20104769D
HOUSE BILL NO. 934
Offered January 8, 2020
Prefiled January 7, 2020
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 15.2-915.6, relating to possession, purchase, and transport of certain firearms in certain localities; withholding state funds.
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Patron-- Edmunds
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Committee Referral Pending
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 15.2-915.6 as follows:

§15.2-915.6. Possession, purchase, and transport of certain firearms in certain localities; withholding state funds.

A. A person may lawfully possess, purchase, or transport a firearm or firearms magazine that he would otherwise be lawfully permitted to possess, purchase, or transport on January 1, 2020, while he is in a locality that has adopted or enforced any ordinance, resolution, or motion, as permitted by §15.2-1425, that declares such locality a sanctuary for Second Amendment rights.

B. No funds payable by the Commonwealth to a locality for any and all purposes shall be withheld from a locality solely on the basis of such locality's adopting or enforcing any ordinance, resolution, or motion that declares such locality a sanctuary for Second Amendment rights.