Virginia Senate Bill 901 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 18-0)
Status: Engrossed on January 31 2023 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-02-22 - Left in Public Safety
Pending: House Public Safety Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

Firearm in unattended motor vehicle; civil penalty. Provides that no person shall leave, place, or store a handgun in an unattended motor vehicle, as defined in the bill, unless the vehicle is locked. The bill provides that any person violating such prohibition is subject to a civil penalty of no more than $500 and that such unattended motor vehicle may be subject to removal for safekeeping. Firearm in unattended motor vehicle; civil penalty. Provides that no person shall leave, place, or store a handgun in an unattended motor vehicle, as defined in the bill, unless the vehicle is locked. The bill provides that any person violating such prohibition is subject to a civil penalty of no more than $500 and that such unattended motor vehicle may be subject to removal for safekeeping.

Firearm in unattended motor vehicle; civil penalty.

Sen. Dave Marsden [D]	Sen. George Barker [D]	Sen. John Bell [D]	Sen. Jennifer Boysko [D]
Sen. Creigh Deeds [D]	Sen. Adam Ebbin [D]	Sen. John Edwards [D]	Sen. Barbara Favola [D]
Sen. Ghazala Hashmi [D]	Sen. Janet Howell [D]	Sen. Mamie Locke [D]	Sen. Louise Lucas [D]
Sen. Monty Mason [D]	Sen. Jeremy McPike [D]	Sen. John Petersen [D]	Sen. Richard Saslaw [D]
Sen. Lionell Spruill [D]	Sen. Scott Surovell [D]

2023-02-09 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (6-Y 4-N) (Y: 6 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-01 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (24-Y 16-N) (Y: 24 N: 16 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-01-30 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-01-26 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Transportation with amendments (8-Y 7-N) (Y: 8 N: 7 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-01-16 - Senate - Senate: Rereferred from Judiciary (11-Y 4-N) (Y: 11 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-02-22	House	Left in Public Safety
2023-02-09	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (6-Y 4-N)
2023-02-08	House	Assigned PS sub: Subcommittee #1
2023-02-08	House	Referred to Committee on Public Safety
2023-02-08	House	Read first time
2023-02-08	House	Placed on Calendar
2023-02-01	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (24-Y 16-N)
2023-01-31	Senate	Printed as engrossed 23103458D-E
2023-01-31	Senate	Engrossed by Senate as amended SB901E
2023-01-31	Senate	Committee amendments agreed to
2023-01-31	Senate	Reading of amendments waived
2023-01-31	Senate	Read second time
2023-01-30	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2023-01-26	Senate	Reported from Transportation with amendments (8-Y 7-N)
2023-01-16	Senate	Rereferred to Transportation
2023-01-16	Senate	Rereferred from Judiciary (11-Y 4-N)
2023-01-05	Senate	Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
2023-01-05	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103458D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
46	2	1215.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB901
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB901+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB901E+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/23104748A.pdf
Amendment	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+amd+SB901AS
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+SB901F122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+SB901FE122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S03V0017+SB0901
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S11V0039+SB0901
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0149SB0901+SB0901
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0186SB0901+SB0901
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H1501V0030+SB0901