Virginia House Bill 424 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4)
Status: Introduced on January 7 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-02-16 - Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety
Pending: House Militia, Police and Public Safety Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Possession of firearms in school zone; regulation by locality. Authorizes a locality to adopt an ordinance prohibiting an individual from knowingly possessing any firearm while such person is in a school zone, which is defined as the area within a distance of 1,000 feet of a school. Such ordinance shall not apply to (i) an individual who is on private property, (ii) an individual who possesses a valid concealed handgun permit, (iii) a firearm that is unloaded and is either in a closed contained or a locked firearms rack in or upon a motor vehicle, (iv) an individual who possesses a firearm as part of the school's curriculum or activities or as part of a school-sponsored or school-authorized program, (v) an individual who possesses such firearm in accordance with a contract with the school, or (vi) a law-enforcement officer or armed security officer hired by a private or religious school. The penalty for an offense set forth in such ordinance shall not exceed a Class 1 misdemeanor.

Firearms; possession in school zone, regulation by locality.

Del. Marcus Simon [D]

Del. Kathleen Murphy [D]

Del. Richard Sullivan [D]

Del. Kaye Kory [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-02-16	House	Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety
2016-01-28	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote
2016-01-27	House	Assigned MPPS sub: #1
2016-01-07	House	Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety
2016-01-07	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16100372D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
15	2	915.6	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+sum+HB424
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+HB424+hil