Virginia Senate Bill 668 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2018 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2018-01-15 - Failed to report (defeated) in Courts of Justice (6-Y 9-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Localities; regulation of firearms in government buildings. Allows localities to regulate the possession of firearms, ammunition, or components or combination thereof in, or the carrying of firearms, ammunition, or components or combination thereof into, any building owned or used by such locality for governmental purposes. The bill also allows localities to regulate the possession of firearms, ammunition, or components or combination thereof in, or the carrying of firearms, ammunition, or components or combination thereof into a park or recreation area owned or used by such locality for governmental purposes, provided that at each public entrance to such park or recreation area there is (i) at least one law-enforcement officer or armed security officer; (ii) at least one metal detection device; and (iii) an inspection area where each person that enters the park or recreation area may have any bag, package, or other container that he is carrying inspected by a law-enforcement officer or armed security officer. Current law prohibits localities from adopting or enforcing any ordinance, resolution, or motion regarding firearms, ammunition, or components or combination thereof unless expressly authorized by statute.

Firearms; localities regulation in government buildings.

Sen. Creigh Deeds [D]

2018-01-15 - Senate - Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in Courts of Justice (6-Y 9-N) (Y: 6 N: 9 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-01-15	Senate	Failed to report (defeated) in Courts of Justice (6-Y 9-N)
2018-01-15	Senate	Committee amendments
2018-01-10	Senate	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2018-01-10	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101220D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
15	2	915	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+SB668
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+SB668+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+S03V0046+SB0668