HB2372
Catalytic converters; unlawful possession, purchase, or sale, penalty.
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Possession, purchase, or sale of catalytic converters; penalty.
Makes it a Class 6 felony for any person to sell, offer for sale, or purchase a catalytic converter from a motor vehicle exhaust system that has been detached from a motor vehicle, except when such sale, offer for sale, or purchase is made to or by a scrap metal ... (More) purchaser that has adhered to the required compliance provisions. The bill provides that a judge or jury may make a permissive inference that a person who is in possession of a catalytic converter that has been removed from a motor vehicle is presumed to have criminally obtained such catalytic converter unless the person is an authorized agent or employee acting in the performance of his official duties for a motor vehicle dealer, motor vehicle garage or repair shop, or salvage yard that is licensed or registered by the Commonwealth or a person who possesses vehicle registration documentation indicating that the catalytic converter in the person's possession is the result of a replacement of a catalytic converter from a vehicle registered in that person's name. This bill is identical to SB 1135. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/16/2023 - House: Presented and ordered printed 23104283D
- 01/16/2023 - House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/25/2023 - House: Impact statement from VCSC (HB2372)
- 01/31/2023 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB2372)
- 01/31/2023 - House: Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
- 02/01/2023 - House: House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- 02/01/2023 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/2023 - House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (16-Y 4-N)
- 02/03/2023 - House: Committee substitute printed 23105402D-H1
- 02/05/2023 - House: Read first time
- 02/06/2023 - House: Impact statement from VCSC (HB2372H1)
- 02/06/2023 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB2372H1)
- 02/06/2023 - House: Read second time
- 02/06/2023 - House: Committee substitute agreed to 23105402D-H1
- 02/06/2023 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2372H1
- 02/07/2023 - House: Read third time and passed House (75-Y 24-N)
- 02/07/2023 - House: VOTE: Passage (75-Y 24-N)
- 02/08/2023 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/08/2023 - Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
- 02/15/2023 - Senate: Reported from Judiciary (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/2023 - Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/16/2023 - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/2023 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/2023 - Senate: Read third time
- 02/21/2023 - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/2023 - House: Enrolled
- 02/24/2023 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2372ER)
- 02/25/2023 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB2372ER)
- 03/02/2023 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023
- 03/02/2023 - Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023
- 03/21/2023 - Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 90 (effective 7/1/23)
- 03/21/2023 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0090)
