Virginia Senate Bill 1236 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2023 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2023-01-23 - Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary (9-Y 6-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Control of firearms by localities. Removes a locality's authority to prohibit the possession or carrying of firearms, ammunition, or components or any combination thereof in (i) any public park owned or operated by the locality; (ii) any recreation or community center facility operated by the locality; or (iii) any public street, road, alley, or sidewalk or public right-of-way or any other place of whatever nature that is open to the public and is being used by or is adjacent to a permitted event or an event that would otherwise require a permit. Control of firearms by localities. Removes a locality's authority to prohibit the possession or carrying of firearms, ammunition, or components or any combination thereof in (i) any public park owned or operated by the locality; (ii) any recreation or community center facility operated by the locality; or (iii) any public street, road, alley, or sidewalk or public right-of-way or any other place of whatever nature that is open to the public and is being used by or is adjacent to a permitted event or an event that would otherwise require a permit.

Firearms, etc.; control of possession by locality.

Sen. Mark Obenshain [R]

Sen. Bill DeSteph [R]

Sen. David Suetterlein [R]

2023-01-23 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary (9-Y 6-N) (Y: 9 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-01-16 - Senate - Senate: Rereferred from Local Government (8-Y 6-N) (Y: 8 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-01-23	Senate	Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary (9-Y 6-N)
2023-01-16	Senate	Rereferred to Judiciary
2023-01-16	Senate	Rereferred from Local Government (8-Y 6-N)
2023-01-10	Senate	Referred to Committee on Local Government
2023-01-10	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102674D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
15	2	915	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1236
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1236+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S07V0007+SB1236
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S03V0059+SB1236