VA HB2 | 2024 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 38-0)
Status: Vetoed on March 26 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-04-17 - House sustained Governor's veto
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]
Status: Vetoed on March 26 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-04-17 - House sustained Governor's veto
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]
Summary
Purchase, sale, transfer, etc., of assault firearms and certain ammunition feeding devices prohibited; penalty. Creates a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person who imports, sells, manufactures, purchases, or transfers an assault firearm, as that term is defined in the bill, and prohibits a person who has been convicted of such violation from purchasing, possessing, or transporting a firearm for a period of three years from the date of conviction. The bill provides that an assault firearm does not include any firearm that is an antique firearm, has been rendered permanently inoperable, is manually operated by bolt, pump, lever, or slide action, or was manufactured before July 1, 2024. The bill also prohibits the sale of a large capacity ammunition feeding device, as that term is defined in the bill. The bill provides that any person who willfully and intentionally (i) sells an assault firearm to another person or (ii) purchases an assault firearm from another person is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor and that any person who imports, sells, barters, or transfers a large capacity ammunition feeding device is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill also makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person younger than 21 years of age to import, sell, manufacture, purchase, possess, transport, or transfer an assault firearm regardless of the date of manufacture of such assault firearm.
Titel
Assault firearms & certain ammunition, etc.; purchase, possession, sale, transfer, etc., prohibited.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2024-03-01 - House - House: VOTE: Adoption (50-Y 47-N) (Y: 50 N: 47 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2024-02-28 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (20-Y 19-N) (Y: 20 N: 19 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-02-27 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N) (Y: 10 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-27 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-02-19 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (8-Y 4-N) (Y: 8 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-02 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (51-Y 49-N) (Y: 51 N: 49 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-01-29 - House - House: Reported from Appropriations with substitute (11-Y 10-N) (Y: 11 N: 10 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-01-24 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N) (Y: 5 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-01-19 - House - House: Reported from Public Safety (11-Y 9-N) (Y: 11 N: 9 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2024-01-18 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 4-N) (Y: 6 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-28 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (20-Y 19-N) (Y: 20 N: 19 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-02-27 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N) (Y: 10 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-27 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-02-19 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (8-Y 4-N) (Y: 8 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-02 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (51-Y 49-N) (Y: 51 N: 49 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-01-29 - House - House: Reported from Appropriations with substitute (11-Y 10-N) (Y: 11 N: 10 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-01-24 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N) (Y: 5 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-01-19 - House - House: Reported from Public Safety (11-Y 9-N) (Y: 11 N: 9 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2024-01-18 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 4-N) (Y: 6 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2024-04-17 | House | House sustained Governor's veto |
2024-03-26 | Governor: Vetoed by Governor | |
2024-03-11 | Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 | |
2024-03-11 | House | Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 |
2024-03-08 | Senate | Signed by President |
2024-03-07 | House | Signed by Speaker |
2024-03-07 | House | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2ER) |
2024-03-07 | House | Enrolled |
2024-03-01 | House | VOTE: Adoption (50-Y 47-N) |
2024-03-01 | House | Senate substitute agreed to by House 24107889D-S1 (50-Y 47-N) |
2024-02-28 | Senate | Passed Senate with substitute (20-Y 19-N) |
2024-02-28 | Senate | Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2S1 |
2024-02-28 | Senate | Committee substitute agreed to 24107889D-S1 |
2024-02-28 | Senate | Reading of substitute waived |
2024-02-28 | Senate | Read third time |
2024-02-27 | Senate | Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N) |
2024-02-27 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) |
2024-02-19 | Senate | Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations |
2024-02-19 | Senate | Committee substitute printed 24107889D-S1 |
2024-02-19 | Senate | Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (8-Y 4-N) |
2024-02-05 | Senate | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
2024-02-05 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed |
2024-02-02 | House | VOTE: Passage (51-Y 49-N) |
2024-02-02 | House | Read third time and passed House (51-Y 49-N) |
2024-02-01 | House | Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2H1 |
2024-02-01 | House | Committee substitute agreed to 24105958D-H1 |
2024-02-01 | House | Read second time |
2024-01-31 | House | Read first time |
2024-01-29 | House | Committee substitute printed 24105958D-H1 |
2024-01-29 | House | Reported from Appropriations with substitute (11-Y 10-N) |
2024-01-24 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N) |
2024-01-21 | House | Assigned App. sub: Transportation & Public Safety |
2024-01-19 | House | Referred to Committee on Appropriations |
2024-01-19 | House | Reported from Public Safety (11-Y 9-N) |
2024-01-18 | House | Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations |
2024-01-18 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 4-N) |
2024-01-13 | House | Assigned PS sub: Firearms |
2023-11-20 | House | Referred to Committee on Public Safety |
2023-11-20 | House | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101034D |
Same As/Similar To
SB2 (Similar To) 2024-04-17 - Senate sustained Governor's veto
Subjects
Code Citations
Chapter | Article | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
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15 | 2 | 915.5 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
18 | 2 | 287.4:1 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
18 | 2 | 287.4:2 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
18 | 2 | 308.09 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
18 | 2 | 308.1:9 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
18 | 2 | 308.2:1 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
18 | 2 | 308.2:2 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
18 | 2 | 308.2:3 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
18 | 2 | 308.2:5 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
18 | 2 | 308.7 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
18 | 2 | 309.1 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
19 | 2 | 386.28 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |