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Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation SJR77

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Legislation Overview

Title: Public schools; Virginia Center for School and Campus Safety to study firearm safety education.

Description: Study; Virginia Center for School and Campus Safety; firearm safety education in the Commonwealth's public schools; report. Requests the Virginia Center for School and Campus Safety, in collaboration with the Department of Education, to study, develop, and recommend best practices for firearm safety education in the Commonwealth's public schools.

Session: 2020 Regular Session

Last Action: Left in Appropriations

Last Action Date: March 3, 2020

Sponsors

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1 sponsors: Thomas Norment (R);

Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 3% (1 of 40)

History
Chamber Date Action
House Mar 3, 2020 Left in Appropriations
House Mar 2, 2020 Referred to Committee on Appropriations
House Mar 2, 2020 Motion to refer to committee agreed to
House Feb 27, 2020 Reported from Rules (10-Y 5-N)
House Feb 13, 2020 Placed on Calendar
House Feb 13, 2020 Referred to Committee on Rules
Senate Feb 5, 2020 Read third time and agreed to by Senate by voice vote
Senate Feb 4, 2020 Read second time and engrossed
Senate Feb 3, 2020 Reading waived (40-Y 0-N)
Senate Jan 31, 2020 Reported from Rules by voice vote
Senate Jan 17, 2020 Presented and ordered printed 20106031D
Senate Jan 17, 2020 Referred to Committee on Rules
Texts
Type Date State Link Text
Introduced Jan 17, 2020 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
02/3/2020 39 0 0 0 Yes
  • Barker, George (D) Yea
  • Boysko, Jennifer (D) Yea
  • Chafin, Benton (R) Yea
  • Chase, Amanda (R) Yea
  • Cosgrove, John (R) Yea
  • DeSteph, Bill (R) Yea
  • Deeds, R. Creigh (D) Yea
  • Dunnavant, Siobhan (R) Yea
  • Ebbin, Adam (D) Yea
  • Edwards, John (D) Yea
  • Favola, Barbara (D) Yea
  • Hanger, Emmett (R) Yea
  • Hashmi, Ghazala (D) Yea
  • Howell, Janet (D) Yea
  • Kiggans, Jennifer (R) Yea
  • Lewis, Lynwood (D) Yea
  • Locke, Mamie (D) Yea
  • Lucas, L. Louise (D) Yea
  • Marsden, Dave (D) Yea
  • McClellan, Jennifer (D) Yea
  • McDougle, Ryan (R) Yea
  • McPike, Jeremy (D) Yea
  • Montgomery, Mason (D) Yea
  • Morrissey, Joseph (D) Yea
  • Newman, Stephen (R) Yea
  • Norment, Thomas (R) Yea
  • Obenshain, Mark (R) Yea
  • Peake, Mark (R) Yea
  • Petersen, John (D) Yea
  • Pillion, Todd (R) Yea
  • Reeves, Bryce (R) Yea
  • Ruff, Frank (R) Yea
  • Saslaw, Richard (D) Yea
  • Spruill, Lionell (D) Yea
  • Stanley, William (R) Yea
  • Stuart, Richard (R) Yea
  • Suetterlein, David (R) Yea
  • Surovell, Scott (D) Yea
  • Vogel, Jill (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
02/27/2020 10 5 3 0 Yes
  • Austin, Terry (R) Yea
  • Bagby, Lamont (D) Nay
  • Carr, Betsy (D) NV
  • Cox, M. Kirkland (R) Yea
  • Filler-Corn, Eileen (D) Nay
  • Gilbert, C. Todd (R) Yea
  • Herring, Charniele (D) Yea
  • Kilgore, Terry (R) Nay
  • Knight, Barry (R) Yea
  • Lopez, Alfonso (D) Nay
  • McQuinn, Delores (D) Yea
  • Mullin, Michael (D) Yea
  • Sickles, Mark (D) Yea
  • Simon, Marcus (D) Yea
  • Sullivan, Richard (D) Nay
  • Torian, Luke (D) NV
  • Ward, Jeion (D) Yea
  • Watts, Vivian (D) NV
resort votes by: party yeas nays name

Link: link to state bill page

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