Virginia
Shooting Sports Association
2008
General Assembly Legislative Tracking Form
Updated 9:55 AM 4/11/08
Legend: _ Code clean up/no impact on gun owner rights
: _ Improves gun owner rights
: _ Restricts gun owner rights
: * VSSA has taken no position at this time
The 2008 Virginia General Assembly is now adjouned.
Reconvene
for Governor’s Amendments and Vetoes - April 16, 2008
House Bills Passed
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Bill No. |
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LIS Bill Summary as Introduced (unless otherwise noted) |
Last Action |
VSSA Position |
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Concealed handgun permits; renewal and
replacement. |
States that when a person with a valid |
01/30/08
Passed House - 97-Y 2-N 02/18/08
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) 03/02/08
Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 69 (effective 7/1/08) 04/11/08 House:
Governor's recommendation received by House |
SUPPORT |
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Firearms; answering mental health questions on consent
form required when purchasing. |
Requires that a person seeking to purchase a
firearm from a firearms dealer answer questions on the state background
check consent form concerning whether the applicant has ever been acquitted by
reason of insanity, been adjudicated legally incompetent or mentally
incapacitated, or been involuntarily admitted to a facility or involuntarily
ordered to out-patient mental health treatment. |
02/12/08
Passed House (99-Y 0-N) 03/04/08
Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) 03/24/08
House: Signed by Speaker |
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Voluntary admission; report to Central Criminal
Records Exchange. |
Adds to the section requiring reporting of
involuntary commitment persons who were the subject of a temporary detention
order and who subsequently agreed to voluntary commitment. |
02/12/08
Passed House (98-Y 0-N) 03/08/08
Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) 03/24/08
House: Signed by Speaker |
Amended to make
the restriction reversible upon a
finding that the person prohibited will not likely act in a manner dangerous
to public safety and that granting the petition is not contrary to the
public interest |
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Concealed weapons; exempts retired Capitol Police
officers from permit requirements. |
Exempts retired Capitol Police officers from the
concealed weapons permit requirements. |
01/30/08
Passed House 99-Y 0-N 02/18/08
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) 03/02/08 Governor: Approved
by Governor-Chapter 75 (effective 7/1/08) |
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Concealed handgun permits; proof of competency with handgun. |
Clarifies that any honorable discharge from any branch of the armed
serves may serve as the proof of competency required to obtain a concealed
handgun permit, regardless of the year that the honorable discharge was
issued. |
01/30/08
Passed House - 95-Y 2-N 02/18/08
Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N) 03/04/08 Governor: Approved
by Governor-Chapter 309 (effective 7/1/08) |
SUPPORT |
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Concealed handguns; allows law-enforcement officers on long-term leave
to carry without permit. |
Allows a law-enforcement officer on long-term leave due to a
service-related injury to carry a concealed handgun without a permit, so long
as such officer receives written proof of consultation and favorable review
to carry a concealed handgun from the law-enforcement agency that employs the
officer. The proof of consultation would only be valid until the officer
returns to work or terminates his employment with the agency. |
01/30/08
Passed House - 99-Y 0-N 02/18/08
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) 03/02/08 Governor: Approved
by Governor-Chapter 80 (effective 7/1/08 |
SUPPORT |
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Concealed handgun permits; revocation upon notification of State
Police. |
Requires the court that issued a person a concealed handgun permit to
revoke the permit upon notification by the State Police that the person has
been convicted of an offense that would disqualify him from obtaining a
permit or if the person is adjudicated legally incompetent, mentally
incapacitated, or is involuntarily committed. The law currently requires such
persons to forfeit and surrender their concealed handgun permits, but does
not require the issuing court to revoke the permit. |
02/12/08
Passed House (98-Y 0-N) 02/28/08
Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (13-Y 0-N) 03/06/08
House: Signed by Speaker |
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Bill No. |
Title |
House Bills Carried Over to 2009 LIS Bill Summary as Introduced (unless otherwise noted) |
Last Action |
VSSA Position |
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Concealed handgun permit applications; access
to personal information. |
Protects from public disclosure permittee
names and descriptive information held by the Department of State Police for
purposes of entry into the Virginia Criminal Information Network. However,
the information would still be available to law-enforcement agencies,
officers, and agents in the course of law-enforcement duties, and
non-identifying statistical information would be available to the general
public. In addition, the State Police would be required to furnish, at a
reasonable cost, a list of permit holders and their mailing addresses to
nonprofit firearms and hunting educational and issue advocacy groups, but
only for the purpose of education and advocacy. |
02/08/08
Passed House (97-Y 1-N) 02/25/08
Senate: Continued to 2009 in Courts of Justice (8-Y 7-N) Bill Carried Over to
2009 |
SUPPORT |
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Bill No. |
Title |
House Bills Defeated or Rolled Into Other Bills LIS Bill Summary as Introduced (unless otherwise noted) |
Last Action |
VSSA Position |
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Firearms;
regulation thereof by state entities. |
Prohibits a
state agency, council, commission, or other entity from adopting any rules,
regulations, or policies governing the purchase, possession, transfer,
ownership, carrying, storage, or transporting of firearms, ammunition, or
components or combinations thereof, unless expressly authorized by statute.
