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VCDL 2022 Legislation Tracking Tool
VCDL 2022 Legislation Tracking Tool
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VCDL Comments This bill legalizes the possession of switchblades knives. | 01/21/22 Senate: Presented and ordered printed 22103908D 01/21/22 Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary 02/09/22 Senate: Reported from Judiciary (13-Y 0-N) 02/10/22 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) 02/11/22 Senate: Read second time and engrossed 02/11/22 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) 02/11/22 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) 02/22/22 House: Placed on Calendar 02/22/22 House: Read first time 02/22/22 House: Referred to Committee on Public Safety 02/25/22 House: Reported from Public Safety (21-Y 1-N) 03/01/22 House: Read second time 03/02/22 House: Read third time 03/02/22 House: Passed House (96-Y 3-N) 03/02/22 House: VOTE: Passage (96-Y 3-N) 03/03/22 Senate: Enrolled 03/03/22 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB758ER) 03/03/22 Senate: Signed by President 03/03/22 House: Signed by Speaker 03/04/22 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 4, 2022 03/04/22 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 11, 2022 03/11/22 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 27 (effective 7/1/22) 03/11/22 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0027) | ||
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VCDL Comments This bill repeals the ban on the carrying of firearms in a church "without good and sufficient reason." Government should not be in the business of telling private property owners how to handle their security. A longstanding Virginia Attorney General opinion says that those carrying a firearm for self-defense in a church have a good and sufficient reason. However, this law is unnecessary as churches can already ban the carry of firearms under Virginia's trespass laws, just like any other private property. And there is a stricter legal penalty for a trespass violation (Class 1 misdemeanor) than carrying without a good and sufficient reason (Class 4 misdemeanor). | 01/10/22 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103059D 01/10/22 House: Referred to Committee on Rules 02/15/22 House: Left in Rules | ||
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VCDL Comments This bill changes the number of days that the state can delay a firearm transfer from five days to three days, matching federal law. | 01/10/22 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102442D 01/10/22 House: Referred to Committee on Public Safety 02/01/22 House: Assigned PS sub: Subcommittee #1 02/03/22 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 4-N) 02/04/22 House: Reported from Public Safety (12-Y 10-N) 02/08/22 House: Read first time 02/09/22 House: Read second time and engrossed 02/10/22 House: Read third time and passed House (51-Y 48-N) 02/10/22 House: VOTE: Passage (51-Y 48-N) 02/11/22 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed 02/11/22 Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary 02/28/22 Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary (9-Y 6-N) | ||
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VCDL Comments This bill reinstates online training for getting a concealed handgun permit. There were no issues with online training before the option was removed in 2020. Online training is useful for someone who has suddenly developed an urgent need to carry concealed for their personal safety, as it could trim weeks off the time to get a permit. Last year's COVID situation demonstrated the necessity for an online training option. | 01/11/22 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102063D 01/11/22 House: Referred to Committee on Rules 02/15/22 House: Left in Rules | ||
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VCDL Comments This bill repeals Virginia's One Handgun a Month arbitrary gun-rationing scheme. Federal law already requires gun dealers to report to the BATFE any repeated handgun-sales made to the same individual during any five-day period. | 01/11/22 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102181D 01/11/22 House: Referred to Committee on Rules 02/15/22 House: Left in Rules | ||
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VCDL Comments This bill repeals the requirement that a person who has their gun stolen must report it within 48 hours after the person discovers the loss. This law is unenforceable, as how does the Commonwealth know when a person discovered their gun missing, if they realized it at all? The person has already suffered a loss and the Commonwealth want to punish them further for not reporting it within a certain timeframe. | 01/11/22 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102189D 01/11/22 House: Referred to Committee on Public Safety 02/01/22 House: Assigned PS sub: Subcommittee #1 02/03/22 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 4-N) 02/04/22 House: Reported from Public Safety (12-Y 10-N) 02/08/22 House: Read first time 02/09/22 House: Read second time and engrossed 02/10/22 House: Read third time and passed House (51-Y 48-N) 02/10/22 House: VOTE: Passage (51-Y 48-N) 02/11/22 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed 02/11/22 Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary 02/28/22 Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary (8-Y 7-N) | ||
