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| Bill | Firearms, certain; sale, etc., criminal history record information check delay increased to 5 days. | Sale or transfer of firearms; criminal historyrecord information check delay. Increases from three businessdays to five business days the time provided for the Department of State Police to complete a background check before a firearm maybe transferred. If a dealer who has otherwise fulfilled all requirementsis told by the State Police that a response will not be availableby the end of the dealer's fifth business day, the dealer may completethe sale or transfer without being deemed in violation. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2021 | HB 2128 | Virginia HB 2128 (2021) |
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3 | 25 | 7 | 2021-01-12 | 2021-02-25 | openstates | ocd-bill/9abcf91c-bb71-44e6-8602-6a48e19e37e0 | https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB2128 | b8e807d02cf048fe23b1d7e920a4a9a7eafe9681bbab96439673a5d4a17d49a6 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Virginia HB 2128 (2021) — Firearms, certain; sale, etc., criminal history record information check delay increased to 5 days.
Sale or transfer of firearms; criminal historyrecord information check delay. Increases from three businessdays to five business days the time provided for the Department of State Police to complete a background check before a firearm maybe transferred. If a dealer who has otherwise fulfilled all requirementsis told by the State Police that a response will not be availableby the end of the dealer's fifth business day, the dealer may completethe sale or transfer without being deemed in violation.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0031 (committee substitute) — source
- HB2128ER (committee substitute) — source
- Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102376D (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Reported from Public Safety (13-Y 9-N) — 13–9 (pass) · lower
- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Judiciary (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (54-Y 46-N) — 53–46 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N) — 5–3 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (22-Y 17-N) — 22–17 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Judiciary (9-Y 6-N) — 9–6 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Alfonso H. Lopez — primary (person)
- Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
- David A. Reid — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth R. Guzman — cosponsor (person)
- Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
- Kenneth R. Plum — cosponsor (person)
- Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)
- Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2021-01-12 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102376D
introduction - 2021-01-12 Referred to Committee on Public Safety
referral-committee - 2021-01-13 Impact statement from VCSC (HB2128)
- 2021-01-14 Assigned PS sub: Firearms
referral-committee - 2021-01-18 Impact statement from DPB (HB2128)
- 2021-01-19 Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
- 2021-01-22 Reported from Public Safety (13-Y 9-N)
committee-passage - 2021-01-25 Read first time
reading-1 - 2021-01-26 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2021-01-27 Read third time and passed House (54-Y 46-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2021-01-27 VOTE: Passage (54-Y 46-N)
- 2021-01-28 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2021-01-28 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
referral-committee - 2021-02-05 Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Judiciary (14-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-10 Reported from Judiciary (9-Y 6-N)
committee-passage - 2021-02-12 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-15 Read third time
reading-3 - 2021-02-15 Passed Senate (22-Y 17-N)
passage - 2021-02-17 Enrolled
- 2021-02-17 Impact statement from DPB (HB2128ER)
- 2021-02-17 Signed by President
- 2021-02-18 Signed by Speaker
- 2021-02-19 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 19, 2021
- 2021-02-19 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., February 26, 2021
- 2021-02-25 Approved by Governor-Chapter 31 (effective 7/1/21)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9abcf91c-bb71-44e6-8602-6a48e19e37e0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).