Virginia House Bill 650 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2018 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-02-13 - Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety
Pending: House Militia, Police and Public Safety Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Purchase of handguns; limitation on handgun purchases; penalty. Prohibits any person who is not a licensed firearms dealer from purchasing more than one handgun in a 30-day period and establishes such an offense as a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill exempts from this provision (i) persons who have been issued a certificate by the Department of State Police under certain circumstances and with an enhanced background check, (ii) law-enforcement agencies and officers, (iii) state and local correctional facilities, (iv) licensed private security companies, (v) persons who hold a valid Virginia concealed handgun permit, (vi) persons whose handgun has been stolen or irretrievably lost or who are trading in a handgun, (vii) purchases of handguns in a private sale, and (viii) purchases of antique firearms.

Handguns; limitation on purchases, penalty.

Del. Kathleen Murphy [D]

2018-01-25 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely (4-Y 2-N) (Y: 4 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-02-13	House	Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety
2018-01-25	House	Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely (4-Y 2-N)
2018-01-15	House	Assigned MPPS sub: Subcommittee #1
2018-01-09	House	Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety
2018-01-09	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18102685D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	2	308.2:2	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB650
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB650+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+H1501V0013+HB0650