Bill Text: VA HB1309 | 2015 | Regular Session | Prefiled
Bill Title: Local school boards; arming of school security officers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2015-02-19 - Failed to report (defeated) in Education and Health (6-Y 8-N) [HB1309 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2015-HB1309-Prefiled.html
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15100434D Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia: 1. That §§18.2-308.1 and 22.1-280.2:1 of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted as follows: §18.2-308.1. Possession of firearm, stun weapon, or other weapon on school property prohibited. A. If any person possesses any (i) stun weapon as defined in this section; (ii) knife, except a pocket knife having a folding metal blade of less than three inches; or (iii) weapon, including a weapon of like kind, designated in subsection A of §18.2-308, other than a firearm; upon (a) the property of any public, private or religious elementary, middle or high school, including buildings and grounds; (b) that portion of any property open to the public and then exclusively used for school-sponsored functions or extracurricular activities while such functions or activities are taking place; or (c) any school bus owned or operated by any such school, he shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. B. If any person possesses any firearm designed or intended to expel a projectile by action of an explosion of a combustible material while such person is upon (i) any public, private or religious elementary, middle or high school, including buildings and grounds; (ii) that portion of any property open to the public and then exclusively used for school-sponsored functions or extracurricular activities while such functions or activities are taking place; or (iii) any school bus owned or operated by any such school, he shall be guilty of a Class 6 felony. C. If any person possesses any firearm designed or intended to expel a projectile by action of an explosion of a combustible material within a public, private or religious elementary, middle or high school building and intends to use, or attempts to use, such firearm, or displays such weapon in a threatening manner, such person shall be guilty of a Class 6 felony and sentenced to a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment of five years to be served consecutively with any other sentence. The exemptions set out in §18.2-308 shall apply, mutatis
mutandis, to the provisions of this section. The provisions of this section
shall not apply to (i) persons who possess such weapon or weapons as a part of
the school's curriculum or activities; (ii) a person possessing a knife
customarily used for food preparation or service and using it for such purpose;
(iii) persons who possess such weapon or weapons as a part of any program
sponsored or facilitated by either the school or any organization authorized by
the school to conduct its programs either on or off the school premises; (iv)
any law-enforcement officer; (v) any person who possesses a knife or blade
which he uses customarily in his trade; (vi) a person who possesses an unloaded
firearm that is in a closed container, or a knife having a metal blade, in or
upon a motor vehicle, or an unloaded shotgun or rifle in a firearms rack in or
upon a motor vehicle; (vii) a person who has a valid concealed handgun permit
and possesses a concealed handgun while in a motor vehicle in a parking lot, traffic
circle, or other means of vehicular ingress or egress to the school; As used in this section: "Stun weapon" means any device that emits a momentary or pulsed output, which is electrical, audible, optical or electromagnetic in nature and which is designed to temporarily incapacitate a person. §22.1-280.2:1. Employment and arming of school security officers. Local school boards may employ school security officers, as
defined in §9.1-101 |
