Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation SB324
Legislation Overview
Title: Limitation on Administrative Actions Relating to Firearms Act; established.
Subject: Administration of Government: Weapons
Description: Limitation on administrative actions relating to Firearms Act. Establishes legislative preemption of any administrative action taken by an administrative body that has the direct or indirect effect of governing the purchase, possession, transfer, ownership, carrying, storage, or transporting of firearms, ammunition, or components or combination thereof, unless the administrative body has express statutory authority. Under the bill, any administrative action taken prior to July 1, 2012, having a direct or indirect effect of governing the purchase, possession, transfer, ownership, carrying, or transporting of firearms, ammunition, or components or combination thereof, other than those expressly authorized by statute, is invalid. The bill also requires administrative bodies to take appropriate action to bring any contrary administrative action into compliance.
Session: 2013 Regular Session
Last Action: Left in Courts of Justice
Last Action Date: November 30, 2012
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'.
2 sponsors: Charles W. Carrico, Sr.;Thomas A. Garrett
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 5% (2 of 40)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Nov 30, 2012 | Left in Courts of Justice |
| Senate | Jan 30, 2012 | Continued to 2013 in Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) |
| Senate | Jan 10, 2012 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12103208D |
| Senate | Jan 10, 2012 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Prefiled | Jan 10, 2012 | 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: Continued to 2013 in Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)
Link: link to state bill page
