Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation SB4015
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 the Board of Education to establish curriculum guidelines for the program, in consultation with the Department of State Police, requires school boards to offer a minimum of two hours of instruction consistent with such guidelines, and requires that the program be taught by a school resource officer, other law-enforcement officer, or a United States Armed Services 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: 2019 Special I
Last Action: Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health with letter (10-Y 1-N 1-A)
Last Action Date: July 9, 2019
Sponsors
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1 sponsors: Thomas Norment (R);
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 3% (1 of 40)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Jul 9, 2019 | Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health with letter (10-Y 1-N 1-A) |
| Senate | Jul 8, 2019 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 07/09/19 19200181D |
| Senate | Jul 8, 2019 | Referred to Committee on Education and Health |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Prefiled | Jul 8, 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: Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health with letter (10-Y 1-N 1-A) | 07/9/2019 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Yes |
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| Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health with letter (10-Y 1-N 1-A) | 07/9/2019 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Yes |
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Link: link to state bill page
