Virginia House Bill 260 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on December 31 2015 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2016-01-29 - Stricken from docket by Militia, Police and Public Safety by voice vote
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Law-enforcement certification of certain firearms. Provides that when the certification of a chief law-enforcement officer is required by federal law for transfer of a firearm as defined in the National Firearms Act, such certification must be provided within 60 days if the applicant is not prohibited by law from receiving the firearm. If the applicant is prohibited by law from receiving the firearm, the chief law-enforcement officer or his designee shall notify the applicant in writing of the reason for the prohibition. For the purposes of the bill, the definition of "firearm" is limited to machine guns, rifles and shotguns of a certain length, weapons made from certain rifles or shotguns, and silencers. If the chief law-enforcement officer fails to provide certification within 60 days, the applicant has a right to an ore tenus hearing in circuit court and, unless the evidence shows that the applicant is prohibited by law from receiving the firearm, the court shall order the chief law-enforcement officer to issue the certification within five business days.

Firearms; law-enforcement certification of transfer.

Del. Dave LaRock [R]

Del. Christopher Collins [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-01-29	House	Stricken from docket by Militia, Police and Public Safety by voice vote
2015-12-31	House	Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety
2015-12-31	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16103106D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	2	295.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+sum+HB260
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+HB260+hil