Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation HB1382
Legislation Overview
Title: Firearms; control in local government buildings, waiver of sovereign immunity.
Description: Control of firearms in local government buildings; waiver of sovereign immunity. Provides that any locality that adopts an ordinance or policy that generally prohibits firearms, ammunition, or components or combination thereof in any building owned or used by such locality for governmental purposes shall waive its sovereign immunity protection with regard to any civil claim for damages brought by an individual who claims his injuries are the result, at least in part, of such ordinance or policy. In such instance, a locality will be subject to an ordinary negligence standard for its invitees.
Session: 2020 Regular Session
Last Action: Left in Public Safety
Last Action Date: February 11, 2020
Sponsors
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1 sponsors: Jeffrey Campbell (R);
Percentage of House Of Delegates sponsoring bill: 1% (1 of 100)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Feb 11, 2020 | Left in Public Safety |
| House | Jan 21, 2020 | Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (6-Y 2-N) |
| House | Jan 20, 2020 | Assigned PS sub: Firearms |
| House | Jan 8, 2020 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104659D |
| House | Jan 8, 2020 | Referred to Committee on Public Safety |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Prefiled | Jan 8, 2020 | state link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
| Description | Vote Date | Yea Votes | Nay Votes | No Votes | Absent | Passed |
| House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (6-Y 2-N) | 01/21/2020 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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Link: link to state bill page
