Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation SB811
Legislation Overview
Title: Protective orders; possession of firearms, surrender or transfer of firearms.
Description: Protective orders; possession of firearms; surrender or transfer of firearms. Provides that a court shall order a person subject to a protective order to (i) surrender any firearm possessed by such person to the local law-enforcement agency of the county or city where such person resides or to sell or transfer any firearms possessed by such person to a firearms dealer within 24 hours after being served with a protective order 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 three days after being served with a protective order. The bill also provides that within 48 hours after surrendering or selling or transferring all firearms, such person shall 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.
Session: 2018 Regular Session
Last Action: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice with letter (15-Y 0-N)
Last Action Date: January 17, 2018
Sponsors
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1 sponsors: Dave Marsden (D);
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 3% (1 of 40)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Jan 17, 2018 | Committee substitute printed to LIS only 18105245D-S1 |
| Senate | Jan 17, 2018 | Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice with letter (15-Y 0-N) |
| Senate | Jan 12, 2018 | Presented and ordered printed 18104216D |
| Senate | Jan 12, 2018 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Comm Sub | Jan 17, 2018 | state link | bill text |
| Introduced | Jan 12, 2018 | 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: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice with letter (15-Y 0-N)
Link: link to state bill page
