Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation SB129
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 all grades. The bill requires (i) the Board of Education to establish curriculum guidelines for the program, in consultation with the Department of Criminal Justice Services; (ii) school boards to offer a minimum of two hours of instruction consistent with such guidelines; and (iii) 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: Stricken at request of patron in Education and Health (13-Y 0-N)
Last Action Date: January 30, 2020
Sponsors
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1 sponsors: Thomas Norment (R);
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 3% (1 of 40)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Jan 30, 2020 | Stricken at request of patron in Education and Health (13-Y 0-N) |
| Senate | Jan 9, 2020 | Assigned Education sub: Public Education |
| Senate | Dec 17, 2019 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102684D |
| Senate | Dec 17, 2019 | Referred to Committee on Education and Health |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Prefiled | Dec 17, 2019 | 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: Stricken at request of patron in Education and Health (13-Y 0-N) | 01/30/2020 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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Link: link to state bill page
