VA Legislation | 2019 | 1st Special Session

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SR4020PassCommending Omicron Chi Omega.
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2019-07-09
Bill text as passed Senate (SR4020ER)
SR4030PassCommending the Highland Springs High School cheerleading team.
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2019-07-09
Bill text as passed Senate (SR4030ER)
SR4005PassCelebrating the life of Mary Louise Crutsinger Gayle.
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2019-07-09
Bill text as passed Senate (SR4005ER)
SR4007PassCelebrating the life of Richard H. Nettleton.
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2019-07-09
Bill text as passed Senate (SR4007ER)
HB4001Intro

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Right to keep and bear arms. Codifies the opinion of the Supreme Court of the United States in District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570 (2008), that the right to keep and bear arms conferred by the United States Constitution and the Constitution ...
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2019-07-09
Tabled in Militia, Police and Public Safety with letter to Crime Commission (12-Y 9-N)
SB4001Intro

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Control of firearms; chambers of local governing bodies. Allows a locality to adopt an ordinance that prohibits firearms, ammunition, or components or a combination thereof at any regular or special meeting of its local governing body, provided that ...
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2019-07-09
Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice with letter (9-Y 6-N)
SB4002Intro

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Purchase of handguns; limitation on handgun purchases; penalty. Prohibits any person who is not a licensed firearms dealer from purchasing more than one handgun in a 30-day period and makes such an offense a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill exempts from...
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2019-07-09
Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice with letter (9-Y 6-N)
HB4003Intro

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Firearms; removal from persons posing substantial risk; Firearms; removal from persons posing substantial risk; penalties. Creates a procedure by which any attorney for the Commonwealth or any law-enforcement officer may apply to a general district c...
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2019-07-09
Tabled in Militia, Police and Public Safety with letter to Crime Commission (12-Y 9-N)
HB4005Intro

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Control of firearms by localities. Grants localities authority to adopt or enforce an ordinance, resolution, or motion, governing the possession, carrying, storage, or transporting of firearms, ammunition, or components or combination thereof in the ...
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2019-07-09
Tabled in Militia, Police and Public Safety with letter to Crime Commission (12-Y 9-N)
HB4004Intro

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Purchase of handguns; limitation on handgun purchases; penalty. Prohibits any person who is not a licensed firearms dealer from purchasing more than one handgun in a 30-day period and makes such an offense a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill exempts from...
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2019-07-09
Tabled in Militia, Police and Public Safety with letter to Crime Commission (12-Y 9-N)
HB4002Intro

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Carrying concealed handgun with a permit; employees of any agency of the Commonwealth or political subdivision thereof. Provides that, notwithstanding any other provision of law or any rule, regulation, or workplace policy to the contrary, an employe...
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2019-07-09
Tabled in Militia, Police and Public Safety with letter to Crime Commission (12-Y 9-N)
HB4007Intro

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Control of firearms; local government buildings. Authorizes a locality to adopt an ordinance prohibiting firearms, ammunition, or components or combination thereof in any building owned or used by such locality for governmental purposes. Such ordinan...
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2019-07-09
Tabled in Militia, Police and Public Safety with letter to Crime Commission (12-Y 9-N)
SB4005Intro

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Concealment of firearm in committing felony; penalty. Provides that a person is guilty of a separate felony if he carries about his person any pistol, shotgun, rifle, or other firearm that is hidden from common observation while committing or attempt...
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2019-07-09
Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice with letter (9-Y 6-N)
SB4007Intro

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Use or display of firearm in committing felony; penalty. Increases from three to five years for a first offense and from five to 10 years for a second or subsequent offense the mandatory minimum sentences for use or display of a firearm during the co...
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2019-07-09
Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice with letter (9-Y 6-N)
SB4003Intro

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Violation of protective order; armed with firearm or other deadly weapon; mandatory minimum sentence; penalty. Provides for a three-year mandatory minimum sentence to be served consecutively with any other sentence upon a conviction for violation of ...
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2019-07-09
Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice with letter (9-Y 6-N)
SB4006Intro

