Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation HB2456
Legislation Overview
Title: Weapons; possession or transportation, facility that provides mental health services.
Subject: Weapons: Behavioral Health and Developmental Services
Description: Weapons; possession or transportation; facility that provides mental health services or developmental services; penalty. Makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person to possess in or transport into any facility that provides mental health services or developmental services in the Commonwealth, including a hospital or an emergency room or other facility rendering emergency medical care, any (i) gun or other weapon designed or intended to propel a missile or projectile of any kind; (ii) knife, except a pocket knife having a folding metal blade of less than three inches; or (iii) other dangerous weapon, including explosives and stun weapons. The bill provides that any such firearm, knife, explosive, or weapon is subject to seizure by a law-enforcement officer and specifies exceptions to the prohibition.
Session: 2023 Regular Session
Last Action: Left in Courts of Justice
Last Action Date: February 7, 2023
Sponsors
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1 sponsors: Angelia Williams Graves (D);
Percentage of House Of Delegates sponsoring bill: 1% (1 of 100)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Feb 7, 2023 | Left in Courts of Justice |
| House | Jan 28, 2023 | Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2 |
| House | Jan 20, 2023 | Presented and ordered printed 23104121D |
| House | Jan 20, 2023 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | Jan 20, 2023 | 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
