Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation SB612
Legislation Overview
Title: Criminal history record information check; transfer of rifles and shotguns.
Subject: Civil Remedies and Procedure: Courts Not of Record: Crimes and Offenses Generally: Weapons
Description: Criminal history record information checks upon handgun purchases; dissemination of information. The bill limits the requirement for a Virginia-specific criminal history record information check to the purchase of handguns. The bill requires the Virginia Attorney General to inform the U.S. Attorney General of Virginia law provisions regarding the purchase of firearms and that certain information regarding juvenile criminal history records and protective orders will be forwarded to the Central Criminal Records Exchange for use in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System.
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'.
1 sponsors: Richard H. Black
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 3% (1 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 (14-Y 1-N) |
| Senate | Jan 19, 2012 | Presented and ordered printed 12104442D |
| Senate | Jan 19, 2012 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | Jan 19, 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 (14-Y 1-N)
Link: link to state bill page
