Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation HB1683
Legislation Overview
Title: Prohibited public carrying of certain firearms; penalty.
Subject: Crimes and Offenses Generally: Weapons: Counties Cities and Towns: Firearms
Description: Prohibited public carrying of certain firearms; penalty. Prohibits the carrying of a loaded shotgun or rifle in places open to the public in certain cities and counties. Current law prohibits the carrying in such locations of certain loaded firearms with high capacity magazines, silencers, folding stock, or long ammunition or a loaded shotgun with a magazine that will hold more than seven rounds of the longest ammunition for which it is chambered. The bill adds the City of Roanoke to the list of cities in which the carrying of such firearms is prohibited.
Session: 2017 Regular Session
Last Action: Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety
Last Action Date: February 7, 2017
Sponsors
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8 sponsors: Marcus Simon (D); Patrick Hope (D); Kaye Kory (D); Mark Levine (D); Kenneth Plum (D); Sam Rasoul (D); Luke Torian (D); Roslyn Tyler (D);
Percentage of House Of Delegates sponsoring bill: 8% (8 of 100)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Feb 7, 2017 | Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety |
| House | Jan 17, 2017 | Assigned MPPS sub: #1 |
| House | Jan 6, 2017 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100145D |
| House | Jan 6, 2017 | Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Prefiled | Jan 6, 2017 | 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
