Virginia House Bill 2548 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Passed on March 5 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-03-05 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0203)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Restoration of firearms rights; report to State Police. Creates a method whereby circuit courts shall report to the Department of State Police the issuance of a restoration order that unconditionally authorizes the possession, transportation, or carrying of a firearm to a person (i) who has been convicted of a felony; (ii) adjudicated delinquent as a juvenile 14 years of age or older at the time of the offense of murder, kidnapping, robbery by the threat or presentation of firearms, or rape; or (iii) under the age of 29 who was adjudicated delinquent as a juvenile 14 years of age or older at the time of the offense of a delinquent act that would be a felony if committed by an adult. The bill provides that if a court enters an order restoring a felon's right, the order shall contain the felon's name and date of birth and the clerk of the court shall certify and forward the restoration order accompanied by a complete set of the petitioner's fingerprints to the Central Criminal Records Exchange (CCRE). The bill provides that the Department of State Police, upon receipt of the restoration order, shall enter the felon's name and description in the CCRE so that law-enforcement personnel accessing the CCRE will be aware of the order's existence. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2021.

Felons; restoration of firearms rights, report to State Police.

Del. Larry Rush [R]

Del. Mark Cole [R]

2019-02-11 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-08 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-06 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-01-31 - House - House: VOTE: PASSAGE (98-Y 1-N) (Y: 98 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-01-25 - House - House: Reported from Militia, Police and Public Safety with amendments (20-Y 0-N) (Y: 20 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2019-01-24 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (5-Y 0-N) (Y: 5 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-05		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0203)
2019-03-05		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 203 (effective 1/1/21)
2019-02-18		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
2019-02-18	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 18, 2019
2019-02-14	Senate	Signed by President
2019-02-14	House	Signed by Speaker
2019-02-14	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2548ER)
2019-02-14	House	Enrolled
2019-02-11	Senate	Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2019-02-11	Senate	Read third time
2019-02-08	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2019-02-06	Senate	Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N)
2019-02-01	Senate	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2019-02-01	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2019-01-31	House	VOTE: PASSAGE (98-Y 1-N)
2019-01-31	House	Read third time and passed House (98-Y 1-N)
2019-01-30	House	Printed as engrossed 19101934D-E
2019-01-30	House	Engrossed by House as amended HB2548E
2019-01-30	House	Committee amendments agreed to
2019-01-30	House	Read second time
2019-01-29	House	Read first time
2019-01-25	House	Reported from Militia, Police and Public Safety with amendments (20-Y 0-N)
2019-01-24	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (5-Y 0-N)
2019-01-22	House	Assigned MPPS sub: Subcommittee #1
2019-01-21	House	Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety
2019-01-21	House	Referred from Courts of Justice by voice vote
2019-01-15	House	Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
2019-01-09	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2019-01-09	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101934D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	2	308.09	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	308.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2548
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2548+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2548E+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2548ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0203+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+H1501V0022+HB2548
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+H15V0007+HB2548
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+HV2099+HB2548
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+S03V0209+HB2548
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV0488HB2548+HB2548
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV0492HB2548+HB2548