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Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation HB1909

  this is an anti-gun bill
Legislation Overview

Title: School board property, certain; establishment of gun-free zone permitted.

Description: Certain school board property; establishment of gun-free zone permitted. Permits any school board to deem any non-school zone property that it owns or leases as a gun-free zone and prohibit any individual from knowingly possessing, purchasing, transferring, carrying, storing, or transporting firearms, ammunition, or components or combination thereof while such individual is upon such property, except certain individuals such as law-enforcement officers and qualified retired law-enforcement officers. Certain school board property; establishment of gun-free zone permitted. Permits any school board to deem any non-school zone property that it owns or leases as a gun-free zone and prohibit any individual from knowingly possessing, purchasing, transferring, carrying, storing, or transporting firearms, ammunition, or components or combination thereof while such individual is upon such property, except certain individuals such as law-enforcement officers and qualified retired law-enforcement officers.

Session: 2021 Regular Session

Last Action: Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)

Last Action Date: February 5, 2021

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'.

7 sponsors: Suhas Subramanyam (D); Kathleen Murphy (D); Dan Helmer (D); Mark Levine (D); Alfonso Lopez (D); David Reid (D); Ibraheem Samirah (D);

Percentage of House Of Delegates sponsoring bill: 7% (7 of 100)

History
Chamber Date Action
Senate Feb 5, 2021 Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
Senate Jan 28, 2021 Referred to Committee on Education and Health
Senate Jan 28, 2021 Constitutional reading dispensed
House Jan 27, 2021 Read third time and passed House (55-Y 44-N)
House Jan 27, 2021 VOTE: Passage (55-Y 44-N)
House Jan 26, 2021 Read second time
House Jan 26, 2021 Committee substitute agreed to 21103262D-H1
House Jan 26, 2021 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1909H1
House Jan 25, 2021 Read first time
House Jan 22, 2021 Committee substitute printed 21103262D-H1
House Jan 22, 2021 Reported from Public Safety with substitute (14-Y 8-N)
House Jan 19, 2021 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N)
House Jan 12, 2021 Assigned PS sub: Firearms
House Jan 9, 2021 Referred to Committee on Public Safety
House Jan 9, 2021 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100496D
Texts
Type Date State Link Text
Comm Sub Jan 22, 2021 state link bill text
Prefiled Jan 9, 2021 state link bill text
Amendments
Title Description Date State Link Text Adopted
Substitute for HB1909 Public Safety, Firearms Substitute for HB1909 Public Safety, Firearms Jan 20, 2021 State Link amendment text No
Substitute for HB1909 Public Safety, Firearms Substitute for HB1909 Public Safety, Firearms Jan 19, 2021 State Link amendment text Yes
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
Description Vote Date Yea Votes Nay Votes No Votes Absent Passed
01/19/2021 6 2 0 0 Yes
  • Batten, Amanda (R) Nay
  • Bourne, Jeffrey (D) Yea
  • Coyner, Carrie (R) Yea
  • Davis, Glenn (R) Nay
  • Helmer, Dan (D) Yea
  • Jenkins, Clinton (D) Yea
  • Lopez, Alfonso (D) Yea
  • Plum, Kenneth (D) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
01/22/2021 14 8 0 0 Yes
  • Batten, Amanda (R) Nay
  • Bourne, Jeffrey (D) Yea
  • Campbell, Ronnie (R) Nay
  • Cole, Joshua (D) Yea
  • Coyner, Carrie (R) Yea
  • Davis, Glenn (R) Nay
  • Fariss, C. Matt (R) Nay
  • Helmer, Dan (D) Yea
  • Hope, Patrick (D) Yea
  • Jenkins, Clinton (D) Yea
  • Kory, L. Kaye (D) Yea
  • Levine, Mark (D) Yea
  • Lopez, Alfonso (D) Yea
  • Mundon King, Candi (D) Yea
  • Plum, Kenneth (D) Yea
  • Price, Marcia (D) Yea
  • Rasoul, Sam (D) Yea
  • Robinson, Roxann (R) Nay
  • Rush, Larry (R) Nay
  • Williams Graves, Angelia (D) Yea
  • Wilt, Tony (R) Nay
  • Wright, Thomas (R) Nay
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
01/27/2021 55 44 0 1 Yes
  • Adams, Dawn (D) Yea
  • Adams, Les (R) Nay
  • Aird, Lashrecse (D) Yea
  • Askew, Alex (D) Yea
  • Austin, Terry (R) Nay
  • Avoli, G. (R) Nay
  • Ayala, Hala (D) Yea
  • Bagby, Lamont (D) Yea
  • Batten, Amanda (R) Nay
  • Bell, Robert (R) Nay
  • Bloxom, Robert (R) Nay
  • Bourne, Jeffrey (D) Yea
  • Brewer, Emily (R) Nay
  • Bulova, David (D) Yea
  • Byron, Kathy (R) Nay
  • Campbell, Jeffrey (R) Nay
  • Campbell, Ronnie (R) Nay
  • Carr, Betsy (D) Yea
  • Carter, Lee (D) Yea
  • Cole, Joshua (D) Yea
  • Cole, Mark (R) Nay
  • Convirs-Fowler, Kelly (D) Yea
  • Cox, M. Kirkland (R) Nay
  • Coyner, Carrie (R) Yea
  • Davis, Glenn (R) Nay
  • Delaney, Karrie (D) Yea
  • Edmunds, James (R) Nay
  • Fariss, C. Matt (R) Absent
  • Filler-Corn, Eileen (D) Yea
  • Fowler, Hyland (R) Nay
  • Freitas, Nicholas (R) Nay
  • Gilbert, C. Todd (R) Nay
  • Gooditis, Wendy (D) Yea
  • Guy, Nancy (D) Yea
  • Guzman, Elizabeth (D) Yea
  • Hayes, C.E. (D) Yea
  • Head, Chris (R) Nay
  • Helmer, Dan (D) Yea
  • Heretick, Steve (D) Yea
  • Herring, Charniele (D) Yea
  • Hodges, M. Keith (R) Nay
  • Hope, Patrick (D) Yea
  • Hudson, Sally (D) Yea
  • Hurst, Chris (D) Yea
  • Jenkins, Clinton (D) Yea
  • Jones, Jerrauld (D) Yea
  • Keam, Mark (D) Yea
  • Kilgore, Terry (R) Nay
  • Knight, Barry (R) Nay
  • Kory, L. Kaye (D) Yea
  • Krizek, Paul (D) Yea
  • LaRock, Dave (R) Nay
  • Leftwich, James (R) Nay
  • Levine, Mark (D) Yea
  • Lopez, Alfonso (D) Yea
  • Marshall, Daniel (R) Nay
  • McGuire, John (R) Nay
  • McNamara, Joseph (R) Nay
  • McQuinn, Delores (D) Yea
  • Miyares, Jason (R) Nay
  • Morefield, James (R) Nay
  • Mugler, Martha (D) Yea
  • Mullin, Michael (D) Yea
  • Mundon King, Candi (D) Yea
  • Murphy, Kathleen (D) Yea
  • O'Quinn, Israel (R) Nay
  • Orrock, Robert (R) Nay
  • Plum, Kenneth (D) Yea
  • Poindexter, Charles (R) Nay
  • Price, Marcia (D) Yea
  • Ransone, Margaret (R) Nay
  • Rasoul, Sam (D) Yea
  • Reid, David (D) Yea
  • Robinson, Roxann (R) Nay
  • Roem, Danica (D) Yea
  • Runion, Chris (R) Nay
  • Rush, Larry (R) Nay
  • Samirah, Ibraheem (D) Yea
  • Scott, Don (D) Yea
  • Sickles, Mark (D) Yea
  • Simon, Marcus (D) Yea
  • Simonds, Shelly (D) Yea
  • Subramanyam, Suhas (D) Yea
  • Sullivan, Richard (D) Yea
  • Torian, Luke (D) Yea
  • Tran, Kathy (D) Yea
  • Tyler, Roslyn (D) Nay
  • VanValkenburg, Schuyler (D) Yea
  • Walker, Wendell (R) Nay
  • Wampler, William (R) Nay
  • Ward, Jeion (D) Yea
  • Ware, Lee (R) Nay
  • Watts, Vivian (D) Yea
  • Webert, Michael (R) Nay
  • Wiley, Bill (R) Nay
  • Willett, Rodney (D) Yea
  • Williams Graves, Angelia (D) Yea
  • Wilt, Tony (R) Nay
  • Wright, Thomas (R) Nay
  • Wyatt, Scott (R) Nay
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
02/5/2021 15 0 0 0 Yes
  • Barker, George (D) Yea
  • Cosgrove, John (R) Yea
  • Dunnavant, Siobhan (R) Yea
  • Edwards, John (D) Yea
  • Hashmi, Ghazala (D) Yea
  • Howell, Janet (D) Yea
  • Lewis, Lynwood (D) Yea
  • Locke, Mamie (D) Yea
  • Lucas, L. Louise (D) Yea
  • Newman, Stephen (R) Yea
  • Peake, Mark (R) Yea
  • Petersen, John (D) Yea
  • Pillion, Todd (R) Yea
  • Saslaw, Richard (D) Yea
  • Suetterlein, David (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name

Link: link to state bill page

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