Virginia House Bill 425 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)
Status: Introduced on January 7 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-02-16 - Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety
Pending: House Militia, Police and Public Safety Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Sale, purchase, possession, and transport of firearms; Terrorist Screening Database. Prohibits a person who knows or has reason to know that he is in the federal Terrorist Screening Database of the Terrorist Screening Center administered by the FBI (the Database) from purchasing, possessing, or transporting a firearm. The bill disqualifies any person in the Database from obtaining a concealed handgun permit. The bill prohibits selling firearms to any person in the Database and requires dealers to obtain a Database check before transferring a firearm. The bill requires State Police to consult with the Terrorist Screening Center to determine if a potential firearm purchaser is in the Database. A second enactment clause provides that the bill will not go into effect unless the U.S. Department of Justice approves the policies and procedures set out in the bill.

Firearms; prohibits person in Terrorist Screening Database to purchase, etc.

Del. Marcus Simon [D]	Sen. Lamont Bagby [D]	Sen. Jennifer Boysko [D]	Del. Patrick Hope [D]
Del. Kaye Kory [D]	Del. Mark Levine [D]	Del. Delores McQuinn [D]	Del. Kathleen Murphy [D]
Del. Kenneth Plum [D]	Del. Richard Sullivan [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-02-16	House	Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety
2016-01-28	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote
2016-01-27	House	Assigned MPPS sub: #1
2016-01-07	House	Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety
2016-01-07	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16101347D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	2	308.09	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	308.1:6	(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

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+sum+HB425
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+HB425+hil