Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation HB939
Legislation Overview
Title: Public schools; firearm safety education program.
Description: Public schools; firearm safety education program. Requires local school boards to provide firearm safety education programs for students in high school. The bill requires the Board of Education to establish curriculum guidelines for the program, in consultation with the Department of State Police, and requires that the program be taught by a school resource officer, other law-enforcement officer, or a United States Armed Forces instructor. The bill prohibits the use of firearms in the program. Current law allows local school boards to provide a firearm safety education program for students in the elementary grades and does not specify who may instruct such program.
Session: 2020 Regular Session
Last Action: Left in Education
Last Action Date: February 11, 2020
Sponsors
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1 sponsors: Michael Webert (R);
Percentage of House Of Delegates sponsoring bill: 1% (1 of 100)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Feb 11, 2020 | Left in Education |
| House | Jan 27, 2020 | Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (4-Y 2-N) |
| House | Jan 13, 2020 | Assigned Education sub: Pre-K-12 |
| House | Jan 7, 2020 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103088D |
| House | Jan 7, 2020 | Referred to Committee on Education |
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
| Description | Vote Date | Yea Votes | Nay Votes | No Votes | Absent | Passed |
| House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (4-Y 2-N) | 01/27/2020 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | No |
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Link: link to state bill page
