Virginia House Bill 2078 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 20-0)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2023 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-02-07 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Firearm locks required for sale or transfer of handguns; warning against accessibility to children; penalty. Makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for any licensed manufacturer, licensed importer, or licensed dealer to sell, deliver, or transfer any handgun to any person (i) other than a licensed manufacturer, licensed importer, or licensed dealer, unless the transferee is provided with a locking device for that handgun, or (ii) unless the handgun is accompanied by a warning, in conspicuous and legible type in capital letters printed on a label affixed to the gun and on a separate sheet of paper included within the packaging enclosing the handgun, that handguns should be locked and kept away from children and that there may be civil and criminal liability for failing to do so. The bill provides exceptions for law-enforcement and governmental agencies.

Firearm locks; required for sale or transfer of handguns, warning against accessibility to children.

Del. Kathleen Murphy [D]	Del. Elizabeth Bennett-Parker [D]	Del. Jeffrey Bourne [D]	Del. Betsy Carr [D]
Del. Nadarius Clark [D]	Del. Karrie Delaney [D]	Del. Elizabeth Guzman [D]	Del. Patrick Hope [D]
Del. Kaye Kory [D]	Del. Michelle Maldonado [D]	Del. Michael Mullin [D]	Del. Candi Mundon King [D]
Del. Kenneth Plum [D]	Del. Marcia Price [D]	Del. Holly Seibold [D]	Del. Irene Shin [D]
Del. Marcus Simon [D]	Del. Shelly Simonds [D]	Del. Richard Sullivan [D]	Sen. Angelia Williams Graves [D]

2023-01-30 - House - House: Subcommittee failed to recommend reporting (3-Y 5-N) (Y: 3 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-02-07	House	Left in Courts of Justice
2023-01-30	House	Subcommittee failed to recommend reporting (3-Y 5-N)
2023-01-28	House	Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2
2023-01-10	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2023-01-10	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100682D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	2	56.3	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2078
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2078+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB2078F122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H0802V0071+HB2078