Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation HB2027
Legislation Overview
Title: Action against parents for minor knowingly possessing on school property, civil liability.
Description: Action against parents for minor knowingly possessing a firearm on school property; civil liability. Creates a civil cause of action against the parent, guardian, legal custodian, or other person standing in loco parentis of a minor for injury to the person or property of another or for wrongful death resulting from the minor knowingly possessing a firearm on school property if it can be shown by clear and convincing evidence that the minor came into possession of such firearm because of the failure of the civil defendant to reasonably secure the firearm. The bill provides that any recovery from the parent, guardian, legal custodian, or other person standing in loco parentis of such minor shall not preclude full recovery from such minor, except to the amount of recovery from such parent, guardian, legal custodian, or other person standing in loco parentis.
Session: 2019 Regular Session
Last Action: Left in Courts of Justice
Last Action Date: February 5, 2019
Sponsors
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1 sponsors: Kathleen Murphy (D);
Percentage of House Of Delegates sponsoring bill: 1% (1 of 100)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Feb 5, 2019 | Left in Courts of Justice |
| House | Jan 23, 2019 | Subcommittee failed to recommend reporting (2-Y 5-N) |
| House | Jan 22, 2019 | Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2 |
| House | Jan 7, 2019 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101996D |
| House | Jan 7, 2019 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Prefiled | Jan 7, 2019 | 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
| Description | Vote Date | Yea Votes | Nay Votes | No Votes | Absent | Passed |
| House: Subcommittee failed to recommend reporting (2-Y 5-N) | 01/23/2019 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | No |
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Link: link to state bill page
