Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation HB2140
Legislation Overview
Title: Gang and drug crimes; imposes higher penalties for certain offenses.
Description: Enhanced penalties for gang and drug crimes. Imposes higher penalties for certain drug offenses involving manufacturing, selling, giving, distributing, or possessing with the intent to manufacture, sell, give, or distribute certain controlled substances if death or serious bodily injury resulted from the use of such substance. The bill also imposes higher penalties for possessing, using or attempting to use, or displaying in a threatening manner a firearm while committing or attempting to commit certain drug offenses. Finally, the bill provides that a person who is convicted of a second or subsequent criminal street gang crime is guilty of a Class 3 felony, where current law imposes such penalty for a third or subsequent conviction.
Session: 2015 Regular Session
Last Action: Left in Courts of Justice
Last Action Date: February 10, 2015
Sponsors
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1 sponsors: David Yancey;
Percentage of House Of Delegates sponsoring bill: 1% (1 of 100)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Feb 10, 2015 | Left in Courts of Justice |
| House | Jan 14, 2015 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15102478D |
| House | Jan 14, 2015 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Prefiled | Jan 14, 2015 | 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
