Virginia House Bill 1687 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 17 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-02-05 - Continued to 2021 in Finance by voice vote
Pending: House Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Violence Intervention and Prevention Fund and Grant Program; firearm and ammunition tax. Establishes the Violence Intervention and Prevention Fund (the Fund), to be administered by the Department of Criminal Justice Services (the Department), to distribute grants to localities and organizations for the purpose of improving public health and safety by supporting effective violence reduction initiatives in communities that are disproportionately impacted by violence, particularly homicides, shootings, and aggravated assaults. Funds may also be used to finance the hiring of counselors in public elementary and secondary schools and research initiatives that have the objective of reducing gun violence.

Violence Intervention and Prevention Fund and Grant Program; established.

Del. Sam Rasoul [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-02-05	House	Continued to 2021 in Finance by voice vote
2020-01-31	House	Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2021 by voice vote
2020-01-29	House	Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #3
2020-01-17	House	Referred to Committee on Finance
2020-01-17	House	Presented and ordered printed 20100209D

HB1687 (Carry Over) 2020-02-05 - Continued to 2021 in Finance by voice vote

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
58	1	663	(n/a)	See Bill Text
9	1	104.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
9	1	104.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1687
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1687+hil