Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation HB1230
Legislation Overview
Title: School board employees, certain; possession of firearms on school property.
Subject: Crimes and Offenses Generally: Education: Firearms: School Boards
Description: Certain school board employees; possession of firearms on school property. Permits any school board to authorize any school board employee to possess a firearm on school property, in addition to those individuals expressly authorized to possess such a firearm as otherwise provided in statute, provided that any school board employee so authorized by the school board receives advanced firearms training in accordance with criteria established by the Department of Criminal Justice Services. The bill requires the Department of Criminal Justice Services to develop and distribute to each local school board such criteria no later than August 1, 2024.
Session: 2024 Regular Session
Last Action: Left in Public Safety
Last Action Date: February 13, 2024
Sponsors
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1 sponsors: Eric Zehr (R);
Percentage of House Of Delegates sponsoring bill: 1% (1 of 100)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Feb 13, 2024 | Left in Public Safety |
| House | Feb 1, 2024 | Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely (7-Y 1-N) |
| House | Jan 22, 2024 | Assigned PS sub: Firearms |
| House | Jan 10, 2024 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102525D |
| House | Jan 10, 2024 | Referred to Committee on Public Safety |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Prefiled | Jan 10, 2024 | state link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| Substitute for HB1230 Public Safety, Firearms | Substitute for HB1230 Public Safety, Firearms | Feb 1, 2024 | State Link | amendment text | No |
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
| Description | Vote Date | Yea Votes | Nay Votes | No Votes | Absent | Passed |
| House: Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely (7-Y 1-N) | 02/1/2024 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | Yes |
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Link: link to state bill page
