Virginia Senate Bill 893 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on December 20 2016 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2017-01-18 - Stricken at the request of Patron in Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Firearm locks required for sale or transfer of handguns; warning against accessibility to children; penalty. Makes it unlawful for any licensed manufacturer, licensed importer, or licensed dealer to sell, deliver, or transfer any handgun to any person (i) other than a licensed manufacturer, licensed importer, or licensed dealer, unless the transferee is provided with a locking device for that handgun, or (ii) unless the handgun is accompanied by a warning, in conspicuous and legible type in capital letters printed on a label affixed to the gun and on a separate sheet of paper included within the packaging enclosing the handgun, that handguns should be locked and kept away from children and that there may be civil and criminal liability for failing to do so. There are exceptions for law-enforcement and governmental agencies.

Firearm locks required for sale or transfer of handguns; warning against accessibility to children.

Sen. Janet Howell [D]

Sen. Jennifer McClellan [D]

2017-01-18 - Senate - Senate: Stricken at the request of Patron in Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-01-18	Senate	Stricken at the request of Patron in Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N)
2016-12-20	Senate	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2016-12-20	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100525D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	2	56.3	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB893
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB893+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+S03V0059+SB0893