Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation SB83
Legislation Overview
Title: Firearms; brandishing, etc., at a law-enforcement officer, penalty.
Description: Brandishing a firearm; law-enforcement officer; penalty. Provides for a six-month mandatory minimum sentence upon conviction of a person for pointing, holding, or brandishing a firearm or air-operated or gas-operated weapon or object similar in appearance at someone who the person knows or has reason to know is a law-enforcement officer in such manner as to reasonably induce fear in the mind of another.
Session: 2020 Regular Session
Last Action: Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary (7-Y 6-N 1-A)
Last Action Date: January 22, 2020
Sponsors
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2 sponsors: Bill DeSteph (R); Amanda Chase (R);
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 5% (2 of 40)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Jan 22, 2020 | Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary (7-Y 6-N 1-A) |
| Senate | Jan 8, 2020 | Moved from Courts of Justice to Judiciary due to a change of the committee name |
| Senate | Nov 27, 2019 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101245D |
| Senate | Nov 27, 2019 | Referred to Committee on the Judiciary |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Prefiled | Nov 27, 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 Judiciary (7-Y 6-N 1-A) | 01/22/2020 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | Yes |
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Link: link to state bill page
