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Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation HB1427

  this is an pro-gun bill
Legislation Overview

Title: Firearms, etc.; control of possession by locality.

Subject: Counties Cities and Towns: Firearms: Public Buildings Facilities and Property

Description: Control of firearms by localities. Removes a locality's authority to prohibit the possession or carrying of firearms, ammunition, or components or any combination thereof in (i) any public park owned or operated by the locality; (ii) any recreation or community center facility operated by the locality; or (iii) any public street, road, alley, or sidewalk or public right-of-way or any other place of whatever nature that is open to the public and is being used by or is adjacent to a permitted event or an event that would otherwise require a permit.

Session: 2023 Regular Session

Last Action: Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary (9-Y 6-N)

Last Action Date: February 13, 2023

Sponsors

Note: the first sponsor listed is normally the primary sponsor. If a sponsor's name is a hyperlink you can click on it to 'follow the money'.

10 sponsors: Dave LaRock (R); AC Cordoza (R); Hyland Fowler (R); Marie March (R); Chris Runion (R); Phillip Scott (R); Wendell Walker (R); Bill Wiley (R); Wren Williams (R); Thomas Wright (R);

Percentage of House Of Delegates sponsoring bill: 10% (10 of 100)

History
Chamber Date Action
Senate Feb 13, 2023 Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary (9-Y 6-N)
Senate Feb 3, 2023 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
Senate Feb 3, 2023 Constitutional reading dispensed
House Feb 2, 2023 Read third time and passed House (52-Y 47-N)
House Feb 2, 2023 VOTE: Passage (52-Y 47-N)
House Feb 1, 2023 Read second time and engrossed
House Jan 31, 2023 Read first time
House Jan 27, 2023 Reported from Public Safety (12-Y 10-N)
House Jan 26, 2023 Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 4-N)
House Jan 24, 2023 Assigned PS sub: Subcommittee #1
House Dec 15, 2022 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100752D
House Dec 15, 2022 Referred to Committee on Public Safety
Texts
Type Date State Link Text
Prefiled Dec 15, 2022 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
01/26/2023 6 4 0 0 Yes
  • Ballard, Jason (R) Yea
  • Clark, Nadarius (D) Nay
  • Cordoza, Aijalon (R) Yea
  • Fariss, C. Matt (R) Yea
  • Freitas, Nicholas (R) Yea
  • Jenkins, Clinton (D) Nay
  • Kory, L. Kaye (D) Nay
  • March, Marie (R) Yea
  • Mundon King, Candi (D) Nay
  • Wiley, Bill (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
01/27/2023 12 10 0 0 Yes
  • Ballard, Jason (R) Yea
  • Batten, Amanda (R) Yea
  • Bourne, Jeffrey (D) Nay
  • Clark, Nadarius (D) Nay
  • Cordoza, Aijalon (R) Yea
  • Davis, Glenn (R) Yea
  • Fariss, C. Matt (R) Yea
  • Freitas, Nicholas (R) Yea
  • Greenhalgh, Karen (R) Yea
  • Hope, Patrick (D) Nay
  • Jenkins, Clinton (D) Nay
  • Kory, L. Kaye (D) Nay
  • March, Marie (R) Yea
  • Mundon King, Candi (D) Nay
  • Plum, Kenneth (D) Nay
  • Rasoul, Sam (D) Nay
  • Seibold, Holly (D) Nay
  • Webert, Michael (R) Yea
  • Wiley, Bill (R) Yea
  • Williams, Wren (R) Yea
  • Williams Graves, Angelia (D) Nay
  • Wilt, Tony (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
02/2/2023 52 47 0 1 Yes
