VA HB22 | 2024 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 24-0)
Status: Passed on March 26 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-03-26 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0163)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 24-0)
Status: Passed on March 26 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-03-26 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0163)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]
Summary
Manufacture, importation, sale, etc., of auto sears; prohibition; penalty. Prohibits the manufacture, importation, sale or offer to sell, possession, transfer, or transportation of an auto sear, defined in the bill as a device, other than a trigger activator, for use in converting a semi-automatic firearm to shoot automatically more than one shot, without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger. A violation is punishable as a Class 6 felony. The bill also provides for the forfeiture of any auto sear concealed, possessed, transported, or carried in violation of the prohibition.
Title
Auto sears and trigger activators; prohibition on manufacture, importation, sale, etc., penalty.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2024-03-04 - House - House: VOTE: Adoption (89-Y 2-N) (Y: 89 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 9) [PASS]
2024-03-01 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (27-Y 13-N) (Y: 27 N: 13 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-29 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-02-28 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N) (Y: 10 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-19 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (13-Y 0-N) (Y: 13 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-02 - House - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (92-Y 0-N) (Y: 92 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 8) [PASS]
2024-01-29 - House - House: Reported from Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-01-24 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-01-19 - House - House: Reported from Public Safety with substitute (20-Y 0-N) (Y: 20 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2024-01-18 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) (Y: 10 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-03-01 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (27-Y 13-N) (Y: 27 N: 13 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-29 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-02-28 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N) (Y: 10 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-19 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (13-Y 0-N) (Y: 13 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-02 - House - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (92-Y 0-N) (Y: 92 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 8) [PASS]
2024-01-29 - House - House: Reported from Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-01-24 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-01-19 - House - House: Reported from Public Safety with substitute (20-Y 0-N) (Y: 20 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2024-01-18 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) (Y: 10 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-26 | Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0163) | |
| 2024-03-26 | Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 163 (effective 7/1/24) | |
| 2024-03-11 | Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 | |
| 2024-03-11 | House | Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 |
| 2024-03-08 | Senate | Signed by President |
| 2024-03-07 | House | Signed by Speaker |
| 2024-03-07 | House | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB22ER) |
| 2024-03-07 | House | Enrolled |
| 2024-03-04 | House | VOTE: Adoption (89-Y 2-N) |
| 2024-03-04 | House | Senate substitute agreed to by House 24107867D-S1 (89-Y 2-N) |
| 2024-03-01 | Senate | Passed Senate with substitute (27-Y 13-N) |
| 2024-03-01 | Senate | Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB22S1 |
| 2024-03-01 | Senate | Committee substitute agreed to 24107867D-S1 |
| 2024-03-01 | Senate | Reading of substitute waived |
| 2024-03-01 | Senate | Read third time |
| 2024-02-29 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) |
| 2024-02-28 | Senate | Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N) |
| 2024-02-19 | Senate | Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations |
| 2024-02-19 | Senate | Committee substitute printed 24107867D-S1 |
| 2024-02-19 | Senate | Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (13-Y 0-N) |
| 2024-02-05 | Senate | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
| 2024-02-05 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed |
| 2024-02-02 | House | VOTE: Block Vote Passage (92-Y 0-N) |
| 2024-02-02 | House | Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (92-Y 0-N) |
| 2024-02-01 | House | Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB22H1 |
| 2024-02-01 | House | Committee substitute agreed to 24105447D-H1 |
| 2024-02-01 | House | Read second time |
| 2024-01-31 | House | Read first time |
| 2024-01-29 | House | Reported from Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) |
| 2024-01-24 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) |
| 2024-01-21 | House | Assigned App. sub: Transportation & Public Safety |
| 2024-01-19 | House | Referred to Committee on Appropriations |
| 2024-01-19 | House | Committee substitute printed 24105447D-H1 |
| 2024-01-19 | House | Reported from Public Safety with substitute (20-Y 0-N) |
| 2024-01-18 | House | Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations |
| 2024-01-18 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) |
| 2024-01-13 | House | Assigned PS sub: Firearms |
| 2023-12-13 | House | Referred to Committee on Public Safety |
| 2023-12-13 | House | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101228D |
Same As/Similar To
SB210 (Similar To) 2024-03-26 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0164)
