Virginia House Bill 674 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)
Status: Passed on April 8 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-04-08 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0887)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Firearms; removal from persons posing substantial risk; penalties. Creates a procedure by which any attorney for the Commonwealth or law-enforcement officer may apply to a general district court, circuit court, or juvenile and domestic relations district court judge or magistrate for an emergency substantial risk order to prohibit a person who poses a substantial risk of injury to himself or others from purchasing, possessing, or transporting a firearm. Upon service of an emergency substantial risk order, the person who is subject to the order shall be given the opportunity to voluntarily relinquish any firearm. An emergency substantial risk order shall expire on the fourteenth day following issuance of the order. The bill requires a court hearing in the circuit court for the jurisdiction where the order was issued within 14 days from issuance of an emergency substantial risk order to determine whether a substantial risk order should be issued. Seized firearms shall be retained by a law-enforcement agency for the duration of an emergency substantial risk order or a substantial risk order or, for a substantial risk order and with court approval, may be transferred to a third party 21 years of age or older chosen by the person from whom they were seized. The bill allows the complainant of the original warrant to file a motion for a hearing to extend the substantial risk order prior to its expiration. The court may extend the substantial risk order for a period not longer than 180 days. The bill provides that persons who are subject to a substantial risk order, until such order has been dissolved by a court, are guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor for purchasing, possessing, or transporting a firearm; are disqualified from having a concealed handgun permit; and may not be employed by a licensed firearms dealer. The bill also provides that a person who transfers a firearm to a person he knows has been served with a warrant or who is the subject of a substantial risk order is guilty of a Class 4 felony. The bill creates a computerized substantial risk order registry for the entry of orders issued pursuant to provisions in the bill.

Firearms; removal from persons posing substantial risk of injury to himself, etc., penalties.

Del. Richard Sullivan [D]	Del. Dan Helmer [D]	Del. Chris Hurst [D]	Del. Alfonso Lopez [D]
Del. Betsy Carr [D]	Del. Eileen Filler-Corn [D]	Del. Mark Levine [D]	Del. Kathleen Murphy [D]

2020-03-02 - House - House: VOTE: Adoption (52-Y 48-N) (Y: 52 N: 48 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-27 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (20-Y 20-N) (Y: 20 N: 20 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2020-02-25 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-24 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Judiciary with substitute (9-Y 6-N) (Y: 9 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-30 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (52-Y 46-N) (Y: 52 N: 46 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-24 - House - House: Reported from Public Safety (13-Y 9-N) (Y: 13 N: 9 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-04-08		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0887)
2020-04-08		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 887 (effective 7/1/20)
2020-03-12		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
2020-03-12	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
2020-03-06	Senate	Signed by President
2020-03-06	House	Signed by Speaker
2020-03-05	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB674ER)
2020-03-05	House	Enrolled
2020-03-02	House	VOTE: Adoption (52-Y 48-N)
2020-03-02	House	Senate substitute agreed to by House 20108857D-S1 (52-Y 48-N)
2020-03-02	House	Placed on Calendar
2020-02-27	Senate	Chair votes Yes
2020-02-27	Senate	Passed Senate with substitute (20-Y 20-N)
2020-02-27	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB674S1
2020-02-27	Senate	Passed by temporarily
2020-02-27	Senate	Read third time
2020-02-26	Senate	Passed by for the day
2020-02-26	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 20108857D-S1
2020-02-26	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2020-02-26	Senate	Read third time
2020-02-25	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2020-02-24	Senate	Committee substitute printed 20108857D-S1
2020-02-24	Senate	Reported from Judiciary with substitute (9-Y 6-N)
2020-01-31	Senate	Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
2020-01-31	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2020-01-30	House	VOTE: Passage (52-Y 46-N)
2020-01-30	House	Read third time and passed House (52-Y 46-N)
2020-01-29	House	Engrossed by House
2020-01-29	House	Pending question ordered
2020-01-29	House	Passed by temporarily
2020-01-29	House	Read second time
2020-01-28	House	Read first time
2020-01-24	House	Reported from Public Safety (13-Y 9-N)
2020-01-06	House	Referred to Committee on Public Safety
2020-01-06	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104741D

SB240 (Same As) 2020-04-08 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0888)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	2	308.09	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	308.1:6	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	308.2:1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	308.2:2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	308.2:3	(n/a)	See Bill Text
19	2	152.13	(n/a)	See Bill Text
19	2	152.17	(n/a)	See Bill Text
19	2	387.3	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB674
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB674+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB674S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB674ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0887+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H15V0020+HB0674
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV0213+HB0674
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S03V0420+HB0674
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0986HB0674+HB0674
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1176HB0674+HB0674
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV1681+HB0674