Virginia Senate Bill 15 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on November 18 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-12-04 - Left in Judiciary
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Carrying weapon into building owned or leased by the Commonwealth; penalty. Makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for a person to transport any (i) gun or other weapon designed or intended to propel a missile or projectile of any kind; (ii) frame, receiver, muffler, silencer, missile, projectile, or ammunition designed for use with a dangerous weapon; or (iii) other dangerous weapon into a building owned or leased by the Commonwealth or any agency thereof, where employees of the Commonwealth or agency thereof are regularly present for the purpose of performing their official duties. The bill provides exceptions for law-enforcement officers, conservators of the peace, magistrates, court officers, judges, city or county treasurers, commissioners or deputy commissioners of the Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission, authorized security personnel, and active military personnel while in the conduct of such individuals' official duties. The bill requires that notice of the provisions prohibiting the carrying of such weapons be posted at each public entrance to all buildings owned or leased by the Commonwealth or any agency thereof.

Weapons; carrying into building owned or leased by the Commonwealth, penalty.

Sen. Adam Ebbin [D]

Sen. Joseph Morrissey [D]

2020-02-03 - Senate - Senate: Continued to 2021 in Judiciary (12-Y 0-N) (Y: 12 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-12-04	Senate	Left in Judiciary
2020-02-03	Senate	Continued to 2021 in Judiciary (12-Y 0-N)
2020-01-08	Senate	Moved from Courts of Justice to Judiciary due to a change of the committee name
2019-11-18	Senate	Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
2019-11-18	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100629D

SB15 (Carry Over) 2020-02-03 - Continued to 2021 in Judiciary (12-Y 0-N)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	2	283.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+sum+SB15
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+ful+SB15+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+oth+SB15F160+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+oth+SB15F122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+vot+S03C0151+SB0015