Handguns; limitation on purchases, penalty.
Summary
Purchase of handguns; limitation on handgun purchases;penalty. Prohibits any person who is not a licensed firearms dealerfrom purchasing more than one handgun in a 30-day period and establishessuch an offense as a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill exempts from thisprovision (i) persons who have been issued a certificate by the Departmentof State Police under certain circumstances and with an enhanced backgroundcheck, (ii) law-enforcement agencies and officers, (iii) state andlocal correctional facilities, (iv) licensed private security companies,(v) persons who hold a valid Virginia concealed handgun permit, (vi)persons whose handgun has been stolen or irretrievably lost or whoare trading in a handgun, (vii) purchases of handguns in a privatesale, and (viii) purchases of antique firearms. This bill was incorporatedinto SB 69.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Nov 2019
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Nov 18, 2019
Last action Jan 13, 2020
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
5
Key actions
1
Committee
2
Jan 8, 2020
Upper · Passed
Moved from Courts of Justice to Judiciary due to a change of the committee name
upper
Nov 18, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
upper
Nov 18, 2019
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101067D
upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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