The prohibition does not apply to state, local, and regional correctional
facilities or mental health facilities, nor is it to be construed to prohibit
a law-enforcement officer from acting within the scope of his duties. Any
rule, regulation, or policy adopted prior to July 1, 2007, except for those
specifically authorized by statute, will be invalid. |
02/12/08
House: Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety Bill Dead for Session |
SUPPORT |
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School; definition
thereof for purposes of prohibiting weapons on school grounds |
Defines
"school" for the purposes of prohibiting weapons on school grounds
as any public school from kindergarten through grade 12 operated under the
authority of any locality within the Commonwealth, or any private or
religious school that offers instruction at any level or grade from
kindergarten through grade 12. Currently the definition is limited to any
elementary, middle, or secondary school. |
02/12/08
House: Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety Bill Dead for Session |
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Private schools
and child day centers; armed security officers may carry firearms onto
property. |
States
that armed security officers, licensed by the Department of Criminal Justice
Services, may carry firearms onto school property if such officer is hired by
the school to provide protection to students and employees, and prohibits the
Child Day-Care Council from adopting any regulations that would prevent a
child day center from hiring such an armed security officer. |
02/12/08
House: Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety Bill Dead for Session |
SUPPORT |
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Firearms taxes,
certain; destruction of records |
Repeals local authority to impose a license tax of not more than $25 on
persons engaged in the business of selling pistols and revolvers. Also, a
recordkeeping requirement for such persons is deleted and the clerk of the
circuit court shall destroy any such existing records. |
02/12/08
House: Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety Bill Dead for Session |
SUPPORT |
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Protective
orders; possession of firearms. |
Prohibits a person subject to a protective order from possessing a
firearm. Currently, persons subject to such orders are prohibiting from
purchasing and transporting firearms. |
02/12/08
House: Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety Bill Dead for Session |
OPPOSE |
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Concealed handgun permit applications; access
to personal information. |
Prohibits a clerk of a circuit court and the Department of State Police
from disseminating to the public any personal identifying information
contained on an application for a concealed handgun permit or a court order
issuing a permit. |
02/01/08
House: Incorporated by Militia, Police and Public Safety (HB982-Nutter) by voice vote |
SUPPORT |
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Firearm control; locality to pay attorney fees resulting from taking
actions prohibited. |
Requires a locality to pay attorney fees resulting from taking certain
actions prohibited with regard to firearm control. |
01/30/08
Passed House - 88-Y 11-N 03/03/08
Senate: Left in Courts of Justice (8-Y 7-N) Dead for Session |
SUPPORT |
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Higher educational institutions; possession of concealed handguns by
faculty members. |
Allows full-time faculty members of state institutions of higher
education who possess a valid |
02/12/08
House: Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety Bill Dead for Session |
SUPPORT |
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Involuntary mental health treatment; prohibition from purchasing, etc.
firearms. |
Clarifies that orders for both involuntary inpatient and outpatient
mental health treatment must be forwarded by the clerk of court to the
Central Criminal Records Exchange, and that persons ordered to either
involuntary inpatient or outpatient treatment are prohibited from purchasing,
possessing, or transporting a firearm. This bill codifies Executive Order 50
(2007). |
01/25/08
House: Incorporated by Courts of Justice (HB815-Albo)
by voice vote |
Amended to make
the restriction reversible upon a
finding that the person prohibited will not likely act in a manner dangerous
to public safety and that granting the petition is not contrary to the public
interest |
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Concealed weapons; prohibits carrying of concealed pneumatic guns. |
Prohibits the carrying of concealed pneumatic guns. |
02/12/08
House: Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety Bill Dead for Session |
OPPOSE |
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Transfer of firearms; criminal records check; penalties. |
Adds a definition of "firearms show vendor" and requires that
a criminal history record information check be performed on the prospective transferee
before the vendor may transfer firearms at a gun show. Under current law,
only licensed dealers must obtain such a check. The bill also adds a
definition of "promoter" and requires that the promoter of a gun
show provide vendors with access to licensed dealers who will conduct the
criminal background check. |
01/18/08
House: Incorporated by Militia, Police and Public Safety (HB745-Caputo)
by voice vote |
OPPOSE |
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Protective orders; possession of firearms. |
Prohibits a person subject to a protective order from possessing a
firearm. |
02/12/08
House: Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety |