VirginiaFirearm locking device; required for sale or transfer of firearm.
What it does
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.
More detail
This bill incorporates HB 12.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2024
- Nov 19Left in Courts of JusticeLatest
- Feb 28Continued to 2025 in Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)
- Vote recorded S Continued to 2025 in Judiciary. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 12Impact statement from DPB (HB158H1)
- Feb 2Referred to Committee for Courts of JusticeMinor
- Feb 2Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- Feb 1VOTE: Passage (51-Y 49-N)Passed Senate
- Vote recorded H VOTE:. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 1Read third time and passed House (51-Y 49-N)Passed House
- Jan 31Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB158H1Major
- Jan 31Committee substitute agreed to 24106293D-H1Major
- Jan 31Read second timeMinor
- Jan 30Read first timeMinor
- Jan 26Reported from Public Safety with substitute (12-Y 10-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported with substitute. Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 26Incorporates HB12 (Jones)
- Jan 26Committee substitute printed 24106293D-H1Major
- Jan 25Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 4-N)Major
- Vote recorded Reported with substitute. Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 25House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- Jan 16Assigned PS sub: FirearmsMinor
- Jan 16Impact statement from DPB (HB158)
- Jan 15Referred to Committee on Public Safety (Voice Vote)Minor
- Jan 15Referred from Courts of Justice (Voice Vote)Minor
- Jan 2Referred to Committee for Courts of JusticeMinor
- Jan 2Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101536DIntroduced