DATE CREATED: January 10, 2024
LAST ACTION DATE: 04/17/2024
LAST AMENDMENT DATE: 03/25/2024
PROGRESS: Vetoed
BILL ID: SB327
CATEGORIES: Justice, Budget and Finance
REGION: VA
Purchase of certain firearms; age requirement; penalty. Prohibits any person under 21 years of age from purchasing a handgun or assault firearm, with exceptions for the purchase of an assault firearm by a law-enforcement officer, correctional officer, jail officer, or member of the Armed Forces of the United States, the Virginia National Guard, or the National Guard of any other state. Accordingly, the bill prohibits a licensed dealer from selling, renting, trading, or transferring from his inventory a handgun or assault firearm to any person under 21 years of age. A violation of either prohibition is a Class 6 felony. The bill also expands the definition of "assault firearm" as the term applies to criminal history record information checks.
SESSION: 2024 Regular Session
VERSIONS: 5
VOTES: 13
LAST ACTION: Passed by for the day
ACTIONS: 61
SPONSORS: Saddam Salim (D)* , Barbara Favola (D) , Ghazala Hashmi (D) , Angelia Williams Graves (D)
KEYWORDS: Protrudes Conspicuously Beneath, Permanent Orders Assigning, Criminal Justice Services, Letter Designation Indicating, Rendered Permanently Inoperable, Unique Approval Number, Unique Reference Number, Voluntary Admission Pursuant, Adjudicated Legally Incompetent, Maintain Records Longer
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