SB 639 Virginia Senate · 2024 Regular Session

Firearms; removal from persons posing substantial risk, penalties.

Summary
Firearms; removal from persons posing substantialrisk; penalties. Repeals the procedure by which any attorney for the Commonwealth or law-enforcement officer may apply to a generaldistrict court, circuit court, or juvenile and domestic relationsdistrict court judge or magistrate for an emergency substantial riskorder to prohibit a person who poses a substantial risk of injuryto himself or others from purchasing, possessing, or transportinga firearm. The bill also removes the substantial risk order registryfor the entry of orders issued.
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Jan 2024
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Introduced Jan 11, 2024 Last action Jan 22, 2024
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Jan 11, 2024
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Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
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Jan 11, 2024
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Presented and ordered printed 24104108D
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Glen Sturtevant
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