Virginia Senate Bill 70 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: Passed on April 10 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-04-10 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1112)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Firearm sales; criminal history record information checks; penalty. Requires a background check for any firearm sale and directs the Department of State Police (the Department) to establish a process for transferors to obtain such a background check from licensed firearms dealers. A person who sells a firearm to another person without obtaining the required background check is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill also provides that a purchaser who receives a firearm from another person without obtaining the required background check is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill removes the provision that makes background checks of prospective purchasers or transferees at firearms shows voluntary. The bill also provides that the Department shall have three business days to complete a background check before a firearm may be transferred.

Firearm transfers; criminal history record information checks, penalty.

Sen. Louise Lucas [D]	Sen. Richard Saslaw [D]	Sen. Jennifer Boysko [D]	Sen. Lynwood Lewis [D]
Sen. Jennifer McClellan [D]	Sen. Joseph Morrissey [D]

2020-03-07 - Senate - Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (23-Y 17-N) (Y: 23 N: 17 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-03-05 - House - House: VOTE: Adoption (54-Y 46-N) (Y: 54 N: 46 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-03-04 - Senate - Senate: Senate acceded to request (27-Y 13-N) (Y: 27 N: 13 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-03-02 - Senate - Senate: House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N) (Y: 0 N: 40 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2020-02-26 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (54-Y 46-N) (Y: 54 N: 46 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-21 - House - House: Reported from Public Safety with substitute (13-Y 9-N) (Y: 13 N: 9 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-16 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (23-Y 17-N) (Y: 23 N: 17 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-16 - Senate - Senate: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-16 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (24-Y 16-N) (Y: 24 N: 16 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-15 - Senate - Senate: Committee substitute agreed to (36-Y 4-N) (Y: 36 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-14 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional readings dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-13 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Judiciary with substitute (9-Y 5-N) (Y: 9 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-04-10		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1112)
2020-04-10		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 1112 (effective 7/1/20)
2020-03-20		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
2020-03-20	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 20, 2020
2020-03-19	House	Signed by Speaker
2020-03-18	Senate	Signed by President
2020-03-18	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB70ER)
2020-03-18	Senate	Enrolled
2020-03-07	Senate	Conference report agreed to by Senate (23-Y 17-N)
2020-03-05	House	VOTE: Adoption (54-Y 46-N)
2020-03-05	House	Conference report agreed to by House (54-Y 46-N)
2020-03-05		Conference: Amended by conference committee
2020-03-05	House	Delegates: Plum, Hope, Fariss
2020-03-05	House	Conferees appointed by House
2020-03-04	Senate	Senators: Lucas, Petersen, Obenshain
2020-03-04	Senate	Conferees appointed by Senate
2020-03-04	Senate	Senate acceded to request (27-Y 13-N)
2020-03-03	House	House requested conference committee
2020-03-03	House	House insisted on substitute
2020-03-02	Senate	House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N)
2020-02-28	Senate	Passed by for the day
2020-02-26	House	VOTE: Passage (54-Y 46-N)
2020-02-26	House	Passed House with substitute (54-Y 46-N)
2020-02-26	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB70H1
2020-02-26	House	Committee substitute agreed to 20108843D-H1
2020-02-26	House	Read third time
2020-02-25	House	Read second time
2020-02-21	House	Committee substitute printed 20108843D-H1
2020-02-21	House	Reported from Public Safety with substitute (13-Y 9-N)
2020-02-13	House	Referred to Committee on Public Safety
2020-02-13	House	Read first time
2020-02-13	House	Placed on Calendar
2020-01-16	Senate	Passed Senate (23-Y 17-N)
2020-01-16	Senate	Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2020-01-16	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (24-Y 16-N)
2020-01-15	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB70S1
2020-01-15	Senate	Title replaced 20105589D-S1
2020-01-15	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to (36-Y 4-N)
2020-01-15	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2020-01-15	Senate	Read second time
2020-01-14	Senate	Constitutional readings dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2020-01-13	Senate	Committee substitute printed 20105589D-S1
2020-01-13	Senate	Incorporates SB12 (Saslaw)
2020-01-13	Senate	Reported from Judiciary with substitute (9-Y 5-N)
2020-01-08	Senate	Moved from Courts of Justice to Judiciary due to a change of the committee name
2019-11-22	Senate	Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
2019-11-22	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101549D

SB12 (Similar To) 2020-01-13 - Incorporated by Judiciary
HB2 (Same As) 2020-04-10 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1111)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	2	308.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	308.2:2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	308.2:5	(n/a)	See Bill Text
22	1	277.07	(n/a)	See Bill Text
54	1	4201.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB70
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB70+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB70S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB70H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB70ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP1112+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S03V0010+SB0070
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0035SB0070+SB0070
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0043SB0070+SB0070
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0051SB0070+SB0070
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0052SB0070+SB0070
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0053SB0070+SB0070
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H15V0104+SB0070
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV1512+SB0070
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1327SB0070+SB0070
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1504SB0070+SB0070
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV1905+SB0070
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1759SB0070+SB0070