ghazala (D) Yea
  • Howell, Janet (D) Yea
  • Lewis, Lynwood (D) Yea
  • Locke, Mamie (D) Yea
  • Lucas, L. Louise (D) Yea
  • Marsden, Dave (D) Yea
  • McClellan, Jennifer (D) Yea
  • McDougle, Ryan (R) Yea
  • McPike, Jeremy (D) Yea
  • Montgomery, Mason (D) Yea
  • Morrissey, Joseph (D) Yea
  • Newman, Stephen (R) Yea
  • Norment, Thomas (R) Yea
  • Obenshain, Mark (R) Yea
  • Peake, Mark (R) Yea
  • Petersen, John (D) Yea
  • Pillion, Todd (R) Yea
  • Reeves, Bryce (R) Yea
  • Rouse, Aaron (D) Yea
  • Ruff, Frank (R) Yea
  • Saslaw, Richard (D) Yea
  • Spruill, Lionell (D) Absent
  • Stanley, William (R) Yea
  • Stuart, Richard (R) Yea
  • Suetterlein, David (R) Yea
  • Surovell, Scott (D) Yea
  • Vogel, Jill (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
02/6/2023 39 0 0 1 Yes
  • Barker, George (D) Yea
  • Bell, John (D) Yea
  • Boysko, Jennifer (D) Yea
  • Chase, Amanda (R) Yea
  • Cosgrove, John (R) Yea
  • DeSteph, Bill (R) Yea
  • Deeds, R. Creigh (D) Yea
  • Dunnavant, Siobhan (R) Yea
  • Ebbin, Adam (D) Yea
  • Edwards, John (D) Yea
  • Favola, Barbara (D) Yea
  • Hackworth, Travis (R) Yea
  • Hanger, Emmett (R) Yea
  • Hashmi, Ghazala (D) Yea
  • Howell, Janet (D) Yea
  • Lewis, Lynwood (D) Yea
  • Locke, Mamie (D) Yea
  • Lucas, L. Louise (D) Yea
  • Marsden, Dave (D) Yea
  • McClellan, Jennifer (D) Yea
  • McDougle, Ryan (R) Yea
  • McPike, Jeremy (D) Yea
  • Montgomery, Mason (D) Yea
  • Morrissey, Joseph (D) Yea
  • Newman, Stephen (R) Yea
  • Norment, Thomas (R) Yea
  • Obenshain, Mark (R) Yea
  • Peake, Mark (R) Yea
  • Petersen, John (D) Yea
  • Pillion, Todd (R) Yea
  • Reeves, Bryce (R) Yea
  • Rouse, Aaron (D) Yea
  • Ruff, Frank (R) Yea
  • Saslaw, Richard (D) Yea
  • Spruill, Lionell (D) Absent
  • Stanley, William (R) Yea
  • Stuart, Richard (R) Yea
  • Suetterlein, David (R) Yea
  • Surovell, Scott (D) Yea
  • Vogel, Jill (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
02/9/2023 8 0 0 0 Yes
  • Batten, Amanda (R) Yea
  • Davis, Glenn (R) Yea
  • Greenhalgh, Karen (R) Yea
  • Hope, Patrick (D) Yea
  • Plum, Kenneth (D) Yea
  • Webert, Michael (R) Yea
  • Williams, Wren (R) Yea
  • Williams Graves, Angelia (D) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
02/10/2023 16 6 0 0 Yes
  • Ballard, Jason (R) Yea
  • Batten, Amanda (R) Yea
  • Bourne, Jeffrey (D) Nay
  • Clark, Nadarius (D) Nay
  • Cordoza, Aijalon (R) Yea
  • Davis, Glenn (R) Yea
  • Fariss, C. Matt (R) Yea
  • Freitas, Nicholas (R) Yea
  • Greenhalgh, Karen (R) Yea
  • Hope, Patrick (D) Yea
  • Jenkins, Clinton (D) Nay
  • Kory, L. Kaye (D) Nay
  • March, Marie (R) Yea
  • Mundon King, Candi (D) Nay
  • Plum, Kenneth (D) Yea
  • Rasoul, Sam (D) Yea
  • Seibold, Holly (D) Yea
  • Webert, Michael (R) Yea
  • Wiley, Bill (R) Yea
  • Williams, Wren (R) Yea
  • Williams Graves, Angelia (D) Nay
  • Wilt, Tony (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
