1999 Regular Session

HOUSE BILL 264

File Code: Family Law Prior Year Introduction As: HB 407/98 - JUD Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 407
Sponsored By:
Delegates Doory, V. Jones, Menes, Marriott, Burns, Kirk, Rosenberg, Dobson, Grosfeld, McIntosh, Petzold, Barkley, Goldwater, Howard, Hubers, Rudolph, Cadden, Clagett, Kagan, Morhaim, Paige, A. Jones, Stern, Pitkin, Bobo, Krysiak, Griffith, Phillips, Zirkin, Hurson, Gladden, Kopp, Hecht, Brown, Benson, Nathan-Pulliam, Hixson, Love, Healey, and Billings
Entitled:
Domestic Violence - Orders for Protection - Additional Relief

Synopsis:

Authorizing a court in a temporary ex parte proceeding for relief from abuse to order the respondent to surrender firearms; authorizing in domestic violence cases an order to a respondent not to possess firearms; requiring a law enforcement officer to search for and seize firearms when court ordered; requiring information on retaking a firearm and safe storage of a firearm; allowing an owner to retake a firearm at the conclusion of proceedings; and providing penalties.

History by Legislative Date

House Action
2/3
First Reading Judiciary
2/10
Hearing 2/24 at 1:00 p.m.
Senate Action
No Action
Sponsored by:
Delegate Ann Marie Doory, District 43
Delegate Charles Barkley, District 39
Delegate Joanne C. Benson, District 24
Delegate Leon G. Billings, District 18
Delegate Elizabeth Bobo, District 12B
Delegate Anthony Brown, District 25
Delegate Emmett C. Burns, Jr., District 10
Delegate Joan Cadden, District 31
Delegate Virginia P. Clagett, District 30
Delegate Michael V. Dobson, District 43
Delegate Lisa A. Gladden, District 41
Delegate Marilyn R. Goldwater, District 16
Delegate Melony Griffith, District 25
Delegate Sharon M. Grosfeld, District 18
Delegate Anne Healey, District 22A
Delegate C. Sue Hecht, District 3
Delegate Sheila Ellis Hixson, District 20
Delegate Carolyn J. B. Howard, District 24
Delegate Nancy Hubers, District 6
Delegate John Adams Hurson, District 18
Delegate Adrienne A. Jones, District 10
Delegate Verna Jones, District 44
Delegate Cheryl C. Kagan, District 17
Delegate Ruth M. Kirk, District 44
Delegate Nancy K. Kopp, District 16
Delegate Carolyn J. Krysiak, District 46
Delegate Mary Ann E. Love, District 32
Delegate Salima Siler Marriott, District 40
Delegate Maggie L. McIntosh, District 42
Delegate Pauline H. Menes, District 21
Delegate Dan K. Morhaim, District 11
Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, District 10
Delegate Jeffrey A. Paige, District 44
Delegate Carol Stoker Petzold, District 19
Delegate Wendell F. Phillips, District 41
Delegate Joan B. Pitkin, District 23
Delegate Samuel I. Rosenberg, District 42
Delegate David D. Rudolph, District 35B
Delegate Joan F. Stern, District 39
Delegate Robert A. Zirkin, District 11
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
COURTS -see also- CIRCUIT COURTS; DISTRICT COURTS
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE -see also- CHILD ABUSE
GUNS -see also- HUNTING
LAW ENFORCEMENT -see also- STATE POLICE, DEPT. OF
PENALTIES
SEARCH AND SEIZURE
STORAGE
WEAPONS -see also- GUNS
Bill affects the following Statutes:
Family Law
( 4-505 , 4-506 , 4-509 , 4-511 )

Documents:

Bill Text: First Reading (PDF), Third Reading, Enrolled
Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)

Amendments: None offered