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Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation HB2460

  this is an pro-gun bill
Legislation Overview

Title: State agencies; control of firearms, rights of employees.

Subject: Administration of Government: Firearms: State Agencies

Description: Control of firearms by state agencies; rights of employees. Prohibits state agencies other than the Department of Corrections, Department of Juvenile Justice, and Virginia Port Authority and public institutions of higher education from adopting any regulation or workplace rule preventing officers or employees of such agencies from storing a lawfully possessed firearm and ammunition in a locked private motor vehicle at their workplace unless the adoption of the regulation is expressly authorized by statute. The bill also provides that any such regulation or rule adopted prior to July 1, 2023, is invalid.

Session: 2023 Regular Session

Last Action: Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary (9-Y 6-N)

Last Action Date: February 20, 2023

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'.

1 sponsors: Matt Fariss (R);

Percentage of House Of Delegates sponsoring bill: 1% (1 of 100)

History
Chamber Date Action
Senate Feb 20, 2023 Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary (9-Y 6-N)
Senate Feb 3, 2023 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
Senate Feb 3, 2023 Constitutional reading dispensed
House Feb 2, 2023 Read third time and passed House (54-Y 45-N)
House Feb 2, 2023 VOTE: Passage (54-Y 45-N)
House Feb 1, 2023 Read second time and engrossed
House Jan 31, 2023 Read first time
House Jan 27, 2023 Reported from Public Safety (12-Y 10-N)
House Jan 26, 2023 Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 4-N)
House Jan 24, 2023 Assigned PS sub: Subcommittee #1
House Jan 20, 2023 Presented and ordered printed 23102293D
House Jan 20, 2023 Referred to Committee on Public Safety
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
Description Vote Date Yea Votes Nay Votes No Votes Absent Passed
01/26/2023 6 4 0 0 Yes
  • Ballard, Jason (R) Yea
  • Clark, Nadarius (D) Nay
  • Cordoza, Aijalon (R) Yea
  • Fariss, C. Matt (R) Yea
  • Freitas, Nicholas (R) Yea
  • Jenkins, Clinton (D) Nay
  • Kory, L. Kaye (D) Nay
  • March, Marie (R) Yea
  • Mundon King, Candi (D) Nay
  • Wiley, Bill (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
01/27/2023 12 10 0 0 Yes
  • Ballard, Jason (R) Yea
  • Batten, Amanda (R) Yea
  • Bourne, Jeffrey (D) Nay
  • Clark, Nadarius (D) Nay
  • Cordoza, Aijalon (R) Yea
  • Davis, Glenn (R) Yea
  • Fariss, C. Matt (R) Yea
  • Freitas, Nicholas (R) Yea
  • Greenhalgh, Karen (R) Yea
  • Hope, Patrick (D) Nay
  • Jenkins, Clinton (D) Nay
  • Kory, L. Kaye (D) Nay
  • March, Marie (R) Yea
  • Mundon King, Candi (D) Nay
  • Plum, Kenneth (D) Nay
  • Rasoul, Sam (D) Nay
  • Seibold, Holly (D) Nay
  • Webert, Michael (R) Yea
  • Wiley, Bill (R) Yea
  • Williams, Wren (R) Yea
  • Williams Graves, Angelia (D) Nay
  • Wilt, Tony (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
02/2/2023 54 45 0 1 Yes
  • Adams, Dawn (D) Nay
  • Adams, Les (R) Yea
  • Anderson, Timothy (R) Yea
  • Austin, Terry (R) Yea
  • Avoli, G. (R) Yea
