Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation SB1467
Legislation Overview
Title: Protective orders; possession of firearms, surrender or transfer of firearms, penalties.
Description: Protective orders; possession of firearms; surrender or Protective orders; possession of firearms; surrender or transfer of firearms; penalties. Provides that a court shall order a person subject to a permanent protective order (i.e., a protective order with a maximum duration of two years) to (i) within 24 hours, surrender any firearm possessed by such person to a designated local law-enforcement agency, sell or transfer any firearm possessed by such person to a dealer, or sell or transfer any firearm possessed by such person to any person who is not otherwise prohibited by law from possessing such firearm, provided that such person will not allow the person subject to a protective order to exert any influence or control over the sold or transferred firearm, or (ii) certify in writing that such person does not possess any firearms and file such certification with the clerk of the court that entered the protective order within 48 hours after being served with a protective order. The bill provides that within 48 hours after surrendering or selling or transferring all firearms, such person must certify in writing that all firearms possessed by such person have either been surrendered or sold or transferred and file such certification with the clerk of the court that entered the protective order. The bill also provides that any person subject to a protective order who fails to certify in writing that all firearms possessed by such person have either been surrendered or sold or transferred or that such person does not possess any firearms is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill provides procedures for designating a local law-enforcement agency to receive and store firearms as well as a process to return such surrendered firearms. The bill also provides that any person who buys or has a firearm transferred to him from a person subject to a permanent protective order and allows the person subject to a protective order to exert any influence or control over the sold or
Session: 2019 Regular Session
Last Action: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (8-Y 6-N)
Last Action Date: January 28, 2019
Sponsors
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2 sponsors: Richard Saslaw (D); Janet Howell (D);
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 5% (2 of 40)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Jan 28, 2019 | Committee substitute printed to LIS only 19105181D-S1 |
| Senate | Jan 28, 2019 | Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (8-Y 6-N) |
| Senate | Jan 8, 2019 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103735D |
| Senate | Jan 8, 2019 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Comm Sub | Jan 28, 2019 | state link | bill text |
| Prefiled | Jan 8, 2019 | 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: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (8-Y 6-N) | 01/28/2019 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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Link: link to state bill page
