Virginia Senate Bill 35 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)
Status: Passed on April 22 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-04-22 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1247)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Control of firearms by localities; permitted events. Authorizes any locality by ordinance to prohibit the possession or carrying of firearms, ammunition, or components or any combination thereof in (i) any building, or part thereof, owned or used by such locality for governmental purposes; (ii) any public park owned or operated by the locality; (iii) any recreation or community center facility; or (iv) any public street, road, alley, sidewalk or public right-of-way or any other place of whatever nature that is open to the public and is being used by or is adjacent to a permitted event or an event that would otherwise require a permit. Provisions limiting the authority of localities and state governmental entities to bring lawsuits against certain firearms manufacturers and others are also repealed. The bill also provides that any firearm received by the locality pursuant to a gun buy-back program shall be destroyed by the locality unless the person surrendering such firearm requests in writing that such surrendered firearm be sold. The provisions of the bill do not apply to the activities of a Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program operated at a public or private institution of higher education or (ii) any intercollegiate athletics program operated by a public or private institution of higher education and governed by the National Collegiate Athletic Association or any club sports team recognized by a public or private institution of higher education where the sport engaged in by such program or team involves the use of a firearm. The bill contains technical amendments.

Firearms, ammunition, etc.; control by localities by governing possession, etc., within locality.

Sen. Scott Surovell [D]	Sen. Barbara Favola [D]	Sen. Creigh Deeds [D]	Sen. John Edwards [D]
Sen. Jennifer Boysko [D]	Sen. Adam Ebbin [D]	Sen. Jennifer McClellan [D]	Sen. Joseph Morrissey [D]

2020-04-22 - House - House: VOTE: (48-Y 44-N) (Y: 48 N: 44 NV: 8 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2020-04-22 - Senate - Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (21-Y 18-N) (Y: 21 N: 18 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-28 - Senate - Senate: House substitute with amendment agreed to by Senate (21-Y 17-N) (Y: 21 N: 17 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-28 - Senate - Senate: Reconsideration of House substitute with amendment agreed to by Senate (36-Y 0-N) (Y: 36 N: 0 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-28 - Senate - Senate: House substitute with amendment agreed to by Senate (22-Y 16-N) (Y: 22 N: 16 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-26 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (53-Y 46-N) (Y: 53 N: 46 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-21 - House - House: Reported from Public Safety with substitute (13-Y 9-N) (Y: 13 N: 9 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-16 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N) (Y: 21 N: 19 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-16 - Senate - Senate: Ruling of Chair Sustained (21-Y 19-N) (Y: 21 N: 19 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-14 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional readings dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-13 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Judiciary with substitute (9-Y 5-N) (Y: 9 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-04-22		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1247)
2020-04-22	House	Enacted, Chapter 1247 (effective 7/1/20)
2020-04-22	House	Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
2020-04-22	Senate	Signed by President as reenrolled
2020-04-22	Senate	Reenrolled bill text (SB35ER2)
2020-04-22	Senate	Reenrolled
2020-04-22		Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
2020-04-22	House	VOTE: (48-Y 44-N)
2020-04-22	House	House concurred in Governor's recommendation (48-Y 44-N)
2020-04-22	Senate	Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (21-Y 18-N)
2020-04-11	Senate	Governor's recommendation received by Senate
2020-03-12		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
2020-03-12	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
2020-03-07	Senate	Signed by President
2020-03-06	House	Signed by Speaker
2020-03-05	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB35ER)
2020-03-05	Senate	Enrolled
2020-02-28	Senate	House substitute with amendment agreed to by Senate (21-Y 17-N)
2020-02-28	Senate	Reconsideration of House substitute with amendment agreed to by Senate (36-Y 0-N)
2020-02-28	Senate	Title replaced 20108812D-H1
2020-02-28	Senate	House substitute with amendment agreed to by Senate (22-Y 16-N)
2020-02-26	House	VOTE: Passage (53-Y 46-N)
2020-02-26	House	Passed House with substitute with amendment (53-Y 46-N)
2020-02-26	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendment SB35H1
2020-02-26	House	Amendment by Delegate Price agreed to
2020-02-26	House	Committee substitute agreed to 20108812D-H1
2020-02-26	House	Passed by temporarily
2020-02-26	House	Read third time
2020-02-25	House	Read second time
2020-02-21	House	Reported from Public Safety with substitute (13-Y 9-N)
2020-02-21	House	Committee substitute printed 20108812D-H1
2020-02-21	House	Referred to Committee on Public Safety
2020-02-21	House	Read first time
2020-02-21	House	Placed on Calendar
2020-01-16	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N)
2020-01-16	Senate	Ruling of Chair Sustained (21-Y 19-N)
2020-01-16	Senate	Chair rules that bill does not violate the single object rule
2020-01-15	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB35S1
2020-01-15	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 20105646D-S1
2020-01-15	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2020-01-15	Senate	Read second time
2020-01-14	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2020-01-13	Senate	Committee substitute printed 20105646D-S1
2020-01-13	Senate	Incorporates SB506 (Edwards)
2020-01-13	Senate	Incorporates SB505 (Edwards)
2020-01-13	Senate	Incorporates SB450 (Edwards)
2020-01-13	Senate	Incorporates SB615 (Deeds)
2020-01-13	Senate	Reported from Judiciary with substitute (9-Y 5-N)
2020-01-08	Senate	Moved from Courts of Justice to Judiciary due to a change of the committee name
2019-11-18	Senate	Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
2019-11-18	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100476D

SB450 (Similar To) 2020-01-13 - Incorporated by Judiciary
SB505 (Similar To) 2020-01-13 - Incorporated by Judiciary
SB506 (Similar To) 2020-01-13 - Incorporated by Judiciary
SB615 (Similar To) 2020-01-13 - Incorporated by Judiciary
HB421 (Same As) 2020-04-22 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1205)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
15	2	915	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB35
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB35+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB35S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB35H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB35ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB35ER2+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP1247+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S03V0008+SB0035
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0035SB0035+SB0035
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0048SB0035+SB0035
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0049SB0035+SB0035
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H15V0105+SB0035
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV1471+SB0035
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1225SB0035+SB0035
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1258SB0035+SB0035
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1259SB0035+SB0035
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1961SB0035+SB0035
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV2268+SB0035