HB 927 Virginia House of Delegates · 2018 Regular Session

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

Summary
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.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
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Jan 2018
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Governor
Introduced Jan 9, 2018 Last action Feb 13, 2018
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Jan 17, 2018
Committee
Assigned MPPS sub: Subcommittee #1
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Jan 9, 2018
Committee
Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety
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Jan 9, 2018
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18104577D
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1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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Patrick Hope
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