HB 217 — Assault firearms & certain ammunition feeding devices; purchase, sale, etc., prohibited, penalties.
VA 20261 session
Purchase, sale, transfer, etc., of assault firearms and certain ammunition feeding devices prohibited; penalties. 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 with some exceptions, and prohibits a person who has been convicted of such violation from purchasing, possessing, or transporting a firearm for a period of three years 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, or is manually operated by bolt, pump, lever, or slide action. 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, transfers, or purchases a large capacity ammunition feeding device is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. This bill is identical to SB 749.
Latest action: — Acts of Assembly Chapter
Sponsors (28)
- Dan I. Helmer (D, VA) — sponsor
- Nadarius E. Clark (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Rae Cousins (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Gretchen M. Bulova (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Betsy B. Carr (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Laura Jane Cohen (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Mark C. Downey (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Rozia A. Henson, Jr. (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Phil M. Hernandez (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Patrick A. Hope (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Karen Keys-Gamarra (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Paul E. Krizek (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Amy J. Laufer (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Destiny LeVere Bolling (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Alfonso H. Lopez (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Marty Martinez (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Garrett McGuire (D, VA) — cosponsor
- May Nivar (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Atoosa R. Reaser (D, VA) — cosponsor
- David A. Reid (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Charlie Schmidt (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Holly M. Seibold (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Irene Shin (D, VA) — cosponsor
- JJ Singh (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Kathy K.L. Tran (D, VA) — cosponsor
Action timeline (61)
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Who matters on this bill
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dan I. Helmer (D, state_lower VA) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Alfonso H. Lopez (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Amy J. Laufer (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Atoosa R. Reaser (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Betsy B. Carr (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Charlie Schmidt (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | David A. Reid (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Destiny LeVere Bolling (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Garrett McGuire (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Gretchen M. Bulova (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Holly M. Seibold (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | Irene Shin (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 14 | JJ Singh (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 15 | Karen Keys-Gamarra (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 16 | Kathy K.L. Tran (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 17 | Laura Jane Cohen (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 18 | Marcia S. "Cia" Price (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 19 | Mark C. Downey (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 20 | Marty Martinez (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 21 | May Nivar (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 22 | Nadarius E. Clark (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 23 | Patrick A. Hope (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 24 | Paul E. Krizek (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 25 | Phil M. Hernandez (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Stance (positions taken)
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no