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VCDL Comments This bill is a Constitutional Carry bill. It allows someone without a concealed handgun permit, but who would qualify for one, to carry a concealed handgun anywhere they could lawfully open carry a handgun. Twenty-one states now have Constitutional Carry, none have repealed it, and more states are expected to follow suit this year. Neighboring Kentucky, Tennessee and West Virginia are Constitutional Carry states. | 01/11/22 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101962D 01/11/22 Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary 01/26/22 Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary (8-Y 6-N) | ||
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Purchase of handguns; limitation on handgun purchases. Removes the prohibition on any person who is not a licensed firearms dealer from purchasing more than one handgun in a 30-day period. Current law makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for a violation of this provision, subject to certain exemptions. VCDL Comments This bill repeals Virginia's One Handgun a Month arbitrary gun-rationing scheme. Federal law already requires gun dealers to report to the BATFE any repeated handgun-sales made to the same individual during any five-day period. | 01/11/22 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103162D 01/11/22 Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary 01/26/22 Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary (8-Y 6-N) | ||
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VCDL Comments This bill repeals the authority of school boards to prohibit firearms on their property. There have been no issues with the lawful carry of firearms on school board property. | 01/11/22 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102185D 01/11/22 House: Referred to Committee on Education 01/31/22 House: Assigned Education sub: K-12 02/15/22 House: Left in Education | ||
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VCDL Comments This bill is a Constitutional Carry bill. It allows someone without a concealed handgun permit, but who would qualify for one, to carry a concealed handgun anywhere they could lawfully open carry a handgun. Twenty-one states now have Constitutional Carry, none have repealed it, and more states are expected to follow suit this year. Neighboring Kentucky, Tennessee and West Virginia are Constitutional Carry states. | 01/11/22 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100089D 01/11/22 House: Referred to Committee on Rules 02/15/22 House: Left in Rules | ||
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VCDL Comments This bill removes all fees for a person to get a concealed handgun permit (CHP). It's bad enough that gun owners need a permit to exercise their right to self-defense using a concealed handgun, they certainly shouldn't have to pay a fee to do so. The fee is similar to a "poll tax." | 12/17/21 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100793D 12/17/21 House: Referred to Committee on Public Safety 02/01/22 House: Assigned PS sub: Subcommittee #1 02/03/22 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 1-N) 02/03/22 House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations 02/04/22 House: Reported from Public Safety (12-Y 10-N) 02/04/22 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations 02/15/22 House: Left in Appropriations | ||
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VCDL Comments This bill reduces the penalties for carrying a concealed handgun without a CHP. The first offense is up to a $100 civil penalty, which avoids criminalizing someone who is innocently carrying a concealed handgun and is unaware of the requirement for a CHP or is unaware the method of carry is considered 'concealed.' The second offense is raised to a Class 2 misdemeanor, and subsequent offenses are a Class 1 misdemeanor. If a person acquires a valid CHP while awaiting trial, which the bill allows for, the judge may dismiss the charge. | 12/17/21 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100800D 12/17/21 House: Referred to Committee on Public Safety 02/01/22 House: Assigned PS sub: Subcommittee #1 02/03/22 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 3-N) 02/04/22 House: Reported from Public Safety (13-Y 9-N) 02/08/22 House: Read first time 02/09/22 House: Passed by for the day 02/10/22 House: Read second time and engrossed 02/11/22 House: Read third time and passed House (53-Y 46-N) 02/11/22 House: VOTE: Passage (53-Y 46-N) 02/14/22 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed 02/14/22 Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary 02/21/22 Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary (10-Y 5-N) | ||
