HB 585 Virginia House of Delegates · 2024 Regular Session

Home-based firearms dealers; prohibited near schools, penalties.

Summary

Home-based firearms dealers; prohibited nearschools; penalties. Provides that no home-based firearms dealer,as defined in the bill, shall be engaged in the business of selling,trading, or transferring firearms at wholesale or retail within 1.5miles of any elementary or middle school, including buildings andgrounds. The bill provides that any person who willfully violatessuch prohibition is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor for a first offenseand guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor for a second or subsequent offense.

Bill status vetoed 4 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2024

Committee Review

Feb 2024

House of Delegates Passage

Mar 2024

Senate Passage

Mar 2024

Vetoed

Mar 2024

Introduced Jan 9, 2024 Vetoed Mar 26, 2024

Floor votes · Senate Feb 27, 2024 · House of Delegates Feb 8, 2024

How they voted

39–0

Passed · 1 other

Total votes 40

Feb 27, 2024

D Democratic21

21 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican19

18 Yea 1

94% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Apr 17, 2024

Vetoed

House sustained Governor's veto

lower

Mar 26, 2024

Vetoed

Vetoed by Governor

executive

Mar 7, 2024

Upper · Passed

Signed by President

upper

Mar 5, 2024

Lower · Passed

Signed by Speaker

lower

Mar 5, 2024

Lower · Passed

Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB585ER)

lower

Feb 28, 2024

Upper · Passed

Passed Senate (20-Y 19-N)

upper

Feb 27, 2024

Senate · Passed

Senate Vote: pass (39-0-1)

senate

Feb 26, 2024

Upper · Passed

Reported from Courts of Justice (9-Y 6-N)

upper

Feb 9, 2024

Committee

Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice

upper

Feb 8, 2024

Lower · Passed

VOTE: Passage (51-Y 47-N)

lower

Feb 8, 2024

Lower · Passed

Read third time and passed House (51-Y 47-N)

lower

Feb 2, 2024

Lower · Passed

Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (12-Y 10-N)

lower

Feb 2, 2024

Lower · Passed

Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)

lower

Jan 30, 2024

Committee

Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #1

lower

Jan 26, 2024

Committee

Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns

lower

Jan 26, 2024

Lower · Passed

Reported from Public Safety (12-Y 10-N)

lower

Jan 25, 2024

Committee

Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns

lower

Jan 25, 2024

Lower · Passed

Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 4-N)

lower

Jan 16, 2024

Committee

Assigned PS sub: Firearms

lower

Jan 9, 2024

Committee

Referred to Committee on Public Safety

lower

1 primary · 12 co-sponsors