Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation HB1585
Legislation Overview
Title: Hard body armor; wearing in public, exceptions, penalty.
Subject: Appropriations: Crimes and Offenses Generally: Commonwealth Public Safety
Description: Wearing of hard body armor in public; exceptions; penalty. Makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor, for any person to wear hard body armor, as defined in the bill, anywhere other than while on his own private property. The bill provides exceptions for (i) any law-enforcement officer, conservator of the peace, or member of the Armed Forces of the United States or of the National Guard of Virginia or of any other state while engaged in the performance of his official duties or (ii) any person engaged in such other profession as designated on a list published by the Department of Criminal Justice Services while engaged in the performance of his official duties. The bill also requires the Department to adopt regulations establishing criteria for eligible professions requiring the use of hard body armor during the performance of their official duties and to publish the list of such eligible professions on the Department's website.
Session: 2023 Regular Session
Last Action: Left in Courts of Justice
Last Action Date: February 7, 2023
Sponsors
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1 sponsors: Richard Sullivan (D);
Percentage of House Of Delegates sponsoring bill: 1% (1 of 100)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Feb 7, 2023 | Left in Courts of Justice |
| House | Jan 27, 2023 | Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 3-N) |
| House | Jan 26, 2023 | Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1 |
| House | Jan 6, 2023 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101836D |
| House | Jan 6, 2023 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Prefiled | Jan 6, 2023 | 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) | 01/27/2023 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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Link: link to state bill page
