Passed Virginia Firearm Legislation HB17
Legislation Overview
Title: Military honor guards and veterans service organizations; paramilitary activities, exception.
Subject: Armed Forces: Crimes and Offenses Generally: Veterans
Description: Military honor guards and veterans service organizations; paramilitary activities; exception. Exempts members of a lawfully recognized military color guard, honor guard, or similar organization, and members of a veterans service organization that is congressionally chartered or officially recognized by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, when such member is participating in a training or educational exercise, funeral, or public ceremony on behalf of such military color guard, honor guard, or similar organization or veterans service organization, from the crime of unlawful paramilitary activity unless such member engages in such activity with malicious intent.
Session: 2022 Regular Session
Last Action: Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0038)
Last Action Date: April 1, 2022
Companion Bill: SB618
Sponsors
Note: the first sponsor listed is normally the primary sponsor. If a sponsor's name is a hyperlink you can click on it to 'follow the money'.
18 sponsors: Hyland Fowler (R); Dawn Adams (D); John Avoli (R); Jason Ballard (R); Emily Brewer (R); Jeffrey Campbell (R); Ronnie Campbell (R); AC Cordoza (R); Nicholas Freitas (R); Karen Greenhalgh (R); David Reid (D); Chris Runion (R); Phillip Scott (R); Kim Taylor (R); Bill Wiley (R); Rodney Willett (D); Thomas Wright (R); Scott Wyatt (R);
Percentage of House Of Delegates sponsoring bill: 18% (18 of 100)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Apr 1, 2022 | Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0038) | |
| Apr 1, 2022 | Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 38 (effective 7/1/22) | |
| House | Mar 9, 2022 | Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 9, 2022 |
| Mar 9, 2022 | Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022 | |
| House | Feb 23, 2022 | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB17ER) |
| Senate | Feb 23, 2022 | Signed by President |
| House | Feb 23, 2022 | Signed by Speaker |
| House | Feb 23, 2022 | Enrolled |
| Senate | Feb 21, 2022 | Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) |
| Senate | Feb 21, 2022 | Read third time |
| Senate | Feb 18, 2022 | Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) |
| Senate | Feb 16, 2022 | Reported from Judiciary (10-Y 0-N) |
| Senate | Feb 4, 2022 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
| Senate | Feb 4, 2022 | Referred to Committee on the Judiciary |
| House | Feb 3, 2022 | VOTE: Passage #2 (100-Y 0-N) |
| House | Feb 3, 2022 | Read third time and passed House Block Vote (99-Y 0-N) |
| House | Feb 3, 2022 | VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) |
| House | Feb 3, 2022 | Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House |
| House | Feb 3, 2022 | Passed House (100-Y 0-N) |
| House | Feb 2, 2022 | Printed as engrossed 22100634D-E |
| House | Feb 2, 2022 | Engrossed by House as amended HB17E |
| House | Feb 2, 2022 | Committee amendment agreed to |
| House | Feb 2, 2022 | Read second time |
| House | Feb 1, 2022 | Read first time |
| House | Jan 28, 2022 | Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (18-Y 0-N) |
| House | Jan 19, 2022 | Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) |
| House | Jan 18, 2022 | Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1 |
| House | Dec 23, 2021 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
| House | Dec 23, 2021 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100634D |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Chaptered | Apr 1, 2022 | state link | bill text |
| Enrolled | Feb 23, 2022 | state link | bill text |
| Engrossed | Feb 2, 2022 | state link | bill text |
| Prefiled | Dec 23, 2021 | state link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| House committee amendments reported | House committee amendments reported | Jan 28, 2022 | State Link | amendment text | No |
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
| Description | Vote Date | Yea Votes | Nay Votes | No Votes | Absent | Passed |
| House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) | 01/19/2022 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
|
||||||
| resort votes by: party yeas nays name | ||||||
| House: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (18-Y 0-N) | 01/28/2022 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Yes |
|
||||||
| resort votes by: party yeas nays name | ||||||
| House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) | 02/3/2022 | 99 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Yes |
|
||||||
| resort votes by: party yeas nays name | ||||||
| House: VOTE: Passage #2 (100-Y 0-N) | 02/3/2022 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
|
||||||
| resort votes by: party yeas nays name | ||||||
| Senate: Reported from Judiciary (10-Y 0-N) | 02/16/2022 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
|
||||||
| resort votes by: party yeas nays name | ||||||
| Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) | 02/18/2022 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Yes |
|
||||||
| resort votes by: party yeas nays name | ||||||
| Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) | 02/21/2022 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
|
||||||
| resort votes by: party yeas nays name | ||||||
Link: link to state bill page
