Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation HB567
Legislation Overview
Title: Indoor shooting ranges; prohibited in buildings not owned or leased by the Commonwealth.
Description: Indoor shooting ranges; prohibited in buildings not owned or leased by the Commonwealth or federal government; exceptions; civil penalty. Prohibits the operation of an indoor shooting range, defined in the bill, in any building not owned or leased by the Commonwealth or federal government unless (i) fewer than 50 employees work in the building or (ii) (a) at least 90 percent of the users of the indoor shooting range are law-enforcement officers or federal law-enforcement officers, (b) the indoor shooting range maintains a log of each user's name, phone number, address, and the law-enforcement agency where such user is employed, and (c) the indoor shooting range verifies each user's identity and address by requiring all users to present a government-issued photo-identification card. The bill provides that any person that violates the provisions of this section is subject to a civil penalty of not less than $1,000 nor more than $100,000 for the initial violation and $5,000 per day for each day of violation thereafter.
Session: 2020 Regular Session
Last Action: Left in Public Safety
Last Action Date: February 11, 2020
Sponsors
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1 sponsors: Dan Helmer (D);
Percentage of House Of Delegates sponsoring bill: 1% (1 of 100)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Feb 11, 2020 | Left in Public Safety |
| House | Jan 6, 2020 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104806D |
| House | Jan 6, 2020 | Referred to Committee on Public Safety |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Prefiled | Jan 6, 2020 | 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
