VA HB560 | 2016 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Vetoed on April 7 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-04-20 - Requires 67 afirmative votes to override Governor's veto
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]
Status: Vetoed on April 7 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-04-20 - Requires 67 afirmative votes to override Governor's veto
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]
Summary
Brandishing a firearm; intent; penalty. Requires that a person pointing, holding, or brandishing a firearm or similar weapons must have the intent to induce fear in the mind of another or know or reasonably should know that his conduct would induce such fear in order to be convicted of the crime of brandishing. Currently, the perpetrator's intent is not an element of the offense in the statute.
Title
Brandishing a firearm; intent to induce fear, etc., penalty.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2016-04-20 - House - House: VOTE: OVERRIDE GOVERNOR'S VETO (66-Y 34-N) (Y: 68 N: 35 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-29 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (21-Y 17-N) (Y: 21 N: 17 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-26 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-24 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (10-Y 5-N) (Y: 10 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-09 - House - House: VOTE: PASSAGE (68-Y 32-N) (Y: 70 N: 33 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-03 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 7-N) (Y: 15 N: 7 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-01-20 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 3-N) (Y: 9 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-29 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (21-Y 17-N) (Y: 21 N: 17 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-26 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-24 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (10-Y 5-N) (Y: 10 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-09 - House - House: VOTE: PASSAGE (68-Y 32-N) (Y: 70 N: 33 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-03 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 7-N) (Y: 15 N: 7 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-01-20 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 3-N) (Y: 9 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2016-04-20 | House | Requires 67 afirmative votes to override Governor's veto |
| 2016-04-20 | House | VOTE: OVERRIDE GOVERNOR'S VETO (66-Y 34-N) |
| 2016-04-20 | House | House sustained Governor's veto (66-Y 34-N) |
| 2016-04-20 | House | Placed on Calendar |
| 2016-04-07 | Governor: Vetoed by Governor | |
| 2016-03-07 | Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, April 10, 2016 | |
| 2016-03-07 | House | Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 3/7/2016 |
| 2016-03-05 | Senate | Signed by President |
| 2016-03-02 | House | Signed by Speaker |
| 2016-03-02 | House | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB560ER) |
| 2016-03-02 | House | Enrolled |
| 2016-02-29 | Senate | Passed Senate (21-Y 17-N) |
| 2016-02-29 | Senate | Read third time |
| 2016-02-26 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) |
| 2016-02-24 | Senate | Reported from Courts of Justice (10-Y 5-N) |
| 2016-02-10 | Senate | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
| 2016-02-10 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed |
| 2016-02-09 | House | VOTE: PASSAGE (68-Y 32-N) |
| 2016-02-09 | House | Read third time and passed House (68-Y 32-N) |
| 2016-02-08 | House | Read second time and engrossed |
| 2016-02-05 | House | Read first time |
| 2016-02-03 | House | Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 7-N) |
| 2016-01-20 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 3-N) |
| 2016-01-14 | House | Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law |
| 2016-01-11 | House | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
| 2016-01-11 | House | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16100402D |
