Assault firearms; age requirement for purchase, penalty.
Summary
Purchase of certain firearms; age requirement; penalty. Prohibits any person under 21 years of age from purchasing a handgun or assault firearm, with exceptions for the purchase of an assault firearm by a law-enforcement officer, correctional officer, jail officer, or member of the Armed Forces of the United States, the Virginia National Guard, or the National Guard of any other state. Accordingly, the bill prohibits a licensed dealer from selling, renting, trading, or transferring from his inventory a handgun or assault firearm to any person under 21 years of age. A violation of either prohibition is a Class 6 felony. The bill also expands the definition of "assault firearm" as the term applies to criminal history record information checks. This bill is identical to SB 327.
Bill status
vetoed
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Mar 2024
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2024
Senate Passage
Mar 2024
Vetoed
Mar 2024
Introduced Jan 10, 2024
Vetoed Mar 27, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Feb 29, 2024 · House of Delegates Feb 8, 2024
How they voted
39–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 40
Feb 29, 2024
D
Democratic21
95% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
57
Key actions
15
Committee
16
Apr 17, 2024
Vetoed
House sustained Governor's veto
lower
Mar 27, 2024
Vetoed
Vetoed by Governor
executive
Mar 26, 2024
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Mar 25, 2024
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Mar 25, 2024
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1174ER)
lower
Mar 8, 2024
Upper · Passed
Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 19-N)
upper
Mar 7, 2024
Lower · Passed
Conference report agreed to by House (52-Y 45-N)
lower
Mar 7, 2024
Legislature · Passed
Amended by conference committee
legislature
Mar 5, 2024
Committee
Senate requested conference committee
upper
Mar 1, 2024
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N)
upper
Feb 29, 2024
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (39-0-1)
senate
Feb 28, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N)
upper
Feb 19, 2024
Committee
Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
upper
Feb 19, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (8-Y 5-N)
upper
Feb 9, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
upper
Feb 8, 2024
Lower · Passed
VOTE: Passage (51-Y 46-N)
lower
Feb 8, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (51-Y 46-N)
lower
Feb 2, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported from Appropriations (12-Y 10-N)
lower
Jan 31, 2024
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (4-Y 3-N)
lower
Jan 26, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Jan 26, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported from Public Safety with substitute (12-Y 10-N)
lower
Jan 26, 2024
Committee
Assigned App. sub: Transportation & Public Safety
lower
Jan 25, 2024
Committee
Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Jan 19, 2024
Committee
Assigned PS sub: Firearms
lower
Jan 10, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Public Safety
lower
1 primary · 4 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Mark Sickles
DDemocratic
Co
Alfonso Lopez
DDemocratic
Co
Betsy Carr
DDemocratic
Co
J.R. Henson
DDemocratic
Co
Laura Jane Cohen
DDemocratic
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