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HB1992

Firearms; purchase, etc., following conviction for assault and battery of a family member.

Status:
Passed

Chief Patron:
Kathleen Murphy (D)

Session:
2021 Regular Session

Summary

As Passed Both Chambers. Purchase, possession, or transportation of firearms following conviction for assault and battery of a family or household member; penalties.

Prohibits a person who has been convicted of assault and battery of a family or household member, as defined in the bill, from purchasing, possessing, or transporting a firearm. The prohibition expires three years after the date of conviction, at which point the person's firearms rights are restored, unless he receives another disqualifying conviction. A person who violates the provisions of the bill is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. (Less)

  • Bill History

  • 01/11/2021 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100815D
  • 01/11/2021 - House: Referred to Committee on Public Safety
  • 01/12/2021 - House: Impact statement from VCSC (HB1992)
  • 01/14/2021 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB1992)
  • 01/14/2021 - House: Assigned PS sub: Firearms
  • 01/19/2021 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
  • 01/22/2021 - House: Reported from Public Safety (10-Y 9-N)
  • 01/25/2021 - House: Read first time
  • 01/26/2021 - House: Floor substitute printed 21103651D-H1 (Murphy)
  • 01/26/2021 - House: Motion to refer to committee agreed to
  • 01/26/2021 - House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
  • 01/27/2021 - House: Impact statement from VCSC (HB1992H1)
  • 01/27/2021 - House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (13-Y 9-N)
  • 01/27/2021 - House: Committee substitute printed 21103901D-H2
  • 01/27/2021 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB1992H1)
  • 01/28/2021 - House: Impact statement from VCSC (HB1992H2)
  • 01/28/2021 - House: Read first time
  • 01/29/2021 - House: Read second time
  • 01/29/2021 - House: Committee substitute agreed to 21103901D-H2
  • 01/29/2021 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1992H2
  • 01/31/2021 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB1992H2)
  • 02/01/2021 - House: Read third time and passed House (54-Y 46-N)
  • 02/01/2021 - House: VOTE: Passage (54-Y 46-N)   Close Floor Vote
  • 02/02/2021 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 02/02/2021 - Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
  • 02/05/2021 - Senate: Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Judiciary (14-Y 0-N)
  • 02/10/2021 - Senate: Assigned Judiciary sub: Criminal Law
  • 02/15/2021 - Senate: Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 02/15/2021 - Senate: Reported from Judiciary with substitute (8-Y 7-N)
  • 02/15/2021 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 21200021D-S1
  • 02/15/2021 - Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
  • 02/16/2021 - House: Impact statement from VCSC (HB1992S1)
  • 02/17/2021 - Senate: Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 02/17/2021 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB1992S1)
  • 02/17/2021 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 21200284D-S2
  • 02/17/2021 - House: Impact statement from VCSC (HB1992S2)
  • 02/17/2021 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
  • 02/17/2021 - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (11-Y 4-N)
  • 02/18/2021 - Senate: Read third time
  • 02/18/2021 - Senate: Passed by temporarily
  • 02/18/2021 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB1992S2)
  • 02/18/2021 - Senate: Reading of substitute waived
  • 02/18/2021 - Senate: Committee substitute rejected 21200021D-S1
  • 02/18/2021 - Senate: Reading of substitute waived
  • 02/18/2021 - Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 21200284D-S2
  • 02/18/2021 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1992S2
  • 02/18/2021 - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (20-Y 19-N)   Close Floor Vote
  • 02/22/2021 - House: Placed on Calendar
  • 02/22/2021 - House: Senate substitute agreed to by House 21200284D-S2 (52-Y 46-N)
  • 02/22/2021 - House: VOTE: Adoption (52-Y 46-N)   Close Floor Vote
  • 02/25/2021 - House: Enrolled
  • 02/25/2021 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1992ER)
  • 02/25/2021 - Senate: Signed by President
  • 02/26/2021 - House: Signed by Speaker
  • 02/26/2021 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB1992ER)
  • 03/01/2021 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 1, 2021
  • 03/01/2021 - Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
  • 03/31/2021 - House: Governor's recommendation received by House
  • 04/07/2021 - House: Placed on Calendar
  • 04/07/2021 - House: House concurred in Governor's recommendation (54-Y 45-N)
  • 04/07/2021 - House: VOTE: Adoption (54-Y 45-N)   Close Floor Vote
  • 04/07/2021 - Senate: Senate rejected Governor's recommendations #1, #2 (12-Y 28-N)
  • 04/07/2021 - Senate: Senate rejected Governor's recommendation #3 (14-Y 26-N)   Close Floor Vote
  • 04/07/2021 - Senate: Communicated to Governor
  • 04/07/2021 - Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., May 7, 2021
  • 04/15/2021 - Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 555 (effective 7/1/21)
  • 04/15/2021 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0555)

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