VA HB1471 | 2020 | Regular Session

Virginia House Bill 1471 (Prior Session Legislation)

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 8 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-02-11 - Left in Public Safety
Pending: House Public Safety Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Summary

Firearms ordinances; property in multiple localities; affirmative defense. Provides that a hunter on private property that is owned by a particular landowner and spans two or more localities with differing firearms ordinances shall have an affirmative defense to a charge of violating such an ordinance in the second locality if he was in compliance at all times with the counterpart ordinance in the first locality.

Title

Firearms ordinances; property in multiple localities, affirmative defense.

Roll Calls

2020-01-21 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 3-N) (Y: 5 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-02-11	House	Left in Public Safety
2020-01-21	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 3-N)
2020-01-20	House	Assigned PS sub: Firearms
2020-01-08	House	Referred to Committee on Public Safety
2020-01-08	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101447D

Code Citations

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
29	1	528.3	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Virginia State Sources

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1471
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1471+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H1501V0002+HB1471