Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation SB1422
Legislation Overview
Title: Law enforcement, local; fees for concealed handgun permits, courthouse and courtroom security.
Subject: Crimes and Offenses Generally: Police: Prisons and Other Methods of Correction: Weapons: Counties Cities and Towns: Handguns: Courthouses and Courtrooms
Description: Local law enforcement; fees for concealed handgun permits; courthouse and courtroom security; assessment. Eliminates (i) the fee, under current law up to $35, that a local law-enforcement agency is permitted to charge for conducting the background investigation for a concealed handgun permit and (ii) the requirement that the local law-enforcement agency forward to the State Police any amount assessed by the FBI for providing criminal history record information in the background investigation. The bill makes discretionary the current mandatory fee of up to $10 charged by the clerk for processing a concealed handgun permit application or issuing a permit. The bill increases from $10 to $20 the maximum amount, designated solely to fund courthouse and courtroom security, that a local governing body may assess against a convicted defendant as part of the costs in a criminal or traffic case in district or circuit court.
Session: 2017 Regular Session
Last Action: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (10-Y 4-N)
Last Action Date: January 18, 2017
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: Amanda Chase (R);
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 3% (1 of 40)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Jan 18, 2017 | Committee substitute printed to LIS only 17104411D-S1 |
| Senate | Jan 18, 2017 | Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (10-Y 4-N) |
| Senate | Jan 11, 2017 | Presented and ordered printed 17103485D |
| Senate | Jan 11, 2017 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Comm Sub | Jan 18, 2017 | state link | bill text |
| Introduced | Jan 11, 2017 | 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
Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (10-Y 4-N)
Link: link to state bill page