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Stolen firearms; penalties. Creates or enhances penalties for crimes related to larceny of a firearm or use of a stolen firearm during the commission of a felony. The bill provides that it is (i) a Class 3 felony with a five-year mandatory minimum se...
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2019-07-09
Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice with letter (9-Y 6-N)
HB4006Intro

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Allowing access to firearms by minors; penalty. Provides that any person who recklessly leaves a loaded, unsecured firearm in such a manner as to endanger the life or limb of any person under the age of 18 is guilty of a Class 6 felony. Current law p...
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2019-07-09
Tabled in Militia, Police and Public Safety with letter to Crime Commission (12-Y 9-N)
SB4004Intro

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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 air-operated or gas-operated weapon or object similar in appea...
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2019-07-09
Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice with letter (9-Y 6-N)
HB4008Intro

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Concealed handgun permits; demonstration of competence. Removes the option for concealed handgun permit applicants to demonstrate competence with a handgun by completing an electronic, video, or online course conducted by a state-certified or Nationa...
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2019-07-09
Tabled in Militia, Police and Public Safety with letter to Crime Commission (12-Y 9-N)
SB4012Intro

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Firearms; removal from persons posing substantial risk; Firearms; removal from persons posing substantial risk; penalties. Creates a procedure by which any attorney for the Commonwealth or any law-enforcement officer may apply to a general district c...
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2019-07-09
Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice with letter (9-Y 6-N)
SB4016Intro

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Regulation of firearms by localities; workplace rules; limitation. Prohibits a locality from adopting or enforcing any workplace rule that prevents or restricts an employee of the locality from possessing or carrying a concealed handgun at the locali...
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2019-07-09
Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice with letter (9-Y 6-N)
HB4010Intro

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Stolen firearms; penalties. Creates or enhances penalties for crimes related to larceny of a firearm or use of a stolen firearm during the commission of a felony. The bill provides that it is (i) a Class 3 felony with a five-year mandatory minimum se...
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2019-07-09
Tabled in Militia, Police and Public Safety with letter to Crime Commission (12-Y 9-N)
SB4017Intro

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Allowing access to firearms by minors; penalty. Provides that any person who recklessly leaves a loaded, unsecured firearm in such a manner as to endanger the life or limb of any person under the age of 18 is guilty of a Class 6 felony. Current law p...
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2019-07-09
Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice with letter (9-Y 6-N)
SB4008Intro

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Control of firearms by localities. Grants localities Control of firearms by localities. Grants localities authority to adopt or enforce an ordinance, resolution, or motion, governing the possession, carrying, storage, or transporting of firearms, amm...
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2019-07-09
Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice with letter (9-Y 6-N)
SB4018Intro

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Protective orders; possession of firearms; surrender or transfer of firearms; penalty. Prohibits any person subject to a permanent protective order (i.e., a protective order with a maximum duration of two years) from knowingly possessing a firearm wh...
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2019-07-09
Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice with letter (9-Y 6-N)
SB4013Intro

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Local government buildings; dangerous weapons; penalty. Prohibits the possession or transport of (i) guns or other weapons designed or intended to propel a missile or projectile of any kind; (ii) frames, receivers, mufflers, silencers, missiles, proj...
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2019-07-09
Stricken at the request of Patron in Courts of Justice (12-Y 2-N)
HB4011Intro

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Reporting lost or stolen firearms; civil penalty. Requires that, if a firearm is lost or stolen from a person who lawfully possessed it, such person shall report the loss or theft of the firearm to any local law-enforcement agency or the Department o...
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2019-07-09
Tabled in Militia, Police and Public Safety with letter to Crime Commission (12-Y 9-N)
HB4009Intro

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Protective orders; possession of firearms; surrender or transfer of firearms; penalty. Prohibits any person subject to a permanent protective order (i.e., a protective order with a maximum duration of two years) from knowingly possessing a firearm wh...
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2019-07-09
Tabled in Militia, Police and Public Safety with letter to Crime Commission (12-Y 9-N)
SB4014Intro

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Denial of a concealed handgun permit; entry into Virginia Criminal Information Network. Requires that the final order of the court denying a person's application for a concealed handgun permit shall be provided to the Department of State Police to en...
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2019-07-09
Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice with letter (9-Y 6-N)
SJR4001Intro

