VA HB783 | 2016 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 15 2016 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2016-02-24 - Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (9-Y 0-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]
Status: Engrossed on February 15 2016 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2016-02-24 - Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (9-Y 0-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]
Summary
Brandishing a firearm; law-enforcement officer; penalty. Provides for a six-month mandatory minimum sentence upon conviction of a person for pointing, holding, or brandishing a firearm or similar weapon at someone who the person knows or has reason to know is a law-enforcement officer in such manner as to reasonably induce fear in the mind of another.
Title
Firearms; pointing, holding, or brandishing in presence of a law-enforcement officer, penalty.
Sponsors
| Del. Les Adams [R] |
Roll Calls
2016-02-24 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (9-Y 0-N) (Y: 9 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-16 - House - House: VOTE: PASSAGE (76-Y 23-N) (Y: 78 N: 24 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-12 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (17-Y 4-N) (Y: 18 N: 4 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-10 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (11-Y 0-N) (Y: 12 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-16 - House - House: VOTE: PASSAGE (76-Y 23-N) (Y: 78 N: 24 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-12 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (17-Y 4-N) (Y: 18 N: 4 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-10 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (11-Y 0-N) (Y: 12 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2016-02-24 | Senate | Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (9-Y 0-N) |
| 2016-02-17 | Senate | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
| 2016-02-17 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed |
| 2016-02-16 | House | VOTE: PASSAGE (76-Y 23-N) |
| 2016-02-16 | House | Read third time and passed House (76-Y 23-N) |
| 2016-02-15 | House | Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB783H1 |
| 2016-02-15 | House | Committee substitute agreed to 16105288D-H1 |
| 2016-02-15 | House | Read second time |
| 2016-02-13 | House | Read first time |
| 2016-02-12 | House | Committee substitute printed 16105288D-H1 |
| 2016-02-12 | House | Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (17-Y 4-N) |
| 2016-02-10 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (11-Y 0-N) |
| 2016-01-19 | House | Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law |
| 2016-01-12 | House | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
| 2016-01-12 | House | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16100962D |
