Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation SB1084
Legislation Overview
Title: Firearms; use in commission of crime, civil liability for negligent gun storage.
Description: Use of firearm in commission of crime; civil liability. Provides that a person may be held civilly liable for injury to the person or property of another or for wrongful death resulting from the use of a firearm in the commission of a crime if it can be shown by clear and convincing evidence that the firearm came into the possession of the person who committed the crime because of the failure of the civil defendant to reasonably secure the firearm from theft or unauthorized possession. The bill provides that a civil defendant exercising the ordinary standard of care for securing firearms will not be held civilly liable.
Session: 2019 Regular Session
Last Action: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (11-Y 4-N)
Last Action Date: January 16, 2019
Sponsors
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3 sponsors: Dave Marsden (D); Adam Ebbin (D); Jeremy McPike (D);
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 8% (3 of 40)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Jan 16, 2019 | Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (11-Y 4-N) |
| Senate | Dec 17, 2018 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101669D |
| Senate | Dec 17, 2018 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Prefiled | Dec 17, 2018 | 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 |
| Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (11-Y 4-N) | 01/16/2019 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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Link: link to state bill page
