Virginia House Bill 2797 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 18 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-02-05 - Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety
Pending: House Militia, Police and Public Safety Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Handgun and assault firearm transfers; criminal history record checks; age requirement; penalty. Provides that to purchase a handgun or an assault firearm from a licensed firearm dealer, a person must (i) be age 21 or older, (ii) have attained age 18 by July 1, 2019, or (iii) be 18, 19, or 20 and have received a high school diploma, have passed a high school equivalency examination approved by the Board of Education, or be a member of the Armed Forces of the United States or the National Guard of the Commonwealth or any other state and must consent in writing to have the dealer obtain criminal history record information. The bill also redefines "assault firearm" as the term applies to firearm transfers by licensed firearm dealers by reducing from more than 20 to more than 10 the number of rounds of ammunition that a firearms magazine for such firearm will hold in order to be defined as an "assault firearm."

Handgun and assault firearm transfers; criminal history record checks, age requirement, penalty.

Del. Eileen Filler-Corn [D]

2019-01-24 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely (4-Y 1-N) (Y: 4 N: 1 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-05	House	Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety
2019-01-24	House	Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely (4-Y 1-N)
2019-01-22	House	Assigned MPPS sub: Subcommittee #1
2019-01-18	House	Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety
2019-01-18	House	Presented and ordered printed 19104846D

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

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2797
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2797+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+H1501V0019+HB2797