Virginia House Bill 23

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-0)
Status: Introduced on December 14 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-02-02 - Incorporated by Public Safety
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Weapons; possession or transportation; facility that provides mental health services or developmental services; penalty. Makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person to possess in or transport into any facility that provides mental health services or developmental services in the Commonwealth, including a hospital or an emergency department or other facility rendering emergency medical care, any (i) firearm or other weapon designed or intended to propel a missile or projectile of any kind; (ii) knife, except a pocket knife having a folding metal blade of less than three inches; or (iii) other dangerous weapon, including explosives and stun weapons. The bill provides that any such firearm, knife, explosive, or weapon is subject to seizure by a law-enforcement officer and specifies exceptions to the prohibition. Weapons; possession or transportation; facility that provides mental health services or developmental services; penalty. Makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person to possess in or transport into any facility that provides mental health services or developmental services in the Commonwealth, including a hospital or an emergency department or other facility rendering emergency medical care, any (i) firearm or other weapon designed or intended to propel a missile or projectile of any kind; (ii) knife, except a pocket knife having a folding metal blade of less than three inches; or (iii) other dangerous weapon, including explosives and stun weapons. The bill provides that any such firearm, knife, explosive, or weapon is subject to seizure by a law-enforcement officer and specifies exceptions to the prohibition.

Weapons; possession or transportation into facility that provides mental health services, etc.

Del. Amy Laufer [D]	Del. Bonita Anthony [D]	Del. Katrina Callsen [D]	Del. Nadarius Clark [D]
Del. Debra Gardner [D]	Del. Rozia Henson [D]	Del. Patrick Hope [D]	Del. Karen Keys-Gamarra [D]
Del. Michelle Maldonado [D]	Del. Marty Martinez [D]	Del. David Reid [D]	Del. Irene Shin [D]
Del. Shelly Simonds [D]	Del. Vivian Watts [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-02-02	House	Incorporated by Public Safety
2024-01-25	House	Subcommittee recommends incorporating (HB861-Hernandez) by voice vote
2024-01-13	House	Assigned PS sub: Firearms
2023-12-14	House	Referred to Committee on Public Safety
2023-12-14	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103473D

SB515 (Similar To) 2024-05-17 - Governor: Vetoed by Governor
HB861 (Similar To) 2024-05-17 - Governor: Vetoed by Governor

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
37	2	431.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB23
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB23+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+oth+HB23F122+PDF