HB 899 Virginia House of Delegates · 2020 Regular Session

Restricted firearm ammunition; penalty.

Summary
Manufacture, import, sale, transfer, or possessionof restricted firearm ammunition; penalty. Makes it a Class 5felony to manufacture, import, sell, transfer, or possess any restrictedfirearm ammunition, defined in current law as bullets, projectiles,or other types of ammunition that are (i) Teflon coated or coatedwith a similar product; (ii) commonly known as "KTW" bullets or"French Arcanes"; or (iii) cartridges containing bullets coated witha plastic substance with other than lead or lead alloy cores, jacketed bullets with other than lead or lead alloy cores, or cartridges ofwhich the bullet itself is wholly composed of a metal or metal alloyother than lead, but the definition does not include shotgun shellsor solid plastic bullets. The bill provides exceptions to the prohibitionand provides that any restricted ammunition possessed in violationof the law shall be forfeited to the Commonwealth.
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Jan 2020
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Introduced Jan 7, 2020 Last action Feb 11, 2020
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Jan 7, 2020
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Referred to Committee on Public Safety
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Jan 7, 2020
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Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104905D
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Mark H. Levine
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