Legislative Update - gun bills heading to Gov's desk! 3/2/16

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VA-ALERT: Legislative Update - gun bills heading to Gov's desk! 3/2/16

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First some good news:

SB 608, Senator Reeves, requires the return of stolen firearms to their lawful owner by police, was signed into law and is effective July 1.


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A host of pro-gun bills are headed to the Governor’s desk:

HB 1096, Delegate Webert, state-agency firearms preemption bill

HB 1234, Delegate Lingmafelter, allows school security officers to carry a gun

HB 206, Delegate Webert, removes requirement for a 2nd form of ID when purchasing a gun

HB 382, Delegate Fowler, allows state-agency employees to store firearms in their private vehicles while at work

HB 560, Delegate Lingamfelter, improvement to brandishing law

HB 766, Delegate Gilbert, makes a protection order a temporary CHP

HB 810, Delegate Lingamfelter, removes requirement to show citizenship when purchasing an “assault firearm”

SB 626, Senator Vogel, makes a protection order a temporary CHP

We expect vetoes on some of the above bills, but not on all of them.


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SB 175, Senator Stuart, prohibits Virginia from sharing CHP holder information with states that don’t honor VA CHPs, had a few technical issues that should now be fixed and should be heard soon in committee or subcommittee. VCDL is watching this bill very closely.


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SB 677, Senator Chase, makes the $10 Circuit Court Clerk fee for a CHP optional, was killed in the House General Government & Capital Outlay subcommittee. Unbelievable. More details will follow in a future legislative update.



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[MarcSpaz]

Mostly good news. Thanks for the update!