Virginia Senate Bill 1353 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: Introduced on January 11 2023 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2023-01-30 - Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary (8-Y 6-N 1-A)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Firearms-related offenses; mandatory minimum sentences; penalty. Increases from three to five years for a first offense and from five to 10 years for a second or subsequent offense the mandatory minimum sentences for use or display of a firearm during the commission of certain felonies. The bill also increases the punishment from a Class 6 felony to a Class 5 felony and increases from five to 10 years the mandatory minimum sentence for knowingly possessing any firearm within the building of a child day center or public, private, or religious preschool, elementary, middle, or high school and intending to use, or attempting to use, such firearm, or displaying such weapon in a threatening manner. The bill also increases the punishment from a Class 6 felony to a Class 5 felony and increases from five to 10 years for a person previously convicted of a violent felony and from two to five years for a person previously convicted of any other felony within the prior 10 years the mandatory minimum sentences for knowingly and intentionally possessing or transporting any firearm.

Firearms-related offenses; increases mandatory minimum sentences, penalty.

Sen. Thomas Norment [R]

Sen. Bryce Reeves [R]

Sen. Frank Ruff [R]

2023-01-30 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary (8-Y 6-N 1-A) (Y: 8 N: 6 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-01-30	Senate	Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary (8-Y 6-N 1-A)
2023-01-11	Senate	Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
2023-01-11	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103248D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	2	308.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	308.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	53.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1353
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1353+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/23105361D.pdf
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+SB1353F160+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+SB1353F122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S03V0109+SB1353