VA SB642 | 2024 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Vetoed on March 26 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-04-17 - Requires 2/3 members present
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]

Summary

Purchase, possession, or transportation of firearm; assault and battery of a family or household member or intimate partner; penalties. Adds to the existing definition of "family or household member" a person's intimate partner, defined in the bill as an individual who, within the previous 12 months, was in a romantic, dating, or sexual relationship with the person. The bill also provides that any person who knowingly and intentionally purchases, possesses, or transports any firearm following a misdemeanor conviction for an offense that occurred on or after July 1, 2024, for the offense of assault and battery against an intimate partner or an offense substantially similar under the laws of any other state or of the United States is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.

Tracking Information

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Title

Firearms; purchase, etc., following an assault and battery of a family or household member, etc.

Sponsors


Roll Calls

2024-04-17 - Senate - Senate: Passed in enrolled form rejected (22-Y 18-N) (Y: 22 N: 18 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-23 - Senate - Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (21-Y 17-N) (Y: 21 N: 17 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2024-02-21 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (52-Y 47-N 1-A) (Y: 52 N: 47 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-16 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (12-Y 10-N) (Y: 12 N: 10 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-16 - House - House: Reported from Public Safety (12-Y 10-N) (Y: 12 N: 10 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-12 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N) (Y: 21 N: 19 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-08 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-07 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N) (Y: 10 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-05 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (9-Y 6-N) (Y: 9 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

History

DateChamberAction
2024-04-17SenateRequires 2/3 members present
2024-04-17SenatePassed in enrolled form rejected (22-Y 18-N)
2024-03-26 Governor: Vetoed by Governor
2024-03-11 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
2024-03-11SenateEnrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
2024-03-02SenateSigned by President
2024-02-28HouseSigned by Speaker
2024-02-28SenateBill text as passed Senate and House (SB642ER)
2024-02-28SenateEnrolled
2024-02-23SenateTitle replaced 24107834D-H1
2024-02-23SenateHouse substitute agreed to by Senate (21-Y 17-N)
2024-02-21HouseVOTE: Passage (52-Y 47-N 1-A)
2024-02-21HousePassed House with substitute (52-Y 47-N 1-A)
2024-02-21HouseEngrossed by House - committee substitute SB642H1
2024-02-21HouseCommittee substitute agreed to 24107834D-H1
2024-02-21HouseRead third time
2024-02-20HouseRead second time
2024-02-16HouseCommittee substitute printed 24107834D-H1
2024-02-16HouseReported from Courts of Justice with substitute (12-Y 10-N)
2024-02-16HouseReferred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2024-02-16HouseReported from Public Safety (12-Y 10-N)
2024-02-15HouseReferred to Committee on Public Safety
2024-02-15HouseRead first time
2024-02-15HousePlaced on Calendar
2024-02-12SenateRead third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N)
2024-02-09SenateEngrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB642S1
2024-02-09SenateCommittee substitute agreed to 24107066D-S1
2024-02-09SenateReading of substitute waived
2024-02-09SenateRead second time
2024-02-08SenateConstitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2024-02-07SenateReported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N)
2024-02-05SenateRereferred to Finance and Appropriations
2024-02-05SenateIncorporates SB319 (Salim)
2024-02-05SenateCommittee substitute printed 24107066D-S1
2024-02-05SenateReported from Courts of Justice with substitute (9-Y 6-N)
2024-01-11SenateReferred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2024-01-11SenatePresented and ordered printed 24105186D

Same As/Similar To

HB362 (Similar To) 2024-04-17 - House sustained Governor's veto

Subjects


Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
182308.1:8(n/a)See Bill Text

Virginia State Sources

TypeSource
Summaryhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB642
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB642+hil
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB642S1+hil
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB642H1+hil
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB642ER+hil
Amendmenthttps://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/24107066D.pdf
Amendmenthttps://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/24107834D.pdf
Amendmenthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+amd+SB642AG
Supplementhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+oth+SB642F160+PDF
Supplementhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+oth+SB642F122+PDF
Supplementhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+oth+SB642FS1160+PDF
Supplementhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+oth+SB642FS1122+PDF
Supplementhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+oth+SB642FH1122+PDF
Supplementhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+oth+SB642FH1160+PDF
Supplementhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+oth+SB642FER122+PDF
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+S13V0099+SB0642
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+S05V0202+SB0642
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+SV0287SB0642+SB0642
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+SV0372SB0642+SB0642
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+H15V0110+SB0642
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+H08V0296+SB0642
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+HV0990+SB0642
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+SV0577SB0642+SB0642
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+SV1296SB0642+SB0642

Bill Comments

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