Passed Virginia Firearm Legislation SB543
Legislation Overview
Title: Firearms shows; mandatory background check.
Description: Firearms shows; mandatory background check. Requires the Department of State Police to perform a criminal history record information check on the prospective purchaser or transferee prior to the completion of any firearms transaction at a firearms show held in the Commonwealth. Current law requires the Department of State Police to be available at every firearms show held in the Commonwealth to perform criminal history record information checks but does not require such checks to be performed unless requested by a party involved in the transaction.
Session: 2020 Regular Session
Last Action: Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0828)
Last Action Date: April 7, 2020
Sponsors
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1 sponsors: John Edwards (D);
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 3% (1 of 40)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Apr 7, 2020 | Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0828) | |
| Apr 7, 2020 | Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 828 (effective 7/1/20) | |
| Mar 12, 2020 | Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020 | |
| Senate | Mar 12, 2020 | Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020 |
| House | Mar 8, 2020 | Signed by Speaker |
| Senate | Mar 7, 2020 | Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB543ER) |
| Senate | Mar 7, 2020 | Signed by President |
| Senate | Mar 7, 2020 | Enrolled |
| House | Mar 4, 2020 | Passed House (54-Y 44-N) |
| House | Mar 4, 2020 | VOTE: Passage (54-Y 44-N) |
| House | Mar 4, 2020 | Read third time |
| House | Mar 3, 2020 | Read second time |
| House | Feb 28, 2020 | Reported from Public Safety (15-Y 7-N) |
| House | Feb 18, 2020 | Referred to Committee on Public Safety |
| House | Feb 18, 2020 | Read first time |
| House | Feb 18, 2020 | Placed on Calendar |
| Senate | Feb 11, 2020 | Read third time and passed Senate (26-Y 14-N) |
| Senate | Feb 10, 2020 | Read second time and engrossed |
| Senate | Feb 7, 2020 | Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) |
| Senate | Feb 5, 2020 | Reported from Judiciary (8-Y 5-N) |
| Senate | Jan 8, 2020 | Moved from Courts of Justice to Judiciary due to a change of the committee name |
| Senate | Jan 7, 2020 | Referred to Committee on the Judiciary |
| Senate | Jan 7, 2020 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101849D |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Chaptered | Apr 7, 2020 | state link | bill text |
| Enrolled | Mar 7, 2020 | state link | bill text |
| Prefiled | Jan 7, 2020 | state link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
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Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
| Description | Vote Date | Yea Votes | Nay Votes | No Votes | Absent | Passed |
| Senate: Reported from Judiciary (8-Y 5-N) | 02/5/2020 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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| Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) | 02/7/2020 | 36 | 0 | 3 | 0 | Yes |
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| Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (26-Y 14-N) | 02/11/2020 | 25 | 14 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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| House: Reported from Public Safety (15-Y 7-N) | 02/28/2020 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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| House: VOTE: Passage (54-Y 44-N) | 03/4/2020 | 54 | 43 | 2 | 0 | Yes |
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Link: link to state bill page
