Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation HB934
Legislation Overview
Title: Firearms, certain; possession, purchase, etc., in certain localities.
Description: Possession, purchase, and transport of certain firearms in certain localities; withholding state funds. Allows a person to lawfully possess, purchase, or transport a firearm or firearms magazine that he would otherwise be lawfully permitted to possess, purchase, or transport on January 1, 2020, while he is in a locality that has adopted or enforced any ordinance, resolution, or motion that declares such locality a sanctuary for Second Amendment rights. The bill also provides that no funds payable by the Commonwealth to a locality for any and all purposes shall be withheld from a locality solely on the basis of such locality adopting or enforcing any ordinance, resolution, or motion that declares such locality a sanctuary for Second Amendment rights.
Session: 2020 Regular Session
Last Action: Left in Public Safety
Last Action Date: February 11, 2020
Sponsors
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39 sponsors: James Edmunds (R); Michael Webert (R); Les Adams (R); Terry Austin (R); John Avoli (R); Amanda Batten (R); Robert Bloxom (R); Emily Brewer (R); Kathy Byron (R); Jeffrey Campbell (R); Ronnie Campbell (R); Mark Cole (R); Christopher Collins (R); Glenn Davis (R); Matt Fariss (R); Hyland Fowler (R); Nicholas Freitas (R); Todd Gilbert (R); Chris Head (R); Terry Kilgore (R); Barry Knight (R); Dave LaRock (R); James Leftwich (R); Daniel Marshall (R); John McGuire (R); Joseph McNamara (R); James Morefield (R); Israel O'Quinn (R); Robert Orrock (R); Charles Poindexter (R); Margaret Ransone (R); Roxann Robinson (R); Chris Runion (R); Larry Rush (R); Wendell Walker (R); William Wampler (R); Tony Wilt (R); Thomas Wright (R); Scott Wyatt (R);
Percentage of House Of Delegates sponsoring bill: 39% (39 of 100)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Feb 11, 2020 | Left in Public Safety |
| House | Jan 7, 2020 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104769D |
| House | Jan 7, 2020 | Referred to Committee on Public Safety |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Prefiled | Jan 7, 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
