Virginia Senate Bill 4017 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-0)
Status: Introduced on July 8 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2019-07-09 - Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice with letter (9-Y 6-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Allowing access to firearms by minors; penalty. Provides that any person who recklessly leaves a loaded, unsecured firearm in such a manner as to endanger the life or limb of any person under the age of 18 is guilty of a Class 6 felony. Current law provides that any person who recklessly leaves a loaded, unsecured firearm in such a manner as to endanger the life or limb of any child under the age of 14 is guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor. The bill establishes an appropriation for the fiscal impact of the bill and authorizes the Director of the Department of Planning and Budget to allocate such appropriation among the agencies and programs impacted by the bill.

Firearms; allowing access to minors, penalty.

Sen. Janet Howell [D]	Sen. George Barker [D]	Sen. Jennifer Boysko [D]	Sen. Rosalyn Dance [D]
Sen. Adam Ebbin [D]	Sen. John Edwards [D]	Sen. Barbara Favola [D]	Sen. Mamie Locke [D]
Sen. Louise Lucas [D]	Sen. Dave Marsden [D]	Sen. Monty Mason [D]	Sen. Jennifer McClellan [D]
Sen. Jeremy McPike [D]	Sen. Richard Saslaw [D]	Sen. Lionell Spruill [D]	Sen. Scott Surovell [D]

2019-07-09 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice with letter (9-Y 6-N) (Y: 9 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-07-09	Senate	Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice with letter (9-Y 6-N)
2019-07-08	Senate	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2019-07-08	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 07/09/19 19200142D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	2	56.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?192+sum+SB4017
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?192+ful+SB4017+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?192+vot+S03V0015+SB4017