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 HB 1174.
Bill status
passed both
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Mar 2024
Senate Passage
Apr 2024
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2024
Vetoed
Mar 2024
Introduced Jan 9, 2024
Vetoed Mar 27, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Feb 13, 2024 · House of Delegates Feb 21, 2024
How they voted
40–0
Passed
Total votes 40
Feb 13, 2024
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
60
Key actions
17
Committee
13
Apr 17, 2024
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
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
Upper · Passed
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB327ER)
upper
Mar 6, 2024
Lower · Passed
Conference report agreed to by House (51-Y 48-N)
lower
Mar 6, 2024
Upper · Passed
Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 19-N)
upper
Mar 5, 2024
Legislature · Passed
Amended by conference committee
legislature
Feb 26, 2024
Committee
House requested conference committee
lower
Feb 21, 2024
Lower · Passed
VOTE: Passage (52-Y 48-N)
lower
Feb 21, 2024
Lower · Passed
Passed House with substitute (52-Y 48-N)
lower
Feb 16, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported from Public Safety with substitute (12-Y 10-N)
lower
Feb 15, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Public Safety
lower
Feb 13, 2024
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (21-Y 19-N)
upper
Feb 13, 2024
Upper · Passed
Committee substitute reconsidered (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 12, 2024
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Feb 7, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N)
upper
Jan 31, 2024
Committee
Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
upper
Jan 31, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (9-Y 6-N)
upper
Jan 31, 2024
Upper · Passed
Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
upper
Jan 10, 2024
Upper · Passed
Moved from Judiciary to Courts of Justice due to a change of the committee name
upper
Jan 9, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
upper
1 primary · 14 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Saddam Salim
DDemocratic
Co
Angelia Graves
DDemocratic
Co
Barbara Favola
DDemocratic
Co
Elizabeth Bennett-Parker
DDemocratic
Co
Ghazala Hashmi
DDemocratic
Co
Holly Seibold
DDemocratic
Co
Irene Shin
DDemocratic
Co
J.R. Henson
DDemocratic
Co
Karen Keys-Gamarra
DDemocratic
Co
Laura Jane Cohen
DDemocratic
Co
Marty Martinez
DDemocratic
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