Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation HB189
Legislation Overview
Title: Firearms; use or display during commission of a felony, killing or injuring police animals.
Description: Use or display of firearm during commission of a felony; killing or injuring police animals; penalty. Adds maliciously shooting, stabbing, wounding, or otherwise causing bodily injury to or administering poison to any animal used or trained by a law-enforcement agency, regional jail, or the Department of Corrections to the list of felonies for which a separate penalty is prescribed if a firearm is used during the commission of the offense.
Session: 2018 Regular Session
Last Action: Left in Courts of Justice
Last Action Date: February 15, 2018
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'.
42 sponsors: Hyland Fowler (R); John McGuire (R); Hala Ayala (D); John Bell (D); Robert Bloxom (R); Jennifer Boysko (D); Emily Brewer (R); Jeffrey Campbell (R); Christopher Collins (R); Kelly Convirs-Fowler (D); Glenn Davis (R); James Edmunds (R); Matt Fariss (R); Nicholas Freitas (R); Wendy Gooditis (D); Gordon Helsel (R); Charniele Herring (D); Keith Hodges (R); Timothy Hugo (R); Chris Hurst (D); Riley Ingram (R); Terry Kilgore (R); Kaye Kory (D); Paul Krizek (D); James Leftwich (R); Jason Miyares (R); James Morefield (R); Michael Mullin (D); Robert Orrock (R); Christopher Peace (R); Margaret Ransone (R); David Reid (D); Roxann Robinson (R); Danica Roem (D); Larry Rush (R); Christopher Stolle (R); Robert Thomas (R); Schuyler VanValkenburg (D); Vivian Watts (D); Michael Webert (R); Tony Wilt (R); Thomas Wright (R);
Percentage of House Of Delegates sponsoring bill: 42% (42 of 100)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Feb 15, 2018 | Left in Courts of Justice |
| House | Dec 27, 2017 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18103091D |
| House | Dec 27, 2017 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Prefiled | Dec 27, 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
