Firearms
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Firearms, certain; transfer, criminal history record information check exemption. [HB-929]
Transfer of certain firearms; criminal history record information check; exemption. Provides that persons who hold a federal firearms license Type 03 - Collector of Curios and Relics are exempt from the criminal history record information check requirements to purchase certain firearms.
Sponsored by: Rep. Amanda Batten
Left In Appropriations on 02/15/2022
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Gun violence; JLARC to study effects on communities. [HJR-73]
Study; JLARC; effects of gun violence on communities; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study the social, physical, emotional, and economic effects of gun violence on communities across the Commonwealth.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Left In Rules on 02/15/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Firearms; control by localities of possession or carrying. [HB-1033]
Control of firearms by localities. Removes the authority for a locality by ordinance to prohibit the possession or carrying of firearms, ammunition, or components or any combination thereof in (i) any building, or part thereof, owned or used by such locality for governmental purposes; (ii) any public park owned or operated by the locality; (iii) any recreation or community center facility; or (iv) any public street, road, alley, or sidewalk or public right-of-way or any other place of whatever nature that is open to the public and is being used
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Sponsored by: Rep. Glenn Davis
Left In Public Safety on 02/15/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Firearms; limitations on use or transfer. [HB-1078]
Limitations on use or transfer of firearms. Provides that certain provisions related to the sale or transfer of firearms do not prohibit the lawful transfer of firearms between certain family members. The bill also removes the brandishing of a firearm in such manner as to reasonably induce fear in the mind of another while assembled with one or more persons for the purpose of and with the intent to intimidate any person or group of persons from actions constituting the offense of unlawful paramilitary activity.
Sponsored by: Rep. Aijalon Cordoza
Continued To 2023 With Substitute In Public Safety By Voice Vote on 02/11/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Firearms; storage in residence where minor present, penalty. [HB-590]
Storage of firearms in residence where minor present; penalty. Requires any person who possesses a firearm in a residence where such person knows or reasonably should know that a minor under 18 years of age is present to store such firearm unloaded in a locked container, compartment, or cabinet, and to store all ammunition in a separate locked container, compartment, or cabinet. The bill requires that the key or combination to such locked containers, compartments, or cabinets be inaccessible to minors. The bill provides that a violation is a Class
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Sponsored by: Rep. Betsy Carr
Left In Public Safety on 02/15/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Firearms; control by localities of possession or carrying. [HB-483]
Control of firearms by localities. Removes the authority for a locality by ordinance to prohibit the possession or carrying of firearms, ammunition, or components or any combination thereof in (i) any building, or part thereof, owned or used by such locality for governmental purposes; (ii) any public park owned or operated by the locality; (iii) any recreation or community center facility; or (iv) any public street, road, alley, or sidewalk or public right-of-way or any other place of whatever nature that is open to the public and is being used
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Sponsored by: Rep. Lee Ware
Left In Public Safety on 02/15/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Plastic firearms and unfinished frames, etc.; manufacture, import, sale, etc., penalties. [SB-310]
Manufacture, import, sale, transfer, or possession of plastic firearms and unfinished frames or receivers and unserialized firearms; penalties. Creates a Class 5 felony for any person who manufactures, imports, sells, transfers, or possesses any firearm with a major component, as defined in the bill, that when subjected to inspection by the types of detection devices, including X-ray machines, commonly used at airports for security screening does not generate an image that accurately depicts the shape of the component. The bill updates language
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Sponsored by: Sen. Adam Ebbin
Tabled In Public Safety (12-y 10-n) on 02/25/2022
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South Dakota 2022 Regular Session
Repeal references to nonresident holders of concealed pistol permits. [HB-1065]
Repeal references to nonresident holders of concealed pistol permits.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jim Stalzer
Signed By The Governor On February 23, 2022 H.j. 443 on 02/23/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Plastic firearms and unfinished frames, etc.; manufacture, import, sale, transfer, etc., penalties. [HB-399]
Manufacture, import, sale, transfer, or possession of plastic firearms and unfinished frames or receivers and unserialized firearms; penalties. Creates a Class 5 felony for any person who manufactures, imports, sells, transfers, or possesses any firearm with a major component, as defined in the bill, that when subjected to inspection by the types of detection devices, including X-ray machines, commonly used at airports for security screening does not generate an image that accurately depicts the shape of the component. The bill updates language
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Left In Public Safety on 02/15/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Firearms; control by localities of possession or carrying. [HB-827]
Control of firearms by localities. Removes the authority for a locality by ordinance to prohibit the possession or carrying of firearms, ammunition, or components or any combination thereof in (i) any building, or part thereof, owned or used by such locality for governmental purposes; (ii) any public park owned or operated by the locality; (iii) any recreation or community center facility; or (iv) any public street, road, alley, or sidewalk or public right-of-way or any other place of whatever nature that is open to the public and is being used
