HB2
Assault firearms & certain ammunition, etc.; purchase, possession, sale, transfer, etc., prohibited.
Status:
Vetoed
Latest Action:
April 17, 2024
House: House sustained Governor's veto
Chief Patron:
Dan Helmer (D)
Session:
2024 Regular Session
Summary
As Passed Both Chambers. Purchase, sale, transfer, etc., of assault firearms and certain ammunition feeding devices prohibited; penalty.
Creates a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person who imports, sells, manufactures, purchases, or transfers an assault firearm, as that term is defined in the bill, and prohibits a person who has been convicted of such violation from purchasing, possessing, or transporting a firearm for a period of three years ... (More) from the date of conviction. The bill provides that an assault firearm does not include any firearm that is an antique firearm, has been rendered permanently inoperable, is manually operated by bolt, pump, lever, or slide action, or was manufactured before July 1, 2024. The bill also prohibits the sale of a large capacity ammunition feeding device, as that term is defined in the bill. The bill provides that any person who willfully and intentionally (i) sells an assault firearm to another person or (ii) purchases an assault firearm from another person is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor and that any person who imports, sells, barters, or transfers a large capacity ammunition feeding device is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill also makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person younger than 21 years of age to import, sell, manufacture, purchase, possess, transport, or transfer an assault firearm regardless of the date of manufacture of such assault firearm. This bill is identical to SB 2. (Less)-
Bill History
- 11/20/2023 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101034D
- 11/20/2023 - House: Referred to Committee on Public Safety
- 11/21/2023 - House: Impact statement from VCSC (HB2)
- 01/13/2024 - House: Assigned PS sub: Firearms
- 01/18/2024 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 4-N)
- 01/18/2024 - House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
- 01/19/2024 - House: Reported from Public Safety (11-Y 9-N)
- 01/19/2024 - House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 01/20/2024 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB2)
- 01/21/2024 - House: Assigned App. sub: Transportation & Public Safety
- 01/24/2024 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N)
- 01/24/2024 - House: House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- 01/29/2024 - House: Reported from Appropriations with substitute (11-Y 10-N)
- 01/29/2024 - House: Committee substitute printed 24105958D-H1
- 01/30/2024 - House: Impact statement from VCSC (HB2H1)
- 01/31/2024 - House: Read first time
- 02/01/2024 - House: Read second time
- 02/01/2024 - House: Committee substitute agreed to 24105958D-H1
- 02/01/2024 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2H1
- 02/02/2024 - House: Read third time and passed House (51-Y 49-N)
- 02/02/2024 - House: VOTE: Passage (51-Y 49-N) Close Floor Vote
- 02/05/2024 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/05/2024 - Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/12/2024 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB2H1)
- 02/19/2024 - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (8-Y 4-N)
- 02/19/2024 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 24107889D-S1
- 02/19/2024 - Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/21/2024 - House: Impact statement from VCSC (HB2S1)
- 02/23/2024 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB2S1)
- 02/27/2024 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/27/2024 - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N)
- 02/28/2024 - Senate: Read third time
- 02/28/2024 - Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/28/2024 - Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 24107889D-S1
- 02/28/2024 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2S1
- 02/28/2024 - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (20-Y 19-N) Close Floor Vote
- 03/01/2024 - House: Senate substitute agreed to by House 24107889D-S1 (50-Y 47-N)
- 03/01/2024 - House: VOTE: Adoption (50-Y 47-N) Close Floor Vote
- 03/07/2024 - House: Enrolled
- 03/07/2024 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2ER)
- 03/07/2024 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/08/2024 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/11/2024 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
- 03/11/2024 - Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
- 03/12/2024 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB2ER)
- 03/26/2024 - Governor: Vetoed by Governor
- 04/17/2024 - House: House sustained Governor's veto
