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2021 SESSION
HB 2295 Firearm; carrying within Capitol Square and the surrounding area, state-owned bldgs.
Introduced by: Mark H. Levine | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Carrying a firearm within Capitol Square and the surrounding area, into building owned or leased by the Commonwealth, etc.; penalty. Makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for a person to carry any firearm within (i) the Capitol of Virginia; (ii) Capitol Square and the surrounding area, as described in the bill; (iii) any building, parking lot, or parking structure owned or leased by the Commonwealth or any agency thereof; (iv) any building owned or leased by the Commonwealth where employees of the Commonwealth perform their official duties; or (v) any building where the General Assembly meets or conducts its business. The bill provides exceptions for law-enforcement officers, court officers, authorized security personnel, and active military personnel while in the conduct of such person's official duties; any retired law-enforcement officer who is visiting a gun range owned or leased by the Commonwealth; and any state employee of a state or juvenile correctional facility who is authorized to carry a firearm while in the conduct of such employee's official duties. The bill provides that an individual who lawfully possesses a firearm may keep such firearm in his locked vehicle in a parking lot or parking structure described in clause (iii) so long as the firearm is (a) secured, (b) not visible, and (c) in a container or compartment inside of the vehicle. The bill requires that notice of the provisions prohibiting the carrying of such firearms be posted at each of the public entrances to Capitol Square and such buildings, parking lots, and parking structures. The bill also provides that any firearm carried in violation of these provisions is subject to seizure by a law-enforcement officer and forfeiture to the Commonwealth.
FULL TEXT
- 01/17/21 House: Presented and ordered printed 21103093D pdf | impact statements
- 01/22/21 House: Committee substitute printed 21103561D-H1 pdf | impact statements
- 01/26/21 House: Floor substitute printed 21103671D-H2 (Levine) pdf | impact statements
- 01/29/21 House: Floor substitute printed 21104055D-H3 (Levine) pdf | impact statements
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
- House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
HISTORY
- 01/17/21 House: Presented and ordered printed 21103093D
- 01/17/21 House: Referred to Committee on Public Safety
- 01/18/21 House: Assigned PS sub: Firearms
- 01/19/21 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N)
- 01/22/21 House: Reported from Public Safety with substitute (13-Y 9-N)
- 01/22/21 House: Committee substitute printed 21103561D-H1
- 01/25/21 House: Read first time
- 01/26/21 House: Floor substitute printed 21103671D-H2 (Levine)
- 01/26/21 House: Read second time
- 01/26/21 House: Committee substitute rejected 21103561D-H1
- 01/26/21 House: Substitute by Delegate Levine agreed to 21103671D-H2
- 01/26/21 House: Engrossed by House - floor substitute HB2295H2 (51-Y 45-N)
- 01/26/21 House: VOTE: Agree To (51-Y 45-N)
- 01/27/21 House: Passed by for the day
- 01/28/21 House: Read third time and defeated by House (48-Y 52-N)
- 01/28/21 House: VOTE: DEFEATED (48-Y 52-N)
- 01/28/21 House: Reconsideration of defeated action agreed to by House (54-Y 46-N)
- 01/28/21 House: VOTE: Reconsider (54-Y 46-N)
- 01/28/21 House: Passed by for the day
- 01/28/21 House: Passed by motion reconsidered
- 01/28/21 House: Engrossment reconsidered by House
- 01/28/21 House: Substitute by Delegate Levine reconsidered 21103671D-H2
- 01/28/21 House: Passed by for the day
- 01/29/21 House: Floor substitute printed 21104055D-H3 (Levine)
- 01/29/21 House: Read second time
- 01/29/21 House: Passed by temporarily
- 01/29/21 House: Substitute by Delegate Levine withdrawn 21103671D-H2
- 01/29/21 House: Substitute by Delegate Levine agreed to 21104055D-H3
- 01/29/21 House: Engrossed by House - floor substitute HB2295H3
- 02/01/21 House: Passed by temporarily
- 02/01/21 House: Read third time and passed House (51-Y 45-N)
- 02/01/21 House: VOTE: Passage (51-Y 45-N)
- 02/02/21 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/02/21 Senate: Referred to Committee on Rules
- 02/05/21 Senate: Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Rules (15-Y 0-N)