Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation SB1441
Legislation Overview
Title: Transfer of firearms at gun shows; voluntary background check; penalties.
Description: Transfer of firearms at gun shows; voluntary background check; penalties. Requires the Department of State Police to be available to perform background checks for non-dealer sales at gun shows if requested by a party involved in a transaction. The promoter of the firearms show shall furnish the Department of State Police sufficient facilities to perform the background checks. In order for the bill to become effective, the U.S. Department of Justice must approve the policies and procedures that the Department of State Police will use to implement the provisions of the bill.
Session: 2015 Regular Session
Last Action: Left in Finance
Last Action Date: February 11, 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: Louise Lucas;
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 3% (1 of 40)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Feb 11, 2015 | Left in Finance |
| Senate | Feb 2, 2015 | Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (13-Y 0-N) |
| Senate | Feb 2, 2015 | Rereferred to Finance |
| Senate | Jan 23, 2015 | Presented and ordered printed 15101393D |
| Senate | Jan 23, 2015 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | Jan 23, 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 with amendment (13-Y 0-N)
Link: link to state bill page