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VCDL Comments This bill repeals Virginia's One Handgun a Month arbitrary gun-rationing scheme. Federal law already requires gun dealers to report to the BATFE any repeated handgun-sales made to the same individual during any five-day period. | 12/20/21 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100807D 12/20/21 House: Referred to Committee on Rules 02/15/22 House: Left in Rules | ||
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VCDL Comments This bill repeals the ban on the carrying of firearms in a church "without good and sufficient reason." Government should not be in the business of telling private property owners how to handle their security. A longstanding Virginia Attorney General opinion says that those carrying a firearm for self-defense in a church have a good and sufficient reason. However, this law is unnecessary as churches can already ban the carry of firearms under Virginia's trespass laws, just like any other private property. And there is a stricter legal penalty for a trespass violation (Class 1 misdemeanor) than carrying without a good and sufficient reason (Class 4 misdemeanor). | 12/27/21 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100431D 12/27/21 House: Referred to Committee on Rules 02/15/22 House: Left in Rules | ||
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Removing, altering, etc., serial number on firearm; selling, giving, etc., or possessing firearm with removed, altered, etc., serial number; penalty. Makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person, firm, association, or corporation to knowingly possess any pistol, shotgun, rifle, machine gun, or any other firearm that has a serial number that has been removed, altered, changed, destroyed, or obliterated in any manner. The bill also makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person, firm, association, or corporation to sell, give, or distribute any pistol, shotgun, rifle, machine gun, or other firearm that has a serial number that has been removed, defaced, altered, changed, destroyed, or obliterated in any manner. The bill contains a reenactment clause. VCDL Comments This bill corrects several issues with current law regarding serial numbers and allows guns with serial numbers unlawfully removed or defaced to be prosecuted in Virginia. | 01/21/22 House: Presented and ordered printed 22104748D 01/21/22 House: Referred to Committee on Public Safety 02/01/22 House: Assigned PS sub: Subcommittee #1 02/03/22 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 3-N) 02/04/22 House: Reported from Public Safety with substitute (17-Y 4-N) 02/04/22 House: Committee substitute printed 22105993D-H1 02/08/22 House: Read first time 02/09/22 House: Read second time 02/09/22 House: Committee substitute agreed to 22105993D-H1 02/09/22 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1306H1 02/10/22 House: Engrossment reconsidered by House 02/10/22 House: Amendment by Delegate Simon agreed to 02/10/22 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendment HB1306EH1 02/10/22 House: Printed as engrossed 22105993D-EH1 02/11/22 House: Read third time and passed House (94-Y 3-N 1-A) 02/11/22 House: VOTE: Passage (94-Y 3-N 1-A) 02/14/22 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed 02/14/22 Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary 02/21/22 Senate: Reported from Judiciary with substitute (9-Y 6-N) 02/21/22 Senate: Committee substitute printed 22106765D-S1 02/22/22 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) 02/23/22 Senate: Read third time 02/23/22 Senate: Reading of substitute waived 02/23/22 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 22106765D-S1 02/23/22 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1306S1 02/23/22 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 18-N 1-A) 02/25/22 House: Senate substitute rejected by House 22106765D-S1 (0-Y 99-N) 02/25/22 House: VOTE: Rejected (0-Y 99-N) 03/01/22 Senate: Senate insisted on substitute (31-Y 9-N) 03/01/22 Senate: Senate requested conference committee 03/02/22 House: House acceded to request 03/03/22 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate 03/03/22 Senate: Senators: Ebbin, McClellan, Stanley 03/07/22 House: Conferees appointed by House 03/07/22 House: Delegates: Simon, Freitas, Cordoza 03/12/22 House: Continued to 2022 Sp. Sess. 1 pursuant to HJR455 | ||
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Removing, altering, etc., serial number on firearm; selling, giving, etc., or possessing firearm with removed, altered, etc., serial number; penalty. Makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person, firm, association, or corporation to knowingly possess any pistol, shotgun, rifle, machine gun, or any other firearm, except for an antique firearm, that has a serial number that has been removed, altered, changed, destroyed, or obliterated in any manner. The bill also makes it a Class 6 felony for any person, firm, association, or corporation to knowingly sell, give, or distribute any pistol, shotgun, rifle, machine gun, or other firearm, except for an antique firearm, that has a serial number that has been removed, defaced, altered, changed, destroyed, or obliterated in any manner. VCDL Comments This bill corrects several issues with current law regarding serial numbers and allows guns with serial numbers unlawfully removed or defaced to be prosecuted in Virginia. | 