DATE CREATED: December 1, 2023
LAST ACTION DATE: 04/17/2024
LAST AMENDMENT DATE: 03/07/2024
PROGRESS: Vetoed
BILL ID: HB2
CATEGORIES: Justice, Budget and Finance
REGION: VA
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.
SESSION: 2024 Regular Session
VERSIONS: 4
VOTES: 10
LAST ACTION: House sustained Governor's veto
ACTIONS: 48
SPONSORS: Dan Helmer (D)* , Elizabeth Bennett-Parker (D)* , Nadarius Clark (D)* , Michael Feggans (D)* , Adele McClure (D)* , Bonita Anthony (D) , Alex Askew (D) , David Bulova (D) , Katrina Callsen (D) , Betsy Carr (D) , Laura Jane Cohen (D) , Debra Gardner (D) , Cliff Hayes (D) , J.R. Henson (D) , Phil Hernandez (D) , Charniele Herring (D) , Mike Jones (D) , Karen Keys-Gamarra (D) , Amy Laufer (D) , Destiny LeVere Bolling (D) , Alfonso Lopez (D) , Marty Martinez (D) , Cia Price (D) , Sam Rasoul (D) , Atoosa Reaser (D) , David Reid (D) , Don Scott (D) , Holly Seibold (D) , Briana Sewell (D) , Irene Shin (D) , Mark Sickles (D) , Marcus Simon (D) , Kannan Srinivasan (D) , Rip Sullivan (D) , Kathy Tran (D) , Jeion Ward (D) , Vivian Watts (D) , Rod Willett (D)
KEYWORDS: Political Disabilities Removed, Protrudes Conspicuously Beneath, Senior Military Colleges, Letter Designation Indicating, Rendered Permanently Inoperable, Substance Abuse Treatment, Granted Relief Pursuant, Voluntary Admission Pursuant, Voluntary Gun Buy-Back, Permanent Orders Assigning
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