Felons; restoration of firearms rights, report to State Police.
Summary
Creates a method whereby circuit courts shall report to the Department of State Police the issuance of a restoration order that unconditionally authorizes the possession, transportation, or carrying of a firearm to a person (i) who has been convicted of a felony; (ii) adjudicated delinquent as a juvenile 14 years of age or older at the time of the offense of murder, kidnapping, robbery by the threat or presentation of firearms, or rape; or (iii) under the age of 29 who was adjudicated delinquent as a juvenile 14 years of age or older at the time of the offense of a delinquent act that would be a felony if committed by an adult. The bill provides that if a court enters an order restoring a felon's right, the order shall contain the felon's name and date of birth and the clerk of the court shall certify and forward the restoration order accompanied by a complete set of the petitioner's fingerprints to the Central Criminal Records Exchange (CCRE). The bill provides that the Department of State Police, upon receipt of the restoration order, shall enter the felon's name and description in the CCRE so that law-enforcement personnel accessing the CCRE will be aware of the order's existence. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2021.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Feb 2019
House of Delegates Passage
Jan 2019
Senate Passage
Feb 2019
Signed into Law
Mar 2019
Introduced Jan 9, 2019
Signed Mar 5, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Feb 8, 2019
How they voted
34–0
Passed
Total votes 34
Feb 8, 2019
D
Democratic14
100% Yea
R
Republican20
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
22
Key actions
4
Committee
7
Amendments
1
Mar 5, 2019
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 203 (effective 1/1/21)
executive
Feb 8, 2019
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (34-0)
senate
Feb 1, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
upper
Jan 31, 2019
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (98-Y 1-N)
lower
Jan 30, 2019
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended HB2548E
lower
Jan 30, 2019
Lower · Passed
Committee amendments agreed to
lower
Jan 22, 2019
Committee
Assigned MPPS sub: Subcommittee #1
lower
Jan 21, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety
lower
Jan 21, 2019
Committee
Referred from Courts of Justice by voice vote
lower
Jan 15, 2019
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
lower
Jan 9, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Jan 9, 2019
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101934D
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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