Virginia Senate Bill 56 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: Introduced on December 26 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-01-31 - Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (9-Y 6-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Carrying a firearm or explosive material within Capitol Square and the surrounding area, into a building owned or leased by the Commonwealth, etc.; exceptions for law-enforcement officers. Adds an exception for off-duty law-enforcement officers to the prohibition of carrying a firearm within any building owned or leased by the Commonwealth or any agency thereof or any office where employees of the Commonwealth or any agency thereof are regularly present for the purpose of performing their official duties.

Firearm or explosive material; carrying within Capitol Square & surrounding area, etc., exceptions.

Sen. Ryan McDougle [R]

Sen. Bill DeSteph [R]

Sen. Christie New Craig [R]

2024-01-31 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (9-Y 6-N) (Y: 9 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-01-31	Senate	Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (9-Y 6-N)
2024-01-10	Senate	Moved from Judiciary to Courts of Justice due to a change of the committee name
2023-12-26	Senate	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2023-12-26	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103135D

HB1321 (Similar To) 2024-02-13 - Left in Public Safety

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?241+sum+SB56
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB56+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+oth+SB56F122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+S13V0086+SB0056