Virginia Senate Bill 263 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 6 2016 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2016-01-27 - Stricken at the request of Patron in Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Firearms; purchase by persons intending to commit act of terrorism; penalty. Provides that any person who, having the present intention to commit, conspire to commit, or aid and abet in the commission of an act of terrorism, purchases a firearm is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor and any person who sells a firearm to a person who has expressed such an intention is guilty of a Class 4 felony. The bill provides that any such person shall also be disqualified from obtaining a concealed handgun permit. The bill further provides that any person who is listed on the consolidated Terrorist Watchlist maintained by the Terrorist Screening Center administered by the Federal Bureau of Investigation is disqualified from obtaining a concealed handgun permit. A second enactment clause provides that the provisions related to the Terrorist Watchlist will not go into effect unless the U.S. Department of Justice approves the policies and procedures set out in the bill.

Firearms; purchase by persons intending to commit act of terrorism, penalty.

Sen. Scott Surovell [D]

Sen. Adam Ebbin [D]

2016-01-27 - Senate - Senate: Stricken at the request of Patron in Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-01-27	Senate	Stricken at the request of Patron in Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N)
2016-01-06	Senate	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2016-01-06	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16102419D

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	308.2:3	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+sum+SB263
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+SB263+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+S03V0079+SB0263