DATE CREATED: January 2, 2024
LAST ACTION DATE: 02/28/2024
LAST AMENDMENT DATE: 01/26/2024
PROGRESS: Dead
BILL ID: HB158
CATEGORIES: Justice
REGION: VA
Firearm locking device required for sale or transfer of firearm; warning against accessibility to children; penalty. Makes it a Class 3 misdemeanor for any licensed manufacturer, licensed importer, or licensed dealer to sell, deliver, or transfer any firearm to any person other than a licensed manufacturer, licensed importer, or licensed dealer unless the transferee is provided with a locking device for that firearm and the firearm is accompanied by a warning, in conspicuous and legible type in capital letters printed on a separate sheet of paper included within the packaging enclosing the firearm, that firearms should be locked and kept away from children and that there may be civil and criminal liability for failing to do so. The bill provides exceptions for law-enforcement and governmental agencies.
SESSION: 2024 Regular Session
VERSIONS: 2
VOTES: 4
LAST ACTION: Continued to 2025 in Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)
ACTIONS: 25
SPONSORS: Adele McClure (D)* , Bonita Anthony (D) , Alex Askew (D) , Laura Jane Cohen (D) , J.R. Henson (D) , Karen Keys-Gamarra (D) , Amy Laufer (D) , Marty Martinez (D) , Atoosa Reaser (D) , Holly Seibold (D) , Irene Shin (D) , Marcus Simon (D) , Kathy Tran (D) , Rod Willett (D) , Mike Jones (D)* , Elizabeth Bennett-Parker (D) , Nadarius Clark (D) , Rae Cousins (D) , Michelle Maldonado (D) , Alfonso Lopez (D)* , Kelly Fowler (D) , Patrick Hope (D) , Candi Mundon King (D) , Shelly Simonds (D)
KEYWORDS: Responsible Firearm Storage, Locking Mechanism Incorporated, Firearm Locking Device, Firearm Lock Required, Locking Device, Properly Lock, Safety Lock, Device Designed, Licensed Dealer, Licensed Importer
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