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Passed Virginia Firearm Legislation SB684

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Legislation Overview

Title: Firearms; mental health as disqualifier for possession, etc.

Description: Involuntary commitment and restoration of firearm rights. Responds to the holding in Paugh v. Henrico Area Mental Health and Developmental Services, Record No. 121562 (2013), in which the Supreme Court of Virginia held that on appeal by trial de novo in circuit court of an order of involuntary commitment by a district court, upon the circuit court's finding that the appellant no longer meets the criteria for involuntary commitment, the proper remedy is dismissal of the Commonwealth's petition for involuntary commitment, thereby rendering the original commitment order a nullity. As such, because the original petition would in effect never have existed, forfeiture of the right to possess a firearm as required by § 18.2-308.1:3 upon involuntary commitment would no longer be in effect. Section 18.2-308.1:3 requires that a person who has been involuntarily committed and seeks to have his firearm rights restored petition a district court for restoration of his firearm rights. The ruling in Paugh, by requiring dismissal of the original petition for commitment, removes that requirement even though on the date of the original commitment hearing the person did meet the criteria for commitment and was, in fact, involuntarily committed. The bill provides that, notwithstanding the outcome of any appeal (trial de novo on the petition for commitment) taken pursuant to § 37.2-821 or § 16.1-345.6, the appellant shall be required to seek restoration of his firearm rights. The bill also provides that, upon a finding by the circuit court that the appellant no longer meets the criteria for involuntary commitment or mandatory outpatient treatment, the court shall reverse the order of the district court but shall not dismiss the Commonwealth's petition. As a consequence of these changes, a person who is involuntarily committed would be required to petition for restoration of his firearm rights notwithstanding the reversal of the commitment order by a circuit court.

Session: 2020 Regular Session

Last Action: Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1175)

Last Action Date: April 11, 2020

Sponsors

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1 sponsors: Monty Mason (D);

Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 3% (1 of 40)

