HB 399 Virginia House of Delegates · 2022 Regular Session

Plastic firearms and unfinished frames, etc.; manufacture, import, sale, transfer, etc., penalties.

Summary
Manufacture, import, sale, transfer, or possession of plastic firearms and unfinished frames or receivers and unserialized firearms; penalties. Creates a Class 5 felony for any person who manufactures, imports, sells, transfers, or possesses any firearm with a major component, as defined in the bill, that when subjected to inspection by the types of detection devices, including X-ray machines, commonly used at airports for security screening does not generate an image that accurately depicts the shape of the component. The bill updates language regarding the types of detection devices that are used at airports for detecting plastic firearms.The bill also creates several Class 1 misdemeanors, which are punishable as a Class 4 felony for a second or subsequent offense, making it unlawful (i) for any person to knowingly possess, transport, or receive an unfinished frame or receiver unless the party possessing or receiving the unfinished frame or receiver is a federal firearms importer, manufacturer, or dealer or the unfinished frame or receiver is required by federal law to be, and has been, imprinted with a serial number by a federal firearms importer, manufacturer, or dealer and (ii) for any person to knowingly sell, offer to sell, transfer, or purchase an unfinished frame or receiver unless the party selling, offering to sell, transferring, or purchasing the unfinished frame or receiver is a federal firearms importer, manufacturer, or dealer or the unfinished frame or receiver is required by federal law to be, and has been, imprinted with a serial number by a federal firearms importer, manufacturer, or dealer. The provisions related to the prohibition for possessing, transporting, or receiving an unfinished frame or receiver have a delayed effected date of January 1, 2023.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
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Governor
Introduced Jan 11, 2022 Last action Feb 15, 2022
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Feb 3, 2022
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely (6-Y 4-N)
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Feb 1, 2022
Committee
Assigned PS sub: Subcommittee #1
lower
Jan 11, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Public Safety
lower
Jan 11, 2022
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103868D
lower
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors

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