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HB812

Handguns; limitation on purchases, penalty.

Status:
Enacted

Chief Patron:
Jeion Ward (D)

Session:
2020 Regular Session

Summary

As Passed House of Origin. 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 makes such an offense 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 whose handgun has been stolen or irretrievably lost or who are trading in a handgun, and (vi) purchases of antique firearms. This bill incorporates HB 1502. (Less)

  • Bill History

  • 01/07/2020 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103354D
  • 01/07/2020 - House: Referred to Committee on Public Safety
  • 01/08/2020 - House: Impact statement from VCSC (HB812)
  • 01/15/2020 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB812)
  • 01/24/2020 - House: Reported from Public Safety with substitute (13-Y 9-N)
  • 01/24/2020 - House: Committee substitute printed 20106618D-H1
  • 01/24/2020 - House: Incorporates HB1502 (Ward)
  • 01/27/2020 - House: Impact statement from VCSC (HB812H1)
  • 01/28/2020 - House: Read first time
  • 01/29/2020 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB812H1)
  • 01/29/2020 - House: Read second time
  • 01/29/2020 - House: Passed by temporarily
  • 01/29/2020 - House: Committee substitute agreed to 20106618D-H1
  • 01/29/2020 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB812H1
  • 01/30/2020 - House: Read third time and passed House (53-Y 47-N)
  • 01/30/2020 - House: VOTE: Passage (53-Y 47-N)   Close Floor Vote
  • 01/31/2020 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 01/31/2020 - Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
  • 02/24/2020 - Senate: Reported from Judiciary with substitute (9-Y 6-N)
  • 02/24/2020 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 20108962D-S1
  • 02/25/2020 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
  • 02/26/2020 - House: Impact statement from VCSC (HB812S1)
  • 02/26/2020 - Senate: Read third time
  • 02/26/2020 - Senate: Reading of substitute waived
  • 02/26/2020 - Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 20108962D-S1
  • 02/26/2020 - Senate: Passed by for the day
  • 02/27/2020 - Senate: Read third time
  • 02/27/2020 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB812S1
  • 02/27/2020 - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (22-Y 18-N)   Close Floor Vote
  • 02/27/2020 - Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
  • 02/27/2020 - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N)   Close Floor Vote
  • 02/28/2020 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB812S1)
  • 03/02/2020 - House: Placed on Calendar
  • 03/02/2020 - House: Senate substitute rejected by House 20108962D-S1 (0-Y 97-N)
  • 03/02/2020 - House: VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 97-N)
  • 03/03/2020 - Senate: Senate insisted on substitute (23-Y 17-N)   Close Floor Vote
  • 03/03/2020 - Senate: Senate requested conference committee
  • 03/04/2020 - House: House acceded to request
  • 03/04/2020 - House: Conferees appointed by House
  • 03/04/2020 - House: Delegates: Ward, Hope, Wright
  • 03/05/2020 - Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
  • 03/05/2020 - Senate: Senators: Locke, Deeds, Stuart
  • 03/05/2020 - Conference: Amended by conference committee
  • 03/05/2020 - House: Conference report agreed to by House (51-Y 48-N)
  • 03/05/2020 - House: VOTE: Adoption (51-Y 48-N)   Close Floor Vote
  • 03/07/2020 - Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 19-N)   Close Floor Vote
  • 03/18/2020 - House: Enrolled
  • 03/18/2020 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB812ER)
  • 03/18/2020 - Senate: Signed by President
  • 03/19/2020 - House: Signed by Speaker
  • 03/20/2020 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB812ER)
  • 03/20/2020 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 20, 2020
  • 03/20/2020 - Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
  • 04/09/2020 - Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 991 (effective 7/1/20)
  • 04/09/2020 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0991)

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