SB 522 Virginia Senate · 2024 Regular Session

Purchase of firearms; demonstrated competence with a firearm or completion of training course.

Summary

Purchase of firearms; demonstrated competencewith a firearm or completion of a firearms safety or training course;penalty. Requires that a prospective purchaser of a firearm presentproof that such prospective purchaser has demonstrated competencewith a firearm or completed a firearms safety or training course,as specified in the bill, within the past five years.

Bill status failed 4 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2024

Committee Review

Mar 2024

Senate Passage

Feb 2024

House of Delegates Passage

Feb 2024

Governor

Introduced Jan 9, 2024 Last action Mar 9, 2024

Floor votes · Senate Feb 5, 2024 · House of Delegates Feb 28, 2024

How they voted

21–19

Passed

Total votes 40

Feb 5, 2024

D Democratic21

21 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican19

19 Nay

100% Nay

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Mar 4, 2024

Committee

House requested conference committee

lower

Feb 28, 2024

Lower · Passed

VOTE: Passage (51-Y 49-N)

lower

Feb 28, 2024

Lower · Passed

Passed House with substitute (51-Y 49-N)

lower

Feb 23, 2024

Lower · Passed

Reported from Public Safety with substitute (12-Y 9-N)

lower

Feb 22, 2024

Lower · Passed

Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2025

lower

Feb 19, 2024

Committee

Assigned PS sub: Firearms

lower

Feb 13, 2024

Committee

Referred to Committee on Public Safety

lower

Feb 5, 2024

Upper · Passed

Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N)

upper

Jan 31, 2024

Upper · Passed

Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N)

upper

Jan 22, 2024

Committee

Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations

upper

Jan 22, 2024

Upper · Passed

Reported from Courts of Justice (9-Y 6-N)

upper

Jan 9, 2024

Committee

Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice

upper

1 primary · 6 co-sponsors