01/17/22 Senate: Presented and ordered printed 22104144D 01/17/22 Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary 01/31/22 Senate: Assigned Judiciary sub: Criminal Law 02/07/22 Senate: Reported from Judiciary with substitute (10-Y 5-N) 02/07/22 Senate: Committee substitute printed 22105412D-S1 02/07/22 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations 02/10/22 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (13-Y 3-N) 02/10/22 Senate: Committee substitute printed 22106305D-S2 02/11/22 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) 02/14/22 Senate: Floor substitute printed 22106493D-S3 (DeSteph) 02/14/22 Senate: Passed by for the day 02/15/22 Senate: Read second time 02/15/22 Senate: Committee substitute rejected 22105412D-S1 02/15/22 Senate: Reading of substitute waived 02/15/22 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to (22-Y 18-N) 02/15/22 Senate: Title replaced 22106305D-S2 02/15/22 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB643S2 02/15/22 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) 02/15/22 Senate: Passed Senate (21-Y 19-N) 02/22/22 House: Placed on Calendar 02/22/22 House: Read first time 02/22/22 House: Referred to Committee on Public Safety 02/22/22 House: Assigned PS sub: Subcommittee #1 03/03/22 House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (6-Y 4-N) 03/08/22 House: Left in Public Safety | ||
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VCDL Comments This bill exempts CHP holders from Universal Background Checks. | 01/17/22 Senate: Presented and ordered printed 22103391D 01/17/22 Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary 01/26/22 Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary (9-Y 6-N) | ||
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VCDL Comments This bill allows for a civil suit against a prosecutor who maliciously prosecutes an individual for aggravated murder, murder in the first degree, murder in the second degree, or voluntary manslaughter and the individual is found to have acted solely in self-defense and the individual can prove such prosecution was malicious. | 01/11/22 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101853D 01/11/22 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice 01/21/22 House: Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2 01/24/22 House: Subcommittee recommends striking from docket (8-Y 0-N) 01/28/22 House: Stricken from docket by Courts of Justice (18-Y 0-N) | ||
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VCDL Comments This bill exempts concealed handgun permit holders from local gun-control ordinances. SB 74 is preferable to SB 763, as it repeals the authority for local gun-control completely. | 01/21/22 Senate: Presented and ordered printed 22102147D 01/21/22 Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary 01/26/22 Senate: Incorporated by Judiciary (SB61-Hackworth) (15-Y 0-N) | ||
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VCDL Comments This bill repeals the authority for localities to have an ordinance banning firearms in local government buildings, parks, recreation and community centers, and at events that are permitted, or should have been permitted. While only 16 out of 194 localities have such an ordinance, it still creates a web of laws that can trip up gun owners as they move around in the Commonwealth. No other civil right varies based on location. Because of the seriousness of gun-law penalties, gun laws should be uniform across the Commonwealth, as they had been from 2004 to 2020. None of the 16 localities could show a need for such an ordinance, but many claimed it would lower crime and make their locality safer. In reality, violent crime is up over 20%. In Alexandria, crime committed using a firearm skyrocketed 40% starting the very month that their ordinance went into effect and has stayed up. Richmond's violent crime is now back to the highs of decades ago. Disarming citizens in parks, which cannot be secured, puts citizens at unnecessary risk. The ban on guns at permitted, or should have been permitted, events is vague as to exactly what locations "open to the public" are included. Richmond has abused that part of the law by leaving signs up permanently on some streets, giving citizens the impossible task of determining if there is an event in the area that is permitted, or worse, should have been permitted. The 2020 change to the firearm preemption law was a classic example of fixing something that wasn't broken, and we need to restore the law as it was in 2019. | 12/28/21 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100806D 12/28/21 House: Referred to Committee on Public Safety 02/15/22 House: Left in Public Safety | ||
