Bill Text: VA HB1822 | 2017 | Regular Session | Prefiled

Virginia House Bill 1822 (Prior Session Legislation)

Prefiled

Bill Title: Place of worship; carrying dangerous weapon personal protection.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 7-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-07 - Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety [HB1822 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2017-HB1822-Prefiled.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 1822 Offered January 11, 2017 Prefiled January 9, 2017 A BILL to amend and reenact §18.2-283 of the Code of Virginia, relating to dangerous weapon; place of worship; personal protection. ---------- Patron-- LaRock ---------- Committee Referral Pending ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That §18.2-283 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§18.2-283. Carrying dangerous weapon to place of religious worship.

If any person carry any gun, pistol, bowie knife, dagger or other dangerous weapon, without good and sufficient reason, to a place of worship while a meeting for religious purposes is being held at such place he shall be guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor.

As used in this section, the term "good and sufficient reason" shall include personal protection.