  • Adams, Dawn (D) Nay
  • Adams, Les (R) Yea
  • Anderson, Timothy (R) Yea
  • Austin, Terry (R) Yea
  • Avoli, G. (R) Yea
  • Bagby, Lamont (D) Nay
  • Ballard, Jason (R) Yea
  • Batten, Amanda (R) Yea
  • Bell, Robert (R) Yea
  • Bennett-Parker, Elizabeth (D) Nay
  • Bloxom, Robert (R) Yea
  • Bourne, Jeffrey (D) Nay
  • Brewer, Emily (R) Yea
  • Bulova, David (D) Nay
  • Byron, Kathy (R) Yea
  • Campbell, Ellen (R) Yea
  • Campbell, Jeffrey (R) Yea
  • Carr, Betsy (D) Nay
  • Cherry, Mike (R) Yea
  • Clark, Nadarius (D) Nay
  • Convirs-Fowler, Kelly (D) Absent
  • Cordoza, Aijalon (R) Yea
  • Coyner, Carrie (R) Yea
  • Davis, Glenn (R) Yea
  • Delaney, Karrie (D) Nay
  • Durant, Tara (R) Yea
  • Edmunds, James (R) Yea
  • Fariss, C. Matt (R) Yea
  • Ferrell Tata, Anne (R) Yea
  • Filler-Corn, Eileen (D) Nay
  • Fowler, Hyland (R) Yea
  • Freitas, Nicholas (R) Yea
  • Gilbert, C. Todd (R) Yea
  • Glass, Jackie (D) Nay
  • Gooditis, Wendy (D) Nay
  • Greenhalgh, Karen (R) Yea
  • Guzman, Elizabeth (D) Nay
  • Hayes, C.E. (D) Nay
  • Head, Chris (R) Yea
  • Helmer, Dan (D) Nay
  • Herring, Charniele (D) Nay
  • Hodges, M. Keith (R) Yea
  • Hope, Patrick (D) Nay
  • Hudson, Sally (D) Nay
  • Jenkins, Clinton (D) Nay
  • Kilgore, Terry (R) Yea
  • Knight, Barry (R) Yea
  • Kory, L. Kaye (D) Nay
  • Krizek, Paul (D) Nay
  • LaRock, Dave (R) Yea
  • Leftwich, James (R) Yea
  • Lopes-Maldonado, Michelle (D) Nay
  • Lopez, Alfonso (D) Nay
  • March, Marie (R) Yea
  • Marshall, Daniel (R) Yea
  • McGuire, John (R) Yea
  • McNamara, Joseph (R) Yea
  • McQuinn, Delores (D) Nay
  • Morefield, James (R) Yea
  • Mullin, Michael (D) Nay
  • Mundon King, Candi (D) Nay
  • Murphy, Kathleen (D) Nay
  • O'Quinn, Israel (R) Yea
  • Orrock, Robert (R) Yea
  • Plum, Kenneth (D) Nay
  • Price, Marcia (D) Nay
  • Ransone, Margaret (R) Yea
  • Rasoul, Sam (D) Nay
  • Reid, David (D) Nay
  • Robinson, Roxann (R) Yea
  • Roem, Danica (D) Nay
  • Runion, Chris (R) Yea
  • Scott, Don (D) Nay
  • Scott, Phillip (R) Yea
  • Seibold, Holly (D) Nay
  • Sewell, Briana (D) Nay
  • Shin, Irene (D) Nay
  • Sickles, Mark (D) Nay
  • Simon, Marcus (D) Nay
  • Simonds, Shelly (D) Nay
  • Subramanyam, Suhas (D) Nay
  • Sullivan, Richard (D) Nay
  • Taylor, Kim (R) Yea
  • Torian, Luke (D) Nay
  • Tran, Kathy (D) Nay
  • VanValkenburg, Schuyler (D) Nay
  • Wachsmann, H. Otto (R) Yea
  • Walker, Wendell (R) Yea
  • Wampler, William (R) Yea
  • Ward, Jeion (D) Nay
  • Ware, Lee (R) Yea
  • Watts, Vivian (D) Nay
  • Webert, Michael (R) Yea
  • Wiley, Bill (R) Yea
  • Willett, Rodney (D) Nay
  • Williams, Wren (R) Yea
  • Williams Graves, Angelia (D) Nay
  • Wilt, Tony (R) Yea
  • Wright, Thomas (R) Yea
  • Wyatt, Scott (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
02/13/2023 9 6 0 0 Yes
  • Boysko, Jennifer (D) Yea
  • Deeds, R. Creigh (D) Yea
  • Edwards, John (D) Yea
  • Lucas, L. Louise (D) Yea
  • McClellan, Jennifer (D) Yea
  • McDougle, Ryan (R) Nay
  • Morrissey, Joseph (D) Yea
  • Norment, Thomas (R) Nay
  • Obenshain, Mark (R) Nay
  • Peake, Mark (R) Nay
  • Petersen, John (D) Yea
  • Saslaw, Richard (D) Yea
  • Stanley, William (R) Nay
  • Stuart, Richard (R) Nay
  • Surovell, Scott (D) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name

Link: link to state bill page

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