Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation HB1687
Legislation Overview
Title: Violence Intervention and Prevention Fund and Grant Program; established.
Description: Violence Intervention and Prevention Fund and Grant Program; firearm and ammunition tax. Establishes the Violence Intervention and Prevention Fund (the Fund), to be administered by the Department of Criminal Justice Services (the Department), to distribute grants to localities and organizations for the purpose of improving public health and safety by supporting effective violence reduction initiatives in communities that are disproportionately impacted by violence, particularly homicides, shootings, and aggravated assaults. Funds may also be used to finance the hiring of counselors in public elementary and secondary schools and research initiatives that have the objective of reducing gun violence.
Session: 2020 Regular Session
Last Action: Continued to 2021 in Finance by voice vote
Last Action Date: February 5, 2020
Sponsors
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1 sponsors: Sam Rasoul (D);
Percentage of House Of Delegates sponsoring bill: 1% (1 of 100)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Feb 5, 2020 | Continued to 2021 in Finance by voice vote |
| House | Jan 31, 2020 | Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2021 by voice vote |
| House | Jan 29, 2020 | Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #3 |
| House | Jan 17, 2020 | Presented and ordered printed 20100209D |
| House | Jan 17, 2020 | Referred to Committee on Finance |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | Jan 17, 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
There have not been any votes on this bill
Link: link to state bill page