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Study; JCHC; underlying causes of mass public shootings. Directs the Joint Commission on Health Care to study the underlying causes of mass public shootings or similarly violent acts.
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2019-07-09
To Senate Rules Committee
SB4010Intro

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Security of public property. Requires, where access to property owned or used by a public body is restricted by a policy requiring security screening procedures, including the use of metal detectors, pat-downs, or identification checks, that such sec...
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2019-07-09
Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice with letter (9-Y 6-N)
SB4015Intro

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Public schools; firearm safety education program. Requires local school boards to provide firearm safety education programs for students in all grades. The bill requires the Board of Education to establish curriculum guidelines for the program, in co...
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2019-07-09
Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health with letter (10-Y 1-N 1-A)
SB4011Intro

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Authorization of volunteer school security officers by local school boards and private or religious schools. Allows local school boards and private or religious schools to authorize volunteer school security officers to perform the same duties as emp...
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2019-07-09
Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice with letter (9-Y 6-N)
SB4009Intro

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Employment; incidents of workplace violence. Requires private employers, state agencies, local governments, local school boards, and public institutions of higher education, upon becoming aware of an incident of workplace violence, to (i) conduct an ...
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2019-07-09
Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice with letter (9-Y 6-N)
HR4009PassCelebrating the life of Larry Edward Iceman.
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2019-07-09
Bill text as passed House (HR4009ER)
HB4014Intro

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Sentence reductions; substantial assistance to prosecution. Allows a convicted person's sentence to be reduced by the sentencing court if the court determines such person provided substantial assistance in the furtherance of the investigation or pros...
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2019-07-09
Referred by voice vote with letter to Crime Commission
HR4001PassCelebrating the life of John Britton Shorter, Jr.
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2019-07-09
Bill text as passed House (HR4001ER)
HR4023PassCommending Bob Mosier.
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2019-07-09
Bill text as passed House (HR4023ER)
HR4022PassCommending the Freedom High School Soul Squad marching band.
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2019-07-09
Bill text as passed House (HR4022ER)
HR4018PassCommending Carol M. Brydge.
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2019-07-09
Bill text as passed House (HR4018ER)
HB4020Intro

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Purchase, possession, or transportation of firearms by Purchase, possession, or transportation of firearms by prohibited persons; surrender or transfer of firearms; penalties. Prohibits any person subject to a permanent protective order (i.e., a prot...
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2019-07-09
Tabled in Militia, Police and Public Safety with letter to Crime Commission (12-Y 9-N)
HR4008PassCelebrating the life of V. T. Crawford.
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2019-07-09
Bill text as passed House (HR4008ER)
SB4019Intro

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Firearm transfers; criminal history record information Firearm transfers; criminal history record information checks; penalty. Requires a background check for any firearm transfer and directs the Department of State Police (the Department) to establi...
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2019-07-09
Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice with letter (9-Y 6-N)
HB4021Intro

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Prohibiting sale, transport, etc., of assault firearms, Prohibiting sale, transport, etc., of assault firearms, certain firearm magazines, trigger activators, and silencers; penalties. Expands the definition of "assault firearm" and prohibits any per...
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2019-07-09
Tabled in Militia, Police and Public Safety with letter to Crime Commission (12-Y 9-N)
HR4004PassCommending Leanna Blevins.
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2019-07-09
Bill text as passed House (HR4004ER)
HR4006PassCommending the Patrick Henry High School girls' track and field team.
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2019-07-09
Bill text as passed House (HR4006ER)
HR4015PassCelebrating the life of Katherine Anne Marie Lusich-Nixon.
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2019-07-09
Bill text as passed House (HR4015ER)
HR4011PassCelebrating the life of Ryan Keith Cox.
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2019-07-09
Bill text as passed House (HR4011ER)
HR4010PassCelebrating the life of Tara Welch Gallagher.
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2019-07-09
Bill text as passed House (HR4010ER)
HB4017Intro

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Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; Department of State Police; mobile applications; mental health and public safety. Requires the Department of Behavioral Health and...
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2019-07-09
Referred by voice vote with letter to Crime Commission
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