Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation HB1470
Legislation Overview
Title: Firearms ordinances; applicability to property located in multiple localities.
Description: Firearms ordinances; applicability to property located in multiple localities. Allows a landowner whose property, including multiple contiguous parcels, spans two or more localities to elect to have the firearms ordinances of the locality in which the largest portion of the contiguous parcel lies apply to anyone hunting on the property. The bill requires any landowner making such an election to notify the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries. The bill satisfies the reenactment requirement of Chapter 830 of the Acts of Assembly of 2019.
Session: 2020 Regular Session
Last Action: Left in Public Safety
Last Action Date: February 11, 2020
Sponsors
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1 sponsors: Chris Head (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 (5-Y 3-N) |
| House | Jan 20, 2020 | Assigned PS sub: Firearms |
| House | Jan 8, 2020 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101445D |
| 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 (5-Y 3-N) | 01/21/2020 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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Link: link to state bill page
