Bill Text: VA HB49 | 2016 | Regular Session | Prefiled

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Bill Title: Right to keep & bear arms; codifies opinion of Supreme Court of U.S. in D.C. v. Heller.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-10 - Stricken from docket by Courts of Justice by voice vote [HB49 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2016-HB49-Prefiled.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 49 Offered January 13, 2016 Prefiled November 25, 2015 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 1-240.2, relating to the right to keep and bear arms. ---------- Patron-- Cole ---------- 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 1-240.2 as follows:

§1-240.2. Right to keep and bear arms.

The right to keep and bear arms conferred by Article I, Section 13 of the Constitution of Virginia and the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution is an individual right that is unconnected with militia service.

2. That it is the expressed intent of the General Assembly that this act codify the opinion of the Supreme Court of the United States in District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570 (2008).