History
Chamber Date Action
Apr 11, 2020 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1175)
Apr 11, 2020 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 1175 (effective 7/1/20)
Senate Mar 12, 2020 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
Mar 12, 2020 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
House Mar 6, 2020 Signed by Speaker
Senate Mar 6, 2020 Enrolled
Senate Mar 6, 2020 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB684ER)
Senate Mar 6, 2020 Signed by President
Senate Mar 2, 2020 House substitute agreed to by Senate (38-Y 2-N)
Senate Mar 2, 2020 Title replaced 20108753D-H1
House Feb 27, 2020 VOTE: Passage (95-Y 3-N)
House Feb 27, 2020 Read third time
House Feb 27, 2020 Passed by temporarily
House Feb 27, 2020 Committee substitute agreed to 20108753D-H1
House Feb 27, 2020 Engrossed by House as amended SB684H1
House Feb 27, 2020 Passed House with substitute (95-Y 3-N)
House Feb 26, 2020 Read second time
House Feb 24, 2020 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
House Feb 24, 2020 Committee substitute printed 20108753D-H1
House Feb 19, 2020 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N)
House Feb 18, 2020 Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
House Feb 12, 2020 Placed on Calendar
House Feb 12, 2020 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
House Feb 12, 2020 Read first time
Senate Feb 6, 2020 Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 1-N)
Senate Feb 5, 2020 Read second time and engrossed
Senate Feb 4, 2020 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
Senate Feb 3, 2020 Reported from Judiciary (13-Y 0-N 1-A)
Senate Jan 7, 2020 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
Senate Jan 7, 2020 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104751D
Texts
Type Date State Link Text
Chaptered Apr 11, 2020 state link bill text
Enrolled Mar 6, 2020 state link bill text
Comm Sub Feb 24, 2020 state link bill text
Prefiled Jan 7, 2020 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
02/3/2020 13 0 0 1 Yes
  • Boysko, Jennifer (D) Yea
  • Deeds, R. Creigh (D) Yea
  • Edwards, John (D) Yea
  • Lucas, L. Louise (D) Yea
  • McClellan, Jennifer (D) Yea
  • McDougle, Ryan (R) Yea
  • Morrissey, Joseph (D) Yea
  • Norment, Thomas (R) Yea
  • Obenshain, Mark (R) Yea
  • Petersen, John (D) Yea
  • Saslaw, Richard (D) Yea
  • Stanley, William (R) Yea
  • Stuart, Richard (R) Absent
  • Surovell, Scott (D) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
02/4/2020 39 0 0 0 Yes
  • Barker, George (D) Yea
  • Boysko, Jennifer (D) Yea
  • Chafin, Benton (R) Yea
  • Chase, Amanda (R) Yea
  • Cosgrove, John (R) Yea
  • DeSteph, Bill (R) Yea
  • Deeds, R. Creigh (D) Yea
  • Dunnavant, Siobhan (R) Yea
  • Ebbin, Adam (D) Yea
  • Edwards, John (D) Yea
  • Favola, Barbara (D) Yea
  • Hanger, Emmett (R) Yea
  • Hashmi, Ghazala (D) Yea
  • Howell, Janet (D) Yea
  • Kiggans, Jennifer (R) Yea
  • Lewis, Lynwood (D) Yea
  • Locke, Mamie (D) Yea
  • Lucas, L. Louise (D) Yea
  • Marsden, Dave (D) Yea
  • McClellan, Jennifer (D) Yea
  • McDougle, Ryan (R) Yea
  • McPike, Jeremy (D) Yea
  • Montgomery, Mason (D) Yea
  • Morrissey, Joseph (D) Yea
  • Newman, Stephen (R) Yea
