Virginia House Bill 927 (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]

Prohibition of sale, transfer, etc., of certain firearms magazines and firearms; penalties. Prohibits any person from importing, selling, bartering, or transferring a firearms magazine designed to hold more than 10 rounds of ammunition. A violation is a Class 6 felony. The bill prohibits a person from carrying semi-automatic center-fire firearms with more than 10 rounds of ammunition in a public place; under existing law, this prohibition applies only in certain localities and only to such firearms if the firearm holds more than 20 rounds of ammunition. The bill also increases from a Class 1 misdemeanor to a Class 6 felony the penalty for carrying a semi-automatic center-fire firearm and a shotgun with a magazine that will hold more than seven rounds of the longest ammunition for which it is chambered in a public place. The bill redefines "assault firearm" by reducing from more than 20 to more than 10 the number of rounds of ammunition that a firearms magazine will hold in order to be defined as an "assault firearm" and prohibits a dealer from selling, renting, trading, or transferring from his inventory such an assault firearm to any person. The bill also reduces from more than 20 to more than 10 the number of rounds of ammunition that a firearms magazine will hold in order to be defined as an "assault firearm" for purposes of possession or transportation by a person younger than 18 years of age and increases the penalty from a Class 1 misdemeanor to a Class 6 felony for a person younger than 18 years of age to possess or transport a handgun, an assault firearm, or a shotgun with a magazine that will hold more than seven rounds of the longest ammunition for which it is chambered, with some exceptions.

Firearms magazines and firearms, certain; prohibition of sale, transfer, etc., penalties.

Del. Patrick Hope [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)
2018-01-17	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 18104577D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
16	1	278.9	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	287.4	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	308.2:01	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	308.2:2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	308.7	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	308.8	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	309.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB927
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB927+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+H1501V0011+HB0927