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Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation SB4024

  this is an anti-gun bill
Legislation Overview

Title: Assault firearms, certain firearm magazines, trigger activators, & silencers; prohibiting sale, etc.

Description: Prohibiting sale, transport, etc., of assault firearms, Prohibiting sale, transport, etc., of assault firearms, certain firearm magazines, trigger activators, and silencers; penalties. Expands the definition of "assault firearm" and prohibits any person from importing, selling, transferring, manufacturing, purchasing, possessing, or transporting an assault firearm. A violation is a Class 6 felony. The bill prohibits a dealer from selling, renting, trading, or transferring from his inventory an assault firearm to any person. The bill also prohibits a person from carrying a shotgun with a magazine that will hold more than seven rounds of the longest ammunition for which it is chambered in a public place; under existing law, this prohibition applies only in certain localities. The bill makes it a Class 6 felony to import, sell, transfer, manufacture, purchase, possess, or transport large-capacity firearm magazines, silencers, and trigger activators, all defined in the bill. Any person who legally owns an assault firearm, large-capacity firearm magazine, silencer, or trigger activator on November 1, 2019, may retain possession until July 1, 2020. During that time, such person shall (i) render the assault firearm, large-capacity firearm magazine, silencer, or trigger activator inoperable; (ii) remove the assault firearm, large-capacity firearm magazine, silencer, or trigger activator from the Commonwealth; (iii) transfer the assault firearm, large-capacity firearm magazine, silencer, or trigger activator to a person outside the Commonwealth who is not prohibited from possessing it; or (iv) surrender the assault firearm, large-capacity firearm magazine, silencer, or trigger activator to a state or local law-enforcement agency. The bill establishes an appropriation for the fiscal impact of the bill and authorizes the Director of the Department of Planning and Budget to allocate such appropriation among

Session: 2019 Special I

Last Action: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice with letter (9-Y 6-N)

Last Action Date: July 9, 2019

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'.

17 sponsors: Adam Ebbin (D); George Barker (D); Jennifer Boysko (D); Creigh Deeds (D); John Edwards (D); Barbara Favola (D); Janet Howell (D); Mamie Locke (D); Louise Lucas (D); Dave Marsden (D); Monty Mason (D); Jennifer McClellan (D); Jeremy McPike (D); John Petersen (D); Richard Saslaw (D); Lionell Spruill (D); Scott Surovell (D);

Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 43% (17 of 40)

History
Chamber Date Action
Senate Jul 9, 2019 Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice with letter (9-Y 6-N)
Senate Jul 8, 2019 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 07/09/19 19200274D
Senate Jul 8, 2019 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
Texts
Type Date State Link Text
Prefiled Jul 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
07/9/2019 9 6 0 0 Yes
  • Chafin, Benton (R) Yea
  • Deeds, R. Creigh (D) Nay
  • Edwards, John (D) Nay
  • Howell, Janet (D) Nay
  • Lucas, L. Louise (D) Nay
  • McDougle, Ryan (R) Yea
  • Norment, Thomas (R) Yea
  • Obenshain, Mark (R) Yea
  • Peake, Mark (R) Yea
  • Petersen, John (D) Nay
  • Reeves, Bryce (R) Yea
  • Saslaw, Richard (D) Nay
  • Stanley, William (R) Yea
  • Stuart, Richard (R) Yea
  • Sturtevant, Glen (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name

Link: link to state bill page

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