Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation HB1415
Legislation Overview
Title: Self-defense and defense of others; encodes version of "castle doctrine."
Subject: Civil Remedies and Procedure
Description: Castle doctrine. Encodes a version of the "castle doctrine," allowing the use of physical force, including deadly force, by a person in his dwelling against an intruder in the dwelling who has committed an overt act against him or another person who is lawfully in the dwelling, without civil liability and without limit to any other existing defense or immunity.
Session: 2013 Regular Session
Last Action: Left in Courts of Justice
Last Action Date: February 5, 2013
Sponsors
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1 sponsors: Anne B. Crockett-Stark;
Percentage of House Of Delegates sponsoring bill: 1% (1 of 100)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Feb 5, 2013 | Left in Courts of Justice |
| House | Jan 10, 2013 | Assigned Courts sub: #1 Criminal |
| House | Dec 18, 2012 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/13 13100740D |
| House | Dec 18, 2012 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Prefiled | Dec 18, 2012 | 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
There have not been any votes on this bill
Link: link to state bill page
