Virginia HB 425: Transfer of multiple firearms; report to the Department of State Police.

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HOUSE BILL NO. 425 

Offered January 8, 2020 

Prefiled January 3, 2020 

A BILL to amend and reenact � 18.2-308.2:2 of the Code of 
 Virginia, relating to transfer of multiple firearms; report to the Department 
 of State Police. 
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Patron-- Simon 

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Referred to Committee on Public Safety 

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That � 18.2-308.2:2 of the Code of Virginia is amended and 
 reenacted as follows:

� 18.2-308.2:2. Criminal history record information check 
 required for the transfer of certain firearms.

A. Any person purchasing from a dealer a firearm as herein 
 defined shall consent in writing, on a form to be provided by the Department of 
 State Police, to have the dealer obtain criminal history record information. 
 Such form shall include only the written consent; the name, birth date, gender, 
 race, citizenship, and social security number and/or any other identification 
 number; the number of firearms by category intended to be sold, rented, traded, 
 or transferred; and answers by the applicant to the following questions: (i) 
 has the applicant been convicted of a felony offense or found guilty or 
 adjudicated delinquent as a juvenile 14 years of age or older at the time of 
 the offense of a delinquent act that would be a felony if committed by an 
 adult; (ii) is the applicant subject to a court order restraining the applicant 
 from harassing, stalking, or threatening the applicant's child or intimate 
 partner, or a child of such partner, or is the applicant subject to a 
 protective order; and (iii) has the applicant ever been acquitted by reason of 
 insanity and prohibited from purchasing, possessing or transporting a firearm 
 pursuant to � 18.2-308.1:1 or any substantially similar law of any other 
 jurisdiction, been adjudicated legally incompetent, mentally incapacitated or 
 adjudicated an incapacitated person and prohibited from purchasing a firearm 
 pursuant to � 18.2-308.1:2 or any substantially similar law of any other 
 jurisdiction, or been involuntarily admitted to an inpatient facility or 
 involuntarily ordered to outpatient mental health treatment and prohibited from 
 purchasing a firearm pursuant to � 18.2-308.1:3 or any substantially similar 
 law of any other jurisdiction.

B. 1. No dealer shall sell, rent, trade or transfer from his 
 inventory any such firearm to any other person who is a resident of Virginia 
 until he has (i) obtained written consent and the other information on the 
 consent form specified in subsection A, and provided the Department of State 
 Police with the name, birth date, gender, race, citizenship, and social 
 security and/or any other identification number and the number of firearms by 
 category intended to be sold, rented, traded or transferred and (ii) requested 
 criminal history record information by a telephone call to or other 
 co