Passed Virginia Firearm Legislation HB1656
Legislation Overview
Title: School security officers; employment by private or religious schools, carrying a firearm.
Description: School security officers; employment by private or religious schools; carrying a firearm in performance of duties. Allows private or religious schools to employ a school security officer and to authorize a school security officer to carry a firearm in the performance of his duties, subject to the same criteria for carrying a firearm in the performance of his duties imposed on a school security officer employed by the local school board. The bill also updates the definition of school security officer in the assault and battery statute.
Session: 2019 Regular Session
Last Action: Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0120)
Last Action Date: February 21, 2019
Sponsors
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2 sponsors: Mark Cole (R); John McGuire (R);
Percentage of House Of Delegates sponsoring bill: 2% (2 of 100)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Feb 21, 2019 | Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0120) | |
| Feb 21, 2019 | Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 120 (effective 7/1/19) | |
| Feb 15, 2019 | Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 22, 2019 | |
| House | Feb 15, 2019 | Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 15, 2019 |
| Senate | Feb 14, 2019 | Signed by President |
| House | Feb 13, 2019 | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1656ER) |
| House | Feb 13, 2019 | Signed by Speaker |
| House | Feb 13, 2019 | Enrolled |
| Senate | Feb 11, 2019 | Read third time |
| Senate | Feb 11, 2019 | Passed Senate (34-Y 6-N) |
| Senate | Feb 8, 2019 | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) |
| Senate | Feb 6, 2019 | Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N) |
| Senate | Jan 28, 2019 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
| Senate | Jan 28, 2019 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
| House | Jan 25, 2019 | VOTE: PASSAGE (78-Y 16-N) |
| House | Jan 25, 2019 | Read third time and passed House (78-Y 16-N) |
| House | Jan 24, 2019 | Read second time and engrossed |
| House | Jan 23, 2019 | Read first time |
| House | Jan 21, 2019 | Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N) |
| House | Jan 16, 2019 | Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N) |
| House | Jan 11, 2019 | Assigned Education sub: Subcommittee #2 |
| House | Nov 29, 2018 | Referred to Committee on Education |
| House | Nov 29, 2018 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100833D |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Chaptered | Feb 21, 2019 | state link | bill text |
| Enrolled | Feb 13, 2019 | state link | bill text |
| Prefiled | Nov 29, 2018 | 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 reporting (10-Y 0-N) | 01/16/2019 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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| House: Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N) | 01/21/2019 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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| House: VOTE: PASSAGE (78-Y 16-N) | 01/25/2019 | 78 | 16 | 5 | 0 | Yes |
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| Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N) | 02/6/2019 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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| Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) | 02/8/2019 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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| Senate: Passed Senate (34-Y 6-N) | 02/11/2019 | 34 | 6 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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Link: link to state bill page
