Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation HB783
Legislation Overview
Title: Firearms; pointing, holding, or brandishing in presence of a law-enforcement officer, penalty.
Description: Brandishing a firearm; law-enforcement officer; penalty. Provides for a six-month mandatory minimum sentence upon conviction of a person for pointing, holding, or brandishing a firearm or similar weapon at someone who the person knows or has reason to know is a law-enforcement officer in such manner as to reasonably induce fear in the mind of another.
Session: 2016 Regular Session
Last Action: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (9-Y 0-N)
Last Action Date: February 24, 2016
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: Les Adams;
Percentage of House Of Delegates sponsoring bill: 1% (1 of 100)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Feb 24, 2016 | Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (9-Y 0-N) |
| Senate | Feb 17, 2016 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
| Senate | Feb 17, 2016 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
| House | Feb 16, 2016 | Read third time and passed House (76-Y 23-N) |
| House | Feb 16, 2016 | VOTE: PASSAGE (76-Y 23-N) |
| House | Feb 15, 2016 | Read second time |
| House | Feb 15, 2016 | Committee substitute agreed to 16105288D-H1 |
| House | Feb 15, 2016 | Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB783H1 |
| House | Feb 13, 2016 | Read first time |
| House | Feb 12, 2016 | Committee substitute printed 16105288D-H1 |
| House | Feb 12, 2016 | Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (17-Y 4-N) |
| House | Feb 10, 2016 | Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (11-Y 0-N) |
| House | Jan 19, 2016 | Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law |
| House | Jan 12, 2016 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
| House | Jan 12, 2016 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16100962D |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Comm Sub | Feb 12, 2016 | state link | bill text |
| Prefiled | Jan 12, 2016 | 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 with amendment(s) (11-Y 0-N)
House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (17-Y 4-N)
House: VOTE: PASSAGE (76-Y 23-N)
Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (9-Y 0-N)
Link: link to state bill page