  • Bagby, Lamont (D) Nay
  • Ballard, Jason (R) Yea
  • Batten, Amanda (R) Yea
  • Bell, Robert (R) Yea
  • Bennett-Parker, Elizabeth (D) Nay
  • Bloxom, Robert (R) Yea
  • Bourne, Jeffrey (D) Nay
  • Brewer, Emily (R) Yea
  • Bulova, David (D) Nay
  • Byron, Kathy (R) Yea
  • Campbell, Ellen (R) Yea
  • Campbell, Jeffrey (R) Yea
  • Carr, Betsy (D) Nay
  • Cherry, Mike (R) Yea
  • Clark, Nadarius (D) Nay
  • Convirs-Fowler, Kelly (D) Yea
  • Cordoza, Aijalon (R) Yea
  • Coyner, Carrie (R) Yea
  • Davis, Glenn (R) Yea
  • Delaney, Karrie (D) Nay
  • Durant, Tara (R) Yea
  • Edmunds, James (R) Yea
  • Fariss, C. Matt (R) Yea
  • Ferrell Tata, Anne (R) Yea
  • Filler-Corn, Eileen (D) Nay
  • Fowler, Hyland (R) Yea
  • Freitas, Nicholas (R) Yea
  • Gilbert, C. Todd (R) Yea
  • Glass, Jackie (D) Nay
  • Gooditis, Wendy (D) Nay
  • Greenhalgh, Karen (R) Yea
  • Guzman, Elizabeth (D) Nay
  • Hayes, C.E. (D) Nay
  • Head, Chris (R) Yea
  • Helmer, Dan (D) Nay
  • Herring, Charniele (D) Nay
  • Hodges, M. Keith (R) Yea
  • Hope, Patrick (D) Nay
  • Hudson, Sally (D) Nay
  • Jenkins, Clinton (D) Yea
  • Kilgore, Terry (R) Yea
  • Knight, Barry (R) Yea
  • Kory, L. Kaye (D) Nay
  • Krizek, Paul (D) Nay
  • LaRock, Dave (R) Yea
  • Leftwich, James (R) Yea
  • Lopes-Maldonado, Michelle (D) Nay
  • Lopez, Alfonso (D) Nay
  • March, Marie (R) Yea
  • Marshall, Daniel (R) Yea
  • McGuire, John (R) Yea
  • McNamara, Joseph (R) Yea
  • McQuinn, Delores (D) Nay
  • Morefield, James (R) Yea
  • Mullin, Michael (D) Nay
  • Mundon King, Candi (D) Nay
  • Murphy, Kathleen (D) Nay
  • O'Quinn, Israel (R) Yea
  • Orrock, Robert (R) Yea
  • Plum, Kenneth (D) Nay
  • Price, Marcia (D) Nay
  • Ransone, Margaret (R) Yea
  • Rasoul, Sam (D) Nay
  • Reid, David (D) Nay
  • Robinson, Roxann (R) Yea
  • Roem, Danica (D) Nay
  • Runion, Chris (R) Yea
  • Scott, Don (D) Nay
  • Scott, Phillip (R) Yea
  • Seibold, Holly (D) Nay
  • Sewell, Briana (D) Nay
  • Shin, Irene (D) Nay
  • Sickles, Mark (D) Nay
  • Simon, Marcus (D) Nay
  • Simonds, Shelly (D) Nay
  • Subramanyam, Suhas (D) Nay
  • Sullivan, Richard (D) Absent
  • Taylor, Kim (R) Yea
  • Torian, Luke (D) Nay
  • Tran, Kathy (D) Nay
  • VanValkenburg, Schuyler (D) Nay
  • Wachsmann, H. Otto (R) Yea
  • Walker, Wendell (R) Yea
  • Wampler, William (R) Yea
  • Ward, Jeion (D) Nay
  • Ware, Lee (R) Yea
  • Watts, Vivian (D) Nay
  • Webert, Michael (R) Yea
  • Wiley, Bill (R) Yea
  • Willett, Rodney (D) Nay
  • Williams, Wren (R) Yea
  • Williams Graves, Angelia (D) Nay
  • Wilt, Tony (R) Yea
  • Wright, Thomas (R) Yea
  • Wyatt, Scott (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
02/20/2023 9 6 0 0 Yes
  • Boysko, Jennifer (D) Yea
  • Deeds, R. Creigh (D) Yea
  • Edwards, John (D) Yea
  • Lucas, L. Louise (D) Yea
  • McClellan, Jennifer (D) Yea
  • McDougle, Ryan (R) Nay
  • Morrissey, Joseph (D) Yea
  • Norment, Thomas (R) Nay
  • Obenshain, Mark (R) Nay
  • Peake, Mark (R) Nay
  • Petersen, John (D) Yea
  • Saslaw, Richard (D) Yea
  • Stanley, William (R) Nay
  • Stuart, Richard (R) Nay
  • Surovell, Scott (D) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name

Link: link to state bill page

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