  • Norment, Thomas (R) Yea
  • Obenshain, Mark (R) Yea
  • Peake, Mark (R) Yea
  • Petersen, John (D) Yea
  • Pillion, Todd (R) Yea
  • Reeves, Bryce (R) Yea
  • Ruff, Frank (R) Yea
  • Saslaw, Richard (D) Yea
  • Spruill, Lionell (D) Yea
  • Stanley, William (R) Yea
  • Stuart, Richard (R) Yea
  • Suetterlein, David (R) Yea
  • Surovell, Scott (D) Yea
  • Vogel, Jill (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
02/6/2020 38 1 0 0 Yes
  • Barker, George (D) Yea
  • Boysko, Jennifer (D) Yea
  • Chafin, Benton (R) Yea
  • Chase, Amanda (R) Nay
  • Cosgrove, John (R) Yea
  • DeSteph, Bill (R) Yea
  • Deeds, R. Creigh (D) Yea
  • Dunnavant, Siobhan (R) Yea
  • Ebbin, Adam (D) Yea
  • Edwards, John (D) Yea
  • Favola, Barbara (D) Yea
  • Hanger, Emmett (R) Yea
  • Hashmi, Ghazala (D) Yea
  • Howell, Janet (D) Yea
  • Kiggans, Jennifer (R) Yea
  • Lewis, Lynwood (D) Yea
  • Locke, Mamie (D) Yea
  • Lucas, L. Louise (D) Yea
  • Marsden, Dave (D) Yea
  • McClellan, Jennifer (D) Yea
  • McDougle, Ryan (R) Yea
  • McPike, Jeremy (D) Yea
  • Montgomery, Mason (D) Yea
  • Morrissey, Joseph (D) Yea
  • Newman, Stephen (R) Yea
  • Norment, Thomas (R) Yea
  • Obenshain, Mark (R) Yea
  • Peake, Mark (R) Yea
  • Petersen, John (D) Yea
  • Pillion, Todd (R) Yea
  • Reeves, Bryce (R) Yea
  • Ruff, Frank (R) Yea
  • Saslaw, Richard (D) Yea
  • Spruill, Lionell (D) Yea
  • Stanley, William (R) Yea
  • Stuart, Richard (R) Yea
  • Suetterlein, David (R) Yea
  • Surovell, Scott (D) Yea
  • Vogel, Jill (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
02/19/2020 6 0 1 0 Yes
  • Adams, Les (R) NV
  • Carroll Foy, Jennifer (D) Yea
  • Collins, Christopher (R) Yea
  • Delaney, Karrie (D) Yea
  • Mullin, Michael (D) Yea
  • Scott, Don (D) Yea
  • Watts, Vivian (D) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
02/24/2020 21 0 0 0 Yes
  • Adams, Les (R) Yea
  • Bourne, Jeffrey (D) Yea
  • Campbell, Jeffrey (R) Yea
  • Campbell, Ronnie (R) Yea
  • Carroll Foy, Jennifer (D) Yea
  • Collins, Christopher (R) Yea
  • Delaney, Karrie (D) Yea
  • Heretick, Steve (D) Yea
  • Herring, Charniele (D) Yea
  • Hope, Patrick (D) Yea
  • Kilgore, Terry (R) Yea
  • Leftwich, James (R) Yea
  • Levine, Mark (D) Yea
  • Lindsey, Joesph (D) Yea
  • Miyares, Jason (R) Yea
  • Mullin, Michael (D) Yea
  • Ransone, Margaret (R) Yea
  • Scott, Don (D) Yea
  • Simon, Marcus (D) Yea
  • Sullivan, Richard (D) Yea
  • Watts, Vivian (D) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
02/27/2020 94 3 2 0 Yes
  • Adams, Dawn (D) Yea
  • Adams, Les (R) Yea
  • Aird, Lashrecse (D) Yea
  • Askew, Alex (D) Yea
  • Austin, Terry (R) Yea
  • Avoli, G. (R) Yea
  • Ayala, Hala (D) Yea
  • Bagby, Lamont (D) Yea
  • Batten, Amanda (R) Yea
  • Bloxom, Robert (R) Yea
  • Bourne, Jeffrey (D) Yea
  • Brewer, Emily (R) Yea
  • Bulova, David (D) Yea
  • Byron, Kathy (R) Yea
  • Campbell, Jeffrey (R) Yea
  • Campbell, Ronnie (R) Yea
  • Carr, Betsy (D) Yea
  • Carroll Foy, Jennifer (D) Yea
  • Carter, Lee (D) Yea
  • Cole, Joshua (D) Yea
  • Cole, Mark (R) Yea
  • Collins, Christopher (R) Yea
  • Convirs-Fowler, Kelly (D) Yea
  • Cox, M. Kirkland (R) Yea
  • Coyner, Carrie (R) Yea
  • Davis, Glenn (R) Yea
  • Delaney, Karrie (D) Yea
