2023 Regular Session • Virginia Legislature
SB1181: Unfinished frames or receivers and unserialized firearms; sale, transfer, or purchase, penalty.
Legislative Summary
Sale, transfer, or purchase of unfinished frames or receivers and unserialized firearms; penalty. Creates a Class 1 misdemeanor, which is punishable as a Class 4 felony for a second or subsequent offense, for any person to knowingly sell, offer to sell, transfer, or purchase an unfinished frame or receiver, as defined in the bill, unless the party selling, offering to sell, transferring, or purchasing the unfinished frame or receiver is a federal firearms importer, manufacturer, or dealer or the unfinished frame or receiver is required by federal law to be, and has been, imprinted with a serial number by a federal firearms importer, manufacturer, or dealer.
Bill History
1/10/2023
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23104048D
Senate
1/10/2023
Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
Senate
1/23/2023
Reported from Judiciary (9-Y 6-N)
Senate
1/23/2023
Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
Senate
1/25/2023
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 4-N)
Senate
1/26/2023
Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
Senate
1/27/2023
Read second time and engrossed
Senate
1/30/2023
Read third time and passed Senate (22-Y 17-N)
Senate
2/8/2023
Placed on Calendar
House of Delegates
2/8/2023
Read first time
House of Delegates
2/8/2023
Referred to Committee on Public Safety
House of Delegates
2/8/2023
Assigned PS sub: Subcommittee #1
House of Delegates
2/9/2023
Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (6-Y 4-N)
House of Delegates
2/22/2023
Left in Public Safety
House of Delegates
Roll Call Votes
House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (6-Y 4-N)
2/9/2023
6
Yea
4
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (22-Y 17-N)
1/30/2023
22
Yea
17
Nay
0
Not Voting
1
Absent
Result: PASSED
Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
1/26/2023
40
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 4-N)
1/25/2023
10
Yea
4
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
Senate: Reported from Judiciary (9-Y 6-N)
1/23/2023
9
Yea
6
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
Status Information
Current Status
Engrossed(1/27/2023)
Chamber
House of Delegates
Committee
Public Safety(House of Delegates)
Sine DiePrior Session
Sponsors
Democrat: 18
Primary Sponsor

Adam Ebbin
Democrat
Co-Sponsors (17)
George Barker
Democrat
John Bell
Democrat
Jennifer Boysko
Democrat
Creigh Deeds
Democrat
John Edwards
Democrat
Barbara Favola
Democrat
Ghazala Hashmi
Democrat
Janet Howell
Democrat
Mamie Locke
Democrat
Louise Lucas
Democrat
Dave Marsden
Democrat
Monty Mason
Democrat
Jennifer McClellan
Democrat
Jeremy McPike
Democrat
Richard Saslaw
Democrat
Lionell Spruill
Democrat
Scott Surovell
Democrat