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Control of firearms by localities. Removes the authority for a locality by ordinance to prohibit the possession or carrying of firearms, ammunition, or components or any combination thereof in (i) any building, or part thereof, owned or used by such locality for governmental purposes; (ii) any public park owned or operated by the locality; (iii) any recreation or community center facility; or (iv) any public street, road, alley, or sidewalk or public right-of-way or any other place of whatever nature that is open to the public and is being used by or is adjacent to a permitted event or an event that would otherwise require a permit. The bill provides that any firearm received by the locality pursuant to a buy-back program shall be offered for sale by public auction or sealed bids to a person licensed as a dealer. Current law provides that any such firearm shall be destroyed by the locality unless the person surrendering the firearm requests in writing that the firearm be offered for sale. The bill also limits the authority of localities and state governmental entities to bring lawsuits against certain firearms manufacturers and others. VCDL Comments This bill repeals the authority for localities to have an ordinance banning firearms in local government buildings, parks, recreation and community centers, and at events that are permitted, or should have been permitted. While only 16 out of 194 localities have such an ordinance, it still creates a web of laws that can trip up gun owners as they move around in the Commonwealth. No other civil right varies based on location. Because of the seriousness of gun-law penalties, gun laws should be uniform across the Commonwealth, as they had been from 2004 to 2020. None of the 16 localities could show a need for such an ordinance, but many claimed it would lower crime and make their locality safer. In reality, violent crime is up over 20%. In Alexandria, crime committed using a firearm skyrocketed 40% starting the very month that their ordinance went into effect and has stayed up. Richmond's violent crime is now back to the highs of decades ago. Disarming citizens in parks, which cannot be secured, puts citizens at unnecessary risk. The ban on guns at permitted, or should have been permitted, events is vague as to exactly what locations "open to the public" are included. Richmond has abused that part of the law by leaving signs up permanently on some streets, giving citizens the impossible task of determining if there is an event in the area that is permitted, or worse, should have been permitted. The 2020 change to the firearm preemption law was a classic example of fixing something that wasn't broken, and we need to restore the law as it was in 2019. | 01/04/22 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101641D 01/04/22 Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary 01/26/22 Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary (9-Y 6-N) | ||
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VCDL Comments This bill repeals the prohibition on the otherwise lawful carrying of firearms in the Capitol, General Assembly Building, Capitol Square, and property that is owned or leased by the Commonwealth, such as rest stops, DMV, and ABC stores. People have been lawfully carrying in all those places for decades without incident and have a natural right to be able to defend themselves there. | 01/04/22 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101674D 01/04/22 Senate: Referred to Committee on Rules 02/11/22 Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Rules (13-Y 3-N) | ||
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VCDL Comments This bill repeals the prohibition of someone subject to a protective order having firearms in their residence. The subject of the protective order may not knowingly possess or carry a firearm on their person outside their residence nor can they buy new firearms. The subject of the protection order should still be able to protect themselves while in their residence. The person who was awarded the protective order should have no reason to be at the residence of the subject of the order, as the point of the protective order is to keep the two people from interacting. | 01/12/22 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102583D 01/12/22 House: Referred to Committee on Rules 02/15/22 House: Left in Rules | ||
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VCDL Comments This bill clarifies that a transfer, but not a sale, between family members does not require a background check. It also removes a poorly worded and unenforceable part of the prohibition on paramilitary activities. | 01/12/22 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103855D 01/12/22 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice 01/28/22 House: Referred from Courts of Justice by voice vote 01/28/22 House: Referred to Committee on Public Safety 02/01/22 House: Assigned PS sub: Subcommittee #1 02/10/22 House: Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2023 with substitute by voice vote 02/11/22 House: Continued to 2023 with substitute in Public Safety by voice vote | ||
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VCDL Comments This bill repeals the prohibition on the otherwise lawful carrying of firearms in the Capitol, General Assembly Building, Capitol Square, and property that is owned or leased by the Commonwealth, such as rest stops, DMV, and ABC stores. People have been lawfully carrying in all those places for decades without incident and have a natural right to be able to defend themselves there. | 01/14/22 House: Presented and ordered printed 22103185D 01/14/22 House: Referred to Committee on Rules 02/15/22 House: Left in Rules | ||