  • Edmunds, James (R) Yea
  • Fariss, C. Matt (R) Yea
  • Filler-Corn, Eileen (D) Yea
  • Fowler, Hyland (R) Yea
  • Freitas, Nicholas (R) Yea
  • Gilbert, C. Todd (R) Yea
  • Gooditis, Wendy (D) Yea
  • Guy, Nancy (D) Yea
  • Guzman, Elizabeth (D) Yea
  • Hayes, C.E. (D) Yea
  • Head, Chris (R) Yea
  • Helmer, Dan (D) Yea
  • Heretick, Steve (D) Yea
  • Herring, Charniele (D) Yea
  • Hodges, M. Keith (R) Yea
  • Hope, Patrick (D) Yea
  • Hudson, Sally (D) Yea
  • Hurst, Chris (D) Yea
  • Jenkins, Clinton (D) Yea
  • Jones, Jerrauld (D) Yea
  • Keam, Mark (D) NV
  • Kilgore, Terry (R) Yea
  • Knight, Barry (R) Yea
  • Kory, L. Kaye (D) Yea
  • Krizek, Paul (D) Yea
  • LaRock, Dave (R) Yea
  • Leftwich, James (R) Yea
  • Levine, Mark (D) Yea
  • Lindsey, Joesph (D) Yea
  • Lopez, Alfonso (D) Yea
  • Marshall, Daniel (R) Yea
  • McGuire, John (R) Yea
  • McNamara, Joseph (R) Yea
  • McQuinn, Delores (D) Yea
  • Miyares, Jason (R) Yea
  • Morefield, James (R) Yea
  • Mugler, Martha (D) Yea
  • Mullin, Michael (D) Yea
  • Murphy, Kathleen (D) Yea
  • O'Quinn, Israel (R) Yea
  • Orrock, Robert (R) Yea
  • Plum, Kenneth (D) Yea
  • Poindexter, Charles (R) Nay
  • Price, Marcia (D) Yea
  • Ransone, Margaret (R) Yea
  • Rasoul, Sam (D) Yea
  • Reid, David (D) Yea
  • Robinson, Roxann (R) Yea
  • Roem, Danica (D) Yea
  • Runion, Chris (R) Yea
  • Rush, Larry (R) Yea
  • Samirah, Ibraheem (D) NV
  • Scott, Don (D) Yea
  • Sickles, Mark (D) Yea
  • Simon, Marcus (D) Yea
  • Simonds, Shelly (D) Yea
  • Subramanyam, Suhas (D) Yea
  • Sullivan, Richard (D) Yea
  • Torian, Luke (D) Yea
  • Tran, Kathy (D) Yea
  • Tyler, Roslyn (D) Yea
  • VanValkenburg, Schuyler (D) Yea
  • Walker, Wendell (R) Yea
  • Wampler, William (R) Yea
  • Ward, Jeion (D) Yea
  • Ware, Lee (R) Yea
  • Watts, Vivian (D) Yea
  • Webert, Michael (R) Yea
  • Willett, Rodney (D) Yea
  • Wilt, Tony (R) Yea
  • Wright, Thomas (R) Nay
  • Wyatt, Scott (R) Nay
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
03/2/2020 37 2 0 0 Yes
  • Barker, George (D) Yea
  • Boysko, Jennifer (D) Yea
  • Chafin, Benton (R) Yea
  • Chase, Amanda (R) Nay
  • Cosgrove, John (R) Yea
  • DeSteph, Bill (R) Yea
  • Deeds, R. Creigh (D) Yea
  • Dunnavant, Siobhan (R) Yea
  • Ebbin, Adam (D) Yea
  • Edwards, John (D) Yea
  • Favola, Barbara (D) Yea
  • Hanger, Emmett (R) Yea
  • Hashmi, Ghazala (D) Yea
  • Howell, Janet (D) Yea
  • Kiggans, Jennifer (R) Yea
  • Lewis, Lynwood (D) Yea
  • Locke, Mamie (D) Yea
  • Lucas, L. Louise (D) Yea
  • Marsden, Dave (D) Yea
  • McClellan, Jennifer (D) Yea
  • McDougle, Ryan (R) Yea
  • McPike, Jeremy (D) Yea
  • Montgomery, Mason (D) Yea
  • Morrissey, Joseph (D) Yea
  • Newman, Stephen (R) Yea
  • Norment, Thomas (R) Yea
  • Obenshain, Mark (R) Yea
  • Peake, Mark (R) Yea
  • Petersen, John (D) Yea
  • Pillion, Todd (R) Yea
  • Reeves, Bryce (R) Yea
  • Ruff, Frank (R) Yea
  • Saslaw, Richard (D) Yea
  • Spruill, Lionell (D) Yea
  • Stanley, William (R) Nay
  • Stuart, Richard (R) Yea
  • Suetterlein, David (R) Yea
  • Surovell, Scott (D) Yea
  • Vogel, Jill (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name

Link: link to state bill page

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