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Sponsored by: Rep. Robert Orrock
Passed By Indefinitely In Judiciary (9-y 6-n) on 02/28/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Firearm Violence Intervention and Prevention, Virginia Center for; established. [HB-825]
Virginia Center for Firearm Violence Intervention and Prevention; Virginia Firearm Violence Intervention and Prevention Fund; creation. Establishes the Virginia Center for Firearm Violence Intervention and Prevention (the Center) within the Department of Criminal Justice Services and transfers to the Center the administration of the existing Virginia Gun Violence Intervention and Prevention Fund.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Left In Public Safety on 02/15/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Capitol Square and the surrounding area; carrying firearms, etc., in area. [SB-269]
Carrying a firearm or explosive material within Capitol Square and the surrounding area; exceptions for law-enforcement officers. Adds an exception for off-duty law-enforcement officers and retired law-enforcement officers to the prohibition of carrying a firearm within Capitol Square and the surrounding area, any building owned or leased by the Commonwealth or any agency thereof, or any office where employees of the Commonwealth or any agency thereof are regularly present for the purpose of performing their official duties.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Edwards
Continued To 2023 In Rules (13-y 2-n) on 02/11/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Capitol Square and the surrounding area, etc.; carrying a firearm or explosive material within area. [HB-513]
Carrying a firearm or explosive material within Capitol Square and the surrounding area, into building owned or leased by the Commonwealth, etc.; penalty. Repeals the prohibition on carrying a firearm or explosive material within (i) the Capitol of Virginia; (ii) Capitol Square and the surrounding area; (iii) any building owned or leased by the Commonwealth or any agency thereof; or (iv) any office where employees of the Commonwealth or any agency thereof are regularly present for the purpose of performing their official duties. Current law makes
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Sponsored by: Rep. Marie March
Left In Rules on 02/15/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Firearms; removal from persons posing substantial risk, penalties. [HB-509]
Firearms; removal from persons posing substantial risk; penalties. Repeals the procedure by which any attorney for the Commonwealth or law-enforcement officer may apply to a general district court, circuit court, or juvenile and domestic relations district court judge or magistrate for an emergency substantial risk order to prohibit a person who poses a substantial risk of injury to himself or others from purchasing, possessing, or transporting a firearm. The bill also removes the substantial risk order registry for the entry of orders issued.
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathy Byron
Passed By Indefinitely In Judiciary (9-y 6-n) on 02/28/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Firearms; reporting lost or stolen, civil penalty. [HB-325]
Reporting lost or stolen firearms; civil penalty. Repeals the requirement that, if a firearm is lost or stolen from a person who lawfully possessed it, such person shall report the loss or theft of the firearm to any local law-enforcement agency or the Department of State Police within 48 hours after such person discovers the loss or theft or is informed by a person with personal knowledge of the loss or theft. Under current law, a violation is punishable by a civil penalty of not more than $250.
Sponsored by: Rep. Nicholas Freitas
Passed By Indefinitely In Judiciary (8-y 7-n) on 02/28/2022
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Arizona Fifty-fifth Legislature - Second Regular Session (2022)
TPT; use tax; exemption; firearms [HB-2166]
TPT; use tax; exemption; firearms
Sponsored by: Rep. Walter Blackman
Senate Approp Committee Action: Do Pass Amended, Voting: (6-4-0-0) on 03/29/2022
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Alabama Regular Session 2022
Firearms, President of the U.S., executive orders limiting firearms, local government officials or agents, enforcement by prohibited, Alabama Second Amendment Preservation Act [SB-23]
Firearms, President of the U.S., executive orders limiting firearms, local government officials or agents, enforcement by prohibited, Alabama Second Amendment Preservation Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Tim Melson
Third Reading Passed on 03/17/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Firearms; sale and transfer, criminal history record information check delay. [HB-204]
Sale and transfer of firearms; criminal history record information check delay. Decreases from five business days to three business days the time provided for the Department of State Police to complete a background check before a firearm may be transferred. If a dealer who has otherwise fulfilled all requirements is told by the State Police that a response will not be available by the end of the dealer's third business day, the dealer may complete the sale or transfer without being deemed in violation.
Sponsored by: Rep. Dave LaRock
Passed By Indefinitely In Judiciary (9-y 6-n) on 02/28/2022
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South Dakota 2022 Regular Session
Place limitations on the enforcement of federal laws and orders related to firearms, accessories, and ammunition. [HB-1052]
Place limitations on the enforcement of federal laws and orders related to firearms, accessories, and ammunition.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jim Stalzer
House Of Representatives Motion To Amend, Passed H.j. 405 Amendment 1052j on 02/22/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Firearms or other weapons; possession on school property. [HB-133]
Possession of firearms or other weapons on school property. Removes preschools and licensed child day centers that are not operated at the residence of the provider or of any of the children from the list of schools where possessing a firearm or other weapon on school property or on a school bus is prohibited.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Cherry
Left In Rules on 02/15/2022