Passed Virginia Firearm Legislation SB205
Legislation Overview
Title: Handguns; purchase by certain officers.
Description: Purchase of handguns by certain officers. Adds employees of the Department of Corrections with internal investigations authority to the list of retired law-enforcement officers who may purchase their service handguns for $1.
Session: 2016 Regular Session
Last Action: Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0210)
Last Action Date: March 1, 2016
Sponsors
Note: the first sponsor listed is normally the primary sponsor. If a sponsor's name is a hyperlink you can click on it to 'follow the money'.
1 sponsors: John Edwards;
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 3% (1 of 40)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Mar 1, 2016 | Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0210) | |
| Mar 1, 2016 | Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 210 (effective 7/1/16) | |
| Senate | Feb 25, 2016 | Signed by President |
| Feb 25, 2016 | Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 3, 2016 | |
| Senate | Feb 25, 2016 | Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/25/16 |
| Senate | Feb 24, 2016 | Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB205ER) |
| House | Feb 24, 2016 | Signed by Speaker |
| Senate | Feb 24, 2016 | Enrolled |
| House | Feb 23, 2016 | Read third time |
| House | Feb 23, 2016 | Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) |
| House | Feb 23, 2016 | VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N) |
| House | Feb 23, 2016 | Reconsideration of House passage agreed to by House |
| House | Feb 23, 2016 | Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) |
| House | Feb 23, 2016 | VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE #2 (100-Y 0-N) |
| House | Feb 22, 2016 | Read second time |
| House | Feb 19, 2016 | Reported from Militia, Police and Public Safety (22-Y 0-N) |
| House | Feb 18, 2016 | Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 0-N) |
| House | Feb 12, 2016 | Assigned MPPS sub: #1 |
| House | Feb 3, 2016 | Placed on Calendar |
| House | Feb 3, 2016 | Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety |
| House | Feb 3, 2016 | Read first time |
| Senate | Jan 21, 2016 | Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) |
| Senate | Jan 20, 2016 | Read second time and engrossed |
| Senate | Jan 19, 2016 | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) |
| Senate | Jan 18, 2016 | Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) |
| Senate | Jan 5, 2016 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
| Senate | Jan 5, 2016 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16100643D |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Chaptered | Mar 1, 2016 | state link | bill text |
| Enrolled | Feb 24, 2016 | state link | bill text |
| Prefiled | Jan 5, 2016 | state link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)
Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 0-N)
House: Reported from Militia, Police and Public Safety (22-Y 0-N)
House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE #2 (100-Y 0-N)
Link: link to state bill page
