VA SB2 | 2024 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 18-0)
Status: Vetoed on March 26 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-04-17 - Requires 2/3 members present
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]
Status: Vetoed on March 26 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-04-17 - Requires 2/3 members present
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]
Summary
Purchase, sale, transfer, etc., of assault firearms and certain ammunition feeding devices prohibited; penalty. Creates a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person who imports, sells, manufactures, purchases, or transfers an assault firearm, as that term is defined in the bill, and prohibits a person who has been convicted of such violation from purchasing, possessing, or transporting a firearm for a period of three years from the date of conviction. The bill provides that an assault firearm does not include any firearm that is an antique firearm, has been rendered permanently inoperable, is manually operated by bolt, pump, lever, or slide action, or was manufactured before July 1, 2024. The bill also prohibits the sale of a large capacity ammunition feeding device, as that term is defined in the bill. The bill provides that any person who willfully and intentionally (i) sells an assault firearm to another person or (ii) purchases an assault firearm from another person is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor and that any person who imports, sells, barters, or transfers a large capacity ammunition feeding device is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill also makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person younger than 21 years of age to import, sell, manufacture, purchase, possess, transport, or transfer an assault firearm regardless of the date of manufacture of such assault firearm.
Title
Assault firearms & certain ammunition, etc.; purchase, possession, sale, transfer, etc., prohibited.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2024-04-17 - Senate - Senate: Passed in enrolled form rejected (21-Y 19-N) (Y: 21 N: 19 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-03-01 - Senate - Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (21-Y 19-N) (Y: 21 N: 19 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-28 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (51-Y 49-N) (Y: 51 N: 49 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-21 - House - House: Reported from Appropriations (12-Y 10-N) (Y: 12 N: 10 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-16 - House - House: Reported from Public Safety with substitute (12-Y 10-N) (Y: 12 N: 10 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-07 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N) (Y: 21 N: 19 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-07 - Senate - Senate: Pending question, not ordered (18-Y 22-N) (Y: 18 N: 22 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2024-02-01 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-01-31 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendments (10-Y 5-N) (Y: 10 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-01-22 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (9-Y 6-N) (Y: 9 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-03-01 - Senate - Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (21-Y 19-N) (Y: 21 N: 19 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-28 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (51-Y 49-N) (Y: 51 N: 49 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-21 - House - House: Reported from Appropriations (12-Y 10-N) (Y: 12 N: 10 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-16 - House - House: Reported from Public Safety with substitute (12-Y 10-N) (Y: 12 N: 10 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-07 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N) (Y: 21 N: 19 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-07 - Senate - Senate: Pending question, not ordered (18-Y 22-N) (Y: 18 N: 22 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2024-02-01 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-01-31 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendments (10-Y 5-N) (Y: 10 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-01-22 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (9-Y 6-N) (Y: 9 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-17 | Senate | Requires 2/3 members present |
| 2024-04-17 | Senate | Passed in enrolled form rejected (21-Y 19-N) |
| 2024-03-26 | Governor: Vetoed by Governor | |
| 2024-03-11 | Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 | |
| 2024-03-11 | Senate | Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 |
| 2024-03-07 | Senate | Signed by President |
| 2024-03-06 | House | Signed by Speaker |
| 2024-03-06 | Senate | Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB2ER) |
| 2024-03-06 | Senate | Enrolled |
| 2024-03-01 | Senate | Title replaced 24107815D-H1 |
| 2024-03-01 | Senate | House substitute agreed to by Senate (21-Y 19-N) |
| 2024-02-28 | House | VOTE: Passage (51-Y 49-N) |
| 2024-02-28 | House | Passed House with substitute (51-Y 49-N) |
| 2024-02-28 | House | Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB2H1 |
| 2024-02-28 | House | Committee substitute agreed to 24107815D-H1 |
| 2024-02-28 | House | Read third time |
| 2024-02-27 | House | Passed by for the day |
| 2024-02-26 | House | Passed by for the day |
| 2024-02-23 | House | Read second time |
| 2024-02-21 | House | Reported from Appropriations (12-Y 10-N) |
| 2024-02-20 | House | Referred to Committee on Appropriations |
| 2024-02-20 | House | Motion to refer to committee agreed to |
| 2024-02-16 | House | Committee substitute printed 24107815D-H1 |
| 2024-02-16 | House | Reported from Public Safety with substitute (12-Y 10-N) |
| 2024-02-13 | House | Referred to Committee on Public Safety |
| 2024-02-13 | House | Read first time |
| 2024-02-13 | House | Placed on Calendar |
| 2024-02-07 | Senate | Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N) |
| 2024-02-07 | Senate | Pending question, not ordered (18-Y 22-N) |
| 2024-02-06 | Senate | Passed by for the day |
| 2024-02-05 | Senate | Printed as engrossed 24100411D-E |
| 2024-02-05 | Senate | Engrossed by Senate as amended SB2E |
| 2024-02-05 | Senate | Committee amendments agreed to |
| 2024-02-05 | Senate | Reading of amendments waived |
| 2024-02-05 | Senate | Read second time |
| 2024-02-02 | Senate | Passed by for the day |
| 2024-02-01 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) |
| 2024-01-31 | Senate | Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendments (10-Y 5-N) |
| 2024-01-22 | Senate | Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations |
| 2024-01-22 | Senate | Reported from Courts of Justice (9-Y 6-N) |
| 2024-01-10 | Senate | Moved from Judiciary to Courts of Justice due to a change of the committee name |
| 2023-11-20 | Senate | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
| 2023-11-20 | Senate | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100411D |
Same As/Similar To
HB2 (Similar To) 2024-04-17 - House sustained Governor's veto
Subjects
Code Citations
| Chapter | Article | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | 2 | 915.5 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 18 | 2 | 287.4:1 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 18 | 2 | 287.4:2 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 18 | 2 | 308.09 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 18 | 2 | 308.1:9 | (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 |
| 18 | 2 | 308.2:5 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 18 | 2 | 308.7 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 18 | 2 | 309.1 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 19 | 2 | 386.28 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
