Firearms; limitations on laws regarding the control thereof.
Summary
Limitations on laws regarding the control of firearms.Provides that any law, executive order, administrative regulation, localordinance, or court order shall be considered an unlawful infringement on theright of the people to keep and bear arms as guaranteed by Article I, Section13 of the Constitution of Virginia and the Second Amendment to the Constitutionof the United States if such law, order, regulation, ordinance, or order (i)imposes any tax, fee, or stamp on any firearm, ammunition, or firearmcomponent; (ii) requires the registration of any firearm, ammunition, orfirearm component; (iii) requires any person to register as an owner of afirearm, ammunition, or firearms component; (iv) prohibits any person frompossessing, using, or transferring a firearm who is not prohibited frompossessing a firearm; or (v) requires any person to surrender his firearm,ammunition, or firearm component who is not prohibited from possessing afirearm. The bill also provides that any person who knowingly deprives orattempts to deprive another person of such other person's right to keep andbear arms by enforcing any law, executive order, administrative regulation,local ordinance, or court order that unlawfully infringes on a person's rightto keep and bear arms, even acting under the color of any state law, shall beliable for an unlawful deprivation of a person's constitutional rights and suchinjured person shall be entitled to damages, including punitive damages, and inthe discretion of the court to an award of the cost of the litigation andreasonable attorney fees in an amount to be fixed by the court.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 17, 2020
Last action Feb 11, 2020
Floor votes
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
5
Key actions
1
Committee
3
Feb 4, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 28, 2020
Committee
Assigned PS sub: Firearms
lower
Jan 17, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Public Safety
lower
Jan 17, 2020
Introduced
Presented and ordered printed 20105990D
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Ellen Campbell
RRepublican
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