Virginia Senate Bill 1489 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 19 2023 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2023-01-23 - Stricken at the request of Patron in Judiciary (12-Y 3-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Weapons; possession or transportation; facility that provides mental health services or developmental services; penalty. Makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person to possess in or transport into any facility that provides mental health services or developmental services in the Commonwealth, including a hospital or an emergency room or other facility rendering emergency medical care, any (i) gun or other weapon designed or intended to propel a missile or projectile of any kind; (ii) knife, except a pocket knife having a folding metal blade of less than three inches; or (iii) other dangerous weapon, including explosives and stun weapons. The bill provides that any such firearm, knife, explosive, or weapon is subject to seizure by a law-enforcement officer and specifies exceptions to the prohibition. Weapons; possession or transportation; facility that provides mental health services or developmental services; penalty. Makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person to possess in or transport into any facility that provides mental health services or developmental services in the Commonwealth, including a hospital or an emergency room or other facility rendering emergency medical care, any (i) gun or other weapon designed or intended to propel a missile or projectile of any kind; (ii) knife, except a pocket knife having a folding metal blade of less than three inches; or (iii) other dangerous weapon, including explosives and stun weapons. The bill provides that any such firearm, knife, explosive, or weapon is subject to seizure by a law-enforcement officer and specifies exceptions to the prohibition.

Weapons; possession or transportation, facility that provides mental health services.

Sen. Bill DeSteph [R]

2023-01-23 - Senate - Senate: Stricken at the request of Patron in Judiciary (12-Y 3-N) (Y: 12 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-01-23	Senate	Stricken at the request of Patron in Judiciary (12-Y 3-N)
2023-01-19	Senate	Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
2023-01-19	Senate	Presented and ordered printed 23104331D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
37	2	431.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1489
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1489+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S03V0052+SB1489