Virginia Senate Bill 479 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Passed on April 22 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-04-22 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1260)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Protective orders; possession of firearms; surrender or transfer of firearms; penalty. Prohibits any person subject to a permanent protective order (i.e., a protective order with a maximum duration of two years) from knowingly possessing a firearm while the order is in effect, provided that for a period of 24 hours after being served with a protective order such person may continue to possess such firearm for the purposes of selling or transferring it to any person who is not otherwise prohibited by law from possessing such firearm. A violation of this provision is a Class 6 felony. The bill also provides that a court shall order a person subject to a permanent protective order to (i) within 24 hours, surrender any firearm possessed by such person to a designated local law-enforcement agency or sell or transfer any firearm possessed by such person to a dealer or to any person who is not otherwise prohibited by law from possessing such firearm and (ii) certify in writing that such person does not possess any firearms or that all firearms possessed by such person have been surrendered, sold, or transferred and file such certification with the clerk of the court that entered the protective order within 48 hours after being served with a protective order. The bill provides that the willful failure of any person to certify in writing that all firearms possessed by such person have been surrendered, sold, or transferred or that such person does not possess any firearms shall constitute contempt of court. The bill provides procedures for designating a local law-enforcement agency to receive and store firearms, as well as a process to return such surrendered firearms. The bill also makes it a Class 4 felony for any person to sell, barter, give, or furnish any firearm to any person he knows is prohibited from possessing or transporting a firearm who is subject to a permanent protective order.

Protective orders; possession of firearms, surrender or transfer of firearms, penalty.

Sen. Janet Howell [D]

Sen. Barbara Favola [D]

Sen. Richard Saslaw [D]

Sen. Jennifer Boysko [D]

2020-04-22 - House - House: VOTE: (50-Y 42-N) (Y: 50 N: 42 NV: 8 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-04-22 - Senate - Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (20-Y 18-N) (Y: 20 N: 18 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2020-03-02 - Senate - Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (21-Y 19-N) (Y: 21 N: 19 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-26 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (56-Y 41-N) (Y: 56 N: 41 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-21 - House - House: Reported from Public Safety with amendment (15-Y 6-N) (Y: 15 N: 6 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-28 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (23-Y 17-N) (Y: 23 N: 17 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-24 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-22 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Judiciary with substitute (10-Y 4-N) (Y: 10 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-04-22		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1260)
2020-04-22	House	Enacted, Chapter 1260 (effective 7/1/20)
2020-04-22	House	Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
2020-04-22	Senate	Signed by President as reenrolled
2020-04-22	Senate	Reenrolled bill text (SB479ER2)
2020-04-22	Senate	Reenrolled
2020-04-22		Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
2020-04-22	House	VOTE: (50-Y 42-N)
2020-04-22	House	House concurred in Governor's recommendation (50-Y 42-N)
2020-04-22	Senate	Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (20-Y 18-N)
2020-04-11	Senate	Governor's recommendation received by Senate
2020-03-12		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
2020-03-12	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
2020-03-06	House	Signed by Speaker
2020-03-06	Senate	Signed by President
2020-03-06	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB479ER)
2020-03-06	Senate	Enrolled
2020-03-02	Senate	Title replaced 20108989D-S1
2020-03-02	Senate	House substitute agreed to by Senate (21-Y 19-N)
2020-02-28	Senate	Passed by for the day
2020-02-26	House	VOTE: Passage (56-Y 41-N)
2020-02-26	House	Passed House with substitute (56-Y 41-N)
2020-02-26	House	Engrossed by House - floor substitute SB479H1
2020-02-26	House	Substitute by Delegate Mullin agreed to 20108989D-H1
2020-02-26	House	Committee amendment rejected
2020-02-26	House	Read third time
2020-02-25	House	Floor substitute printed 20108989D-H1 (Mullin)
2020-02-25	House	Read second time
2020-02-21	House	Reported from Public Safety with amendment (15-Y 6-N)
2020-02-18	House	Referred to Committee on Public Safety
2020-02-18	House	Read first time
2020-02-18	House	Placed on Calendar
2020-01-28	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (23-Y 17-N)
2020-01-27	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB479S1
2020-01-27	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 20106476D-S1
2020-01-27	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2020-01-27	Senate	Read second time
2020-01-24	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2020-01-22	Senate	Committee substitute printed 20106476D-S1
2020-01-22	Senate	Incorporates SB372 (Saslaw)
2020-01-22	Senate	Reported from Judiciary with substitute (10-Y 4-N)
2020-01-08	Senate	Moved from Courts of Justice to Judiciary due to a change of the committee name
2020-01-07	Senate	Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
2020-01-07	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103357D

SB372 (Similar To) 2020-01-22 - Incorporated by Judiciary
HB1004 (Same As) 2020-04-22 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1221)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	2	308.1:4	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	308.2:1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB479
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB479+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB479S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB479H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB479ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB479ER2+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP1260+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S03V0072+SB0479
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0149SB0479+SB0479
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0205SB0479+SB0479
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H15V0110+SB0479
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV1501+SB0479
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1340SB0479+SB0479
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1976SB0479+SB0479
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV2275+SB0479