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Today the following happened at the General Assembly:

HB 1851, Delegate Lingamfelter's bill to exempt active duty military from one handgun a month, passed out of committee and heads to the Senate Floor!

HB 2144, Delegate Nutter's bill which closes the CHP list from dissemination by the Virginia State Police, but leaves the list open for dissemination by courts, passed out of committee and heads to the Senate Floor.

HB 2178, Delegate Ed Scott's bill that makes it a crime for a convicted felon to have ammunition, passed out of committee and heads to the Senate Floor.  The bill was modified to make it a felony instead of the misdemeanor as it was when it passed the House.  I'm not sure what will happen next.  My hope is the House will reject the change and the bill will die in conference.

HB 2136, Delegate Jackson Miller's bill that allows police to arrest at will for a Class 1 or Class 2 misdemeanor was defeated in the Senate Courts of Justice committee.  Thanks to Senator Stolle for his help in killing the bill.

SB 1254, Senator Marsh's bill to require someone with an out of state permit show photo ID, even if that permit is already a photo ID, was killed in committee.  Thanks to Delegate Jackson Miller for his help with this.

HB 1655, Delegate Carrico's bill to put teeth in preemption, had some weakened language put in by the Senate last week.  The House voted to reject the Senate's changes and the bill will probably go to a conference committee.  I'm not sure how it will turnout.  The hope is that the Senate will accept the House's version.

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Tomorrow a bunch of bills will have a Floor vote in one of the two Houses and I will report what happened.