VA SB1163 | 2019 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: Introduced on January 2 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-02-06 - Left in Finance
Pending: Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on January 2 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-02-06 - Left in Finance
Pending: Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]
Summary
Trigger activators designed to increase the rate of fire of firearms; prohibition; penalty. Prohibits the manufacture, importation, sale or offer to sell, possession, transfer, or transportation of a trigger activator, which includes a trigger crank or bump-fire device, that is designed to increase the rate of fire of a semiautomatic rifle but does not convert the semiautomatic rifle into a machine gun. A violation is punishable as a Class 6 felony.
Title
Firearms; trigger activators designed to increase the rate of fire, prohibition, penalty.
Sponsors
Sen. Richard Saslaw [D] | Sen. John Edwards [D] | Sen. Barbara Favola [D] | Sen. Janet Howell [D] |
Sen. Dave Marsden [D] | Sen. Jeremy McPike [D] | Sen. Scott Surovell [D] |
Roll Calls
2019-01-16 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (9-Y 6-N) (Y: 9 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2019-02-06 | Senate | Left in Finance |
2019-01-16 | Senate | Rereferred to Finance |
2019-01-16 | Senate | Reported from Courts of Justice (9-Y 6-N) |
2019-01-02 | Senate | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
2019-01-02 | Senate | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100713D |