VA SB491 | 2024 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Vetoed on March 26 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-04-17 - Senate sustained Governor's veto
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]

Summary

Firearm industry members; standards of responsible conduct; civil liability. Creates standards of responsible conduct for firearm industry members and requires such members to establish and implement reasonable controls regarding the manufacture, sale, distribution, use, and marketing of the firearm industry member's firearm-related products, as those terms are defined in the bill. Such reasonable controls include reasonable procedures, safeguards, and business practices that are designed to (i) prevent the sale or distribution of a firearm-related product to a straw purchaser, a firearm trafficker, a person prohibited from possessing a firearm under state or federal law, or a person who the firearm industry member has reasonable cause to believe is at substantial risk of using a firearm-related product to harm themselves or unlawfully harm another or of unlawfully possessing or using a firearm-related product; (ii) prevent the loss of a firearm-related product or theft of a firearm-related product from a firearm industry member; (iii) ensure that the firearm industry member complies with all provisions of state and federal law and does not otherwise promote the unlawful manufacture, sale, possession, marketing, or use of a firearm-related product; and (iv) ensure that the firearm industry member does not engage in an act or practice in violation of the Virginia Consumer Protection Act. The bill also provides that a firearm industry member may not knowingly or recklessly create, maintain, or contribute to a public nuisance, as defined in the bill, through the sale, manufacturing, importing, or marketing of a firearm-related product. The bill creates a civil cause of action for the Attorney General or a local county or city attorney to enforce the provisions of the bill or for any person who has been injured as a result of a firearm industry member's violation to seek an injunction and to recover costs and damages.

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Title

Firearm industry members; creates standards of responsible conduct, civil liability.

Sponsors


Roll Calls

2024-02-21 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (51-Y 49-N) (Y: 51 N: 49 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-16 - House - House: Reported from Public Safety (12-Y 10-N) (Y: 12 N: 10 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-12 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N) (Y: 21 N: 19 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-08 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-07 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N) (Y: 10 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-01-29 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (9-Y 6-N) (Y: 9 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

History

DateChamberAction
2024-04-17SenateSenate sustained Governor's veto
2024-04-17SenatePassed by for the day
2024-03-26 Governor: Vetoed by Governor
2024-03-11 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
2024-03-11SenateEnrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
2024-02-28SenateSigned by President
2024-02-26HouseSigned by Speaker
2024-02-26SenateBill text as passed Senate and House (SB491ER)
2024-02-26SenateEnrolled
2024-02-21HouseVOTE: Passage (51-Y 49-N)
2024-02-21HousePassed House (51-Y 49-N)
2024-02-21HouseRead third time
2024-02-20HouseRead second time
2024-02-16HouseReported from Public Safety (12-Y 10-N)
2024-02-15HouseReferred to Committee on Public Safety
2024-02-15HouseRead first time
2024-02-15HousePlaced on Calendar
2024-02-12SenateRead third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N)
2024-02-09SenateEngrossed by Senate as amended SB491E
2024-02-09SenateCommittee amendments agreed to
2024-02-09SenateReading of amendments waived
2024-02-09SenateRead second time
2024-02-09SenatePrinted as engrossed 24104526D-E
2024-02-08SenateConstitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2024-02-07SenateReported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N)
2024-01-29SenateRereferred to Finance and Appropriations
2024-01-29SenateReported from Courts of Justice with amendments (9-Y 6-N)
2024-01-09SenateReferred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2024-01-09SenatePrefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104526D

Same As/Similar To

HB318 (Similar To) 2024-04-17 - House sustained Governor's veto

Subjects


Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
591603(n/a)See Bill Text
591604(n/a)See Bill Text
591605(n/a)See Bill Text

Virginia State Sources

TypeSource
Summaryhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB491
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB491+hil
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB491E+hil
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB491ER+hil
Amendmenthttps://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/24105918A.pdf
Amendmenthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+amd+SB491AS
Amendmenthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+amd+SB491AG
Supplementhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+oth+SB491F122+PDF
Supplementhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+oth+SB491FE122+PDF
Supplementhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+oth+SB491FER122+PDF
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+S13V0071+SB0491
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+S05V0194+SB0491
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+SV0287SB0491+SB0491
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+SV0361SB0491+SB0491
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+H15V0109+SB0491
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+HV0984+SB0491

Bill Comments

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