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VCDL Comments This bill allows .22 caliber centerfire cartridges to be used to hunt deer when used in a rifle. Other states have this same hunting provision. | 01/07/22 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101557D 01/07/22 House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources 01/31/22 House: Assigned ACNR sub: Natural Resources 02/02/22 House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (4-Y 2-N) 02/15/22 House: Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources | ||
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VCDL Comments This bill exempts certain retired and active government employees from gun laws that better-trained concealed handgun permit holders are not exempted from. The bill exempts retired or active Commonwealth Attorneys, Assistant Commonwealth Attorneys, and judges or justices of the Commonwealth from: local-government gun prohibitions, the Capitol Square and state agency gun prohibition (rest stops, General Assembly Building, DMV, ABC, etc.), the prohibition against loaded rifles or shotguns in a vehicle, guns in non-secure areas of airport terminals, on school property, and the prohibition against carry within 40 feet of a polling place. Retired and active Commonwealth Attorneys, judges, and justices have NO requirement for training, while concealed handgun permit holders DO have training. CHP holders have an exemplary record of carrying and using guns in a responsible and legal manner. There is no valid reason that CHP holders should not be allowed to carry in the same places and with the same exemptions as retired and active Commonwealth Attorneys, Assistant Commonwealth Attorneys, judges, and justices. SB 61 sets up a caste system with an entitled class of princelings with special privileges not afforded to "acommoners." VCDL does support the LEOSA training provision in the bill. | 01/03/22 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102035D 01/03/22 Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary 01/26/22 Senate: Committee substitute printed to LIS only 22105297D-S1 01/26/22 Senate: Incorporates SB763 (Obenshain) 01/26/22 Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary (9-Y 6-N) | ||
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VCDL Comments This bill allows off-duty law enforcement to carry a firearm in Capitol Square and in state agency buildings. This bill creates an elite class of people based solely on their occupation. Is one person's life worth more than another's? Other bills have been introduced this year to repeal this code section entirely, which alleviates any perceived need for this bill. | 01/11/22 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103161D 01/11/22 Senate: Referred to Committee on Rules 02/11/22 Senate: Continued to 2023 in Rules (13-Y 2-N) | ||
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VCDL Comments This bill allows active duty members of the armed forces, with military ID, to carry a concealed handgun without the need for permit. Constitutional Carry will make this bill moot. | 01/11/22 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101877D 01/11/22 House: Referred to Committee on Public Safety 02/15/22 House: Left in Public Safety | ||
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Control of firearms by localities. Removes the authority for a locality by ordinance to prohibit the possession or carrying of firearms, ammunition, or components or any combination thereof in (i) any building, or part thereof, owned or used by such locality for governmental purposes; (ii) any public park owned or operated by the locality; (iii) any recreation or community center facility; or (iv) any public street, road, alley, or sidewalk or public right-of-way or any other place of whatever nature that is open to the public and is being used by or is adjacent to a permitted event or an event that would otherwise require a permit. The bill provides that any firearm received by the locality pursuant to a buy-back program shall be offered for sale by public auction or sealed bids to a person licensed as a dealer. Current law provides that any such firearm shall be destroyed by the locality unless the person surrendering the firearm requests in writing that the firearm be offered for sale. The bill also limits the authority of localities and state governmental entities to bring lawsuits against certain firearms manufacturers and others. VCDL Comments This bill repeals the authority for localities to have an ordinance banning firearms in local government buildings, parks, recreation and community centers, and at events that are permitted, or should have been permitted. While only 16 out of 194 localities have such an ordinance, it still creates a web of laws that can trip up gun owners as they move around in the Commonwealth. No other civil right varies based on location. Because of the seriousness of gun-law penalties, gun laws should be uniform across the Commonwealth, as they had been from 2004 to 2020. None of the 16 localities could show a need for such an ordinance, but many claimed it would lower crime and make their locality safer. In