02/15/2023 78 20 0 2 Yes
  • Adams, Dawn (D) Nay
  • Adams, Les (R) Yea
  • Anderson, Timothy (R) Yea
  • Austin, Terry (R) Yea
  • Avoli, G. (R) Yea
  • Bagby, Lamont (D) Nay
  • Ballard, Jason (R) Yea
  • Batten, Amanda (R) Yea
  • Bell, Robert (R) Yea
  • Bennett-Parker, Elizabeth (D) Nay
  • Bloxom, Robert (R) Yea
  • Bourne, Jeffrey (D) Yea
  • Brewer, Emily (R) Yea
  • Bulova, David (D) Yea
  • Byron, Kathy (R) Yea
  • Campbell, Ellen (R) Yea
  • Campbell, Jeffrey (R) Yea
  • Carr, Betsy (D) Yea
  • Cherry, Mike (R) Yea
  • Clark, Nadarius (D) Nay
  • Convirs-Fowler, Kelly (D) Yea
  • Cordoza, Aijalon (R) Yea
  • Coyner, Carrie (R) Yea
  • Davis, Glenn (R) Yea
  • Delaney, Karrie (D) Yea
  • Durant, Tara (R) Yea
  • Edmunds, James (R) Yea
  • Fariss, C. Matt (R) Yea
  • Ferrell Tata, Anne (R) Yea
  • Filler-Corn, Eileen (D) Yea
  • Fowler, Hyland (R) Yea
  • Freitas, Nicholas (R) Yea
  • Gilbert, C. Todd (R) Yea
  • Glass, Jackie (D) Yea
  • Gooditis, Wendy (D) Absent
  • Greenhalgh, Karen (R) Yea
  • Guzman, Elizabeth (D) Nay
  • Hayes, C.E. (D) Yea
  • Head, Chris (R) Yea
  • Helmer, Dan (D) Yea
  • Herring, Charniele (D) Nay
  • Hodges, M. Keith (R) Yea
  • Hope, Patrick (D) Yea
  • Hudson, Sally (D) Yea
  • Jenkins, Clinton (D) Nay
  • Kilgore, Terry (R) Yea
  • Knight, Barry (R) Yea
  • Kory, L. Kaye (D) Nay
  • Krizek, Paul (D) Yea
  • LaRock, Dave (R) Yea
  • Leftwich, James (R) Yea
  • Lopes-Maldonado, Michelle (D) Yea
  • Lopez, Alfonso (D) Nay
  • March, Marie (R) Yea
  • Marshall, Daniel (R) Yea
  • McGuire, John (R) Yea
  • McNamara, Joseph (R) Yea
  • McQuinn, Delores (D) Nay
  • Morefield, James (R) Yea
  • Mullin, Michael (D) Yea
  • Mundon King, Candi (D) Nay
  • Murphy, Kathleen (D) Yea
  • O'Quinn, Israel (R) Yea
  • Orrock, Robert (R) Yea
  • Plum, Kenneth (D) Nay
  • Price, Marcia (D) Nay
  • Ransone, Margaret (R) Yea
  • Rasoul, Sam (D) Yea
  • Reid, David (D) Yea
  • Robinson, Roxann (R) Yea
  • Roem, Danica (D) Nay
  • Runion, Chris (R) Yea
  • Scott, Don (D) Nay
  • Scott, Phillip (R) Yea
  • Seibold, Holly (D) Yea
  • Sewell, Briana (D) Yea
  • Shin, Irene (D) Nay
  • Sickles, Mark (D) Yea
  • Simon, Marcus (D) Nay
  • Simonds, Shelly (D) Yea
  • Subramanyam, Suhas (D) Yea
  • Sullivan, Richard (D) Yea
  • Taylor, Kim (R) Yea
  • Torian, Luke (D) Absent
  • Tran, Kathy (D) Nay
  • VanValkenburg, Schuyler (D) Yea
  • Wachsmann, H. Otto (R) Yea
  • Walker, Wendell (R) Yea
  • Wampler, William (R) Yea
  • Ward, Jeion (D) Nay
  • Ware, Lee (R) Yea
  • Watts, Vivian (D) Yea
  • Webert, Michael (R) Yea
  • Wiley, Bill (R) Yea
  • Willett, Rodney (D) Yea
  • Williams, Wren (R) Yea
  • Williams Graves, Angelia (D) Nay
  • Wilt, Tony (R) Yea
  • Wright, Thomas (R) Yea
  • Wyatt, Scott (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name

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