Bill Text: VA HB1471 | 2020 | Regular Session | Prefiled

Virginia House Bill 1471 (Prior Session Legislation)

Prefiled

Bill Title: Firearms ordinances; property in multiple localities, affirmative defense.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-11 - Left in Public Safety [HB1471 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2020-HB1471-Prefiled.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 1471 Offered January 8, 2020 Prefiled January 8, 2020 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 29.1-528.3, relating to firearms ordinances; property in multiple localities; affirmative defense. ---------- Patron-- Head ---------- Committee Referral Pending ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 29.1-528.3 as follows:

§29.1-528.3. Firearms ordinances; property in multiple localities; affirmative defense.

Any person who (i) is hunting on private property that is owned by a particular landowner and is composed of one or more contiguous parcels that together span two or more localities whose firearms ordinances differ, (ii) crosses the boundary from the first to the second locality while hunting, (iii) at all times follows the firearm ordinances of the first locality, and (iv) after crossing such boundary is charged with a violation of a firearms ordinance of the second locality with whose counterpart in the first county the hunter remained in compliance shall have an affirmative defense to such charge.