Bill Text: VA HB670 | 2020 | Regular Session | Prefiled

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Bill Title: USBC &SFPC; proposal for changes to the Codes to address active shooters or hostile threats.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2020-03-04 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0130) [HB670 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2020-HB670-Prefiled.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 670 Offered January 8, 2020 Prefiled January 6, 2020 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 15.2-1413.1, relating to security in locality-owned buildings; door-locking mechanisms. ---------- Patron-- Cole, M.L. ---------- 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 15.2-1413.1 as follows:

§15.2-1413.1. Door-locking mechanisms; locality-owned buildings.

No locality-owned building shall be prohibited from installing or using door-locking mechanisms on doors and windows for the purpose of preventing both ingress and egress in the event of a threat to the physical security of persons in such building. The Board of Housing and Community Development shall promulgate regulations for the installation and use of such door-locking mechanisms.