Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation HB2361
Legislation Overview
Title: Brandishing a firearm; intent to induce fear, etc., penalty.
Subject: Crimes and Offenses Generally: Weapons: Firearms
Description: Brandishing a firearm; intent; penalty. Requires that a person pointing, holding, or brandishing a firearm or similar weapon must have the intent to induce fear in the mind of another or know or reasonably should know that his conduct would induce such fear in order to be convicted of the crime of brandishing. Currently, the perpetrator's intent is not an element of the offense in the statute.
Session: 2017 Regular Session
Last Action: Stricken from docket by Courts of Justice by voice vote
Last Action Date: February 3, 2017
Sponsors
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1 sponsors: Christopher Collins (R);
Percentage of House Of Delegates sponsoring bill: 1% (1 of 100)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Feb 3, 2017 | Stricken from docket by Courts of Justice by voice vote |
| House | Jan 23, 2017 | Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 3-N) |
| House | Jan 18, 2017 | Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law |
| House | Jan 16, 2017 | Presented and ordered printed 17102368D |
| House | Jan 16, 2017 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | Jan 16, 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
House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 3-N)
Link: link to state bill page
