VA HB1622 | 2025 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: Introduced on January 3 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-03 - Referred to Committee on Public Safety
Pending: House Public Safety Committee
Hearing: Jan 17 @ 8:00 am in House Committee Room A - 008
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Status: Introduced on January 3 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-03 - Referred to Committee on Public Safety
Pending: House Public Safety Committee
Hearing: Jan 17 @ 8:00 am in House Committee Room A - 008
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Summary
Firearm in unattended motor vehicle; civil penalty. Provides that no person shall leave, place, or store a handgun in an unattended motor vehicle, as defined in the bill, when such handgun is visible to any person who is outside such unattended motor vehicle. The bill provides that any person violating such prohibition is subject to a civil penalty of no more than $500 and that such unattended motor vehicle may be subject to removal for safekeeping.
Title
Firearm in unattended motor vehicle; civil penalty.
Sponsors
| Del. Amy Laufer [D] | Del. Nadarius Clark [D] | Del. Laura Jane Cohen [D] | Del. Michael Feggans [D] |
| Del. J.J. Singh [D] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-03 | House | Referred to Committee on Public Safety |
| 2025-01-03 | House | Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25101585D |
| 2025-01-03 | House | Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101585D |
Virginia State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB1622 |
| Text | https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB1622/text/HB1622 |
| Supplement | https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1019807.PDF |
