Virginia House Bill 1923 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 13 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-02-10 - Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety
Pending: House Militia, Police and Public Safety Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Transfer of firearms; penalty. Requires a background check for any firearm transfer and requires the Department of State Police to establish a process for transferors to obtain such a check from licensed firearms dealers. A transferor who fails to obtain a required background check and sells a firearm to another person is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill exempts transfers between immediate family members, transfers that occur by operation of law, and transfers by the executor or administrator of an estate or by the trustee of a testamentary trust.

Firearm transfers; criminal history record information checks, penalty.

Del. Kathleen Murphy [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-02-10	House	Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety
2015-01-29	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote
2015-01-20	House	Assigned MPPS sub: #1
2015-01-13	House	Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety
2015-01-13	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15101423D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	2	308.2:5	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+sum+HB1923
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?151+ful+HB1923+hil