Defeated, according to the e-mail notification I got this morning. From the e-mail:
2. Bill to ban homemade guns and 80% receivers was defeated!
Congratulations - your phone calls and emails help defeat one of the worst gun bills in the 2021 General Assembly session and defeated two other bad gun-bills, as well!
HB2276, Delegate Simon, which VCDL Strongly Opposed, would have prohibited purchasing, selling, offering to sell, transferring, etc. an unserialized homemade gun. HB2276 originally banned possession with no grandfather clause for existing gun owners. The prohibition on possession was removed, allowing those who already had such a gun to keep it, transport it, or carry it, but not sell it, trade it, or give it away. The bill squeaked out of committee and was amended on the Senate Floor to become effective only if it is passed again during the 2022 General Assembly session. Senator Chap Petersen (D) made a great case against the bill on the Senate Floor. The bill passed the Senate, but because it didn't match how it was passed in the House, the bill headed back to the House. The House rejected the Senate version. The bill went to a conference committee (House conferees: Simon, Hope, Robinson. Senate conferees: Deeds, Petersen, Surovell), but it did not report out. Quite possibly the conference committee simply could not agree on a compromise acceptable to both Houses. Or, perhaps, the General Assembly decided that HB2276 was such a hot potato, that they just let it die a quiet death. Either way, the clock ran out late Saturday night and the General Assembly adjourned for the year. (The actual end of session is Monday, but that day is not used to pass legislation. Only staff and a few legislators will be there to wrap up some technical odds and ends.)