Virginia House Bill 2141 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2023 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-02-07 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Owners of firearms; use of firearm by minor in commission of crime or to cause bodily injury; penalty. Creates a Class 1 misdemeanor for an owner of a firearm, as defined in the bill, who (i) allows a minor to possess such firearm and such minor uses such firearm (a) in the commission of a crime or (b) to intentionally or with gross negligence cause bodily injury to himself or another person, or (ii) knows or reasonably should know that a minor is in close proximity, as defined in the bill, to such firearm as to allow such minor to possess or transport such firearm in violation of law and the minor uses such firearm (a) in the commission of a crime or (b) to cause bodily injury to himself or another person. The bill elevates the penalty to a Class 5 felony if such owner of a firearm knows or reasonably should have known that such minor has been charged with or convicted of or adjudicated delinquent of a violent crime or has been the subject of a school-initiated threat assessment.

Owners of firearms; use of firearm by minor in commission of crime or to cause bodily injury.

Sen. Schuyler VanValkenburg [D]

Del. Dan Helmer [D]

Del. Kaye Kory [D]

Del. Rodney Willett [D]

2023-01-30 - House - House: Subcommittee failed to recommend reporting (3-Y 4-N) (Y: 3 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [FAIL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-02-07	House	Left in Courts of Justice
2023-01-30	House	Subcommittee failed to recommend reporting (3-Y 4-N)
2023-01-28	House	Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2
2023-01-10	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2023-01-10	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103789D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	2	56.3	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2141
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2141+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/23105864D.pdf
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB2141F160+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB2141F122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H0802V0065+HB2141