A few new laws taking effect July 1.

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A helpful publication produced by the Virginia Division of Legislative Services entitled "In Due Course: 2015 Changes to Virginia's Laws." This document highlights many of the key changes to the Code of Virginia that are likely to impact the daily lives of citizens and which take effect today. You can view the publication online by clicking here. :

http://dls.virginia.gov/pubs/IDC/IDC15.html

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Good post. Thanks for sharing it. Here are some firearm laws that went into effect July 1st as well:

GOOD BILLS (according to VCDL)

HB1666 Patron: Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr. - all patrons
Firearms; restoration of rights; venue. Permits a nonresident of the Commonwealth prohibited from possessing a firearm, ammunition, or a stun weapon because of a felony conviction or a juvenile adjudication of delinquency of certain offenses to petition the circuit court where his last felony conviction or adjudication of delinquency occurred for restoration of his right to possess, transport, or carry a firearm, ammunition, or a stun weapon. Current law does not provide for venue for a nonresident's restoration petition.

HB2286 Patron: Michael J. Webert - all patrons
Possession, etc., of firearms, etc., by convicted felons; restoration of rights. Provides that the prohibition on the possession and transportation of firearms and ammunition by convicted felons does not apply to a felon whose right to possess firearms or ammunition has been restored under the law of another state.

SB1191 Patron: Thomas K. Norment, Jr. - all patrons
Firearms, other weapons on school property. Amends the statute that makes it a crime to possess a firearm, stun weapon, knife, or certain other weapons on school property to require that the person knowingly possess the firearm or other weapon.

HB2015 Patron: Scott A. Surovell - all patrons
Exemption from creditor process; bankruptcy proceedings. Makes several changes to articles that may be exempted from creditor process: (i) removes the one-gun limit, though the $3,000 cap remains the same; (ii) removes the one-car limit, though the $6,000 cap remains the same; (iii) allows those portions of a tax refund or governmental payment attributable to the federal Child Tax Credit or the Earned Income Credit to be exempted; (iv) allows unpaid spousal or child support to be exempted; and (v) extends the exemption from creditor process to spousal and child support, to the extent reasonably necessary for the support of the debtor and any dependent of the debtor.

SB848 Patron: William M. Stanley, Jr. - all patrons
Commonwealth's Twenty marksmanship award. Establishes the "Commonwealth's Twenty" marksmanship award to recognize the top 20 competitors in each of the rifle and pistol Excellence-in-Competition matches conducted at the annual Virginia State Championships conducted by the Virginia Shooting Sports Association.

BAD BILLS (according to VCDL)
HB1702 Patron: Bill R. DeSteph, Jr. - all patrons
Transfer, etc., of firearms from licensed dealer; criminal history record information. Provides that a licensed firearms dealer may perform a criminal history record information check before selling, renting, trading, or transferring any firearm owned by the dealer that is not in his inventory. Current law requires that a dealer perform such a check only if the firearm is from the dealer's inventory.

SB936 Patron: David W. Marsden - all patrons
Unclaimed firearms; donation to Department of Forensic Science. Permits localities, the Capitol Police, and the State Police to donate unclaimed firearms to the Department of Forensic Science. The bill also extends from 60 to 120 days the period for which various law-enforcement agencies must retain unclaimed firearms before destroying or donating such firearms.

Here's a listing of all of the Senate and House bills that VCDL was tracking during the 20915 legislative session.

http://www2.vcdl.org/webapps/vcdl/2015leg.html