Two proposed restrictions on buying guns have stalled in the General Assembly, even as legislators move a series of previously vetoed gun control measures toward the desk of a governor who says she’ll sign them.
One stalled bill would require a newly authorized Virginia State Police purchaser’s license before Virginians could buy a handgun, and the other called for a five-day waiting period before completing a gun sale.
Skill games
The Senate, meanwhile, passed a measure, Senate Bill 661, legalizing skill games, the slot-machine-like devices that convenience stores say have become a major source of revenue for them.
Child abuse
The Senate also passed Senate Bill 640, which launches a sweeping reform of Virginia’s haphazard system for protecting abused and neglected children.
The House of Delegates on Friday passed House Bill 483, which caps some prescription drug prices, by a 61-33 vote. The Senate passed its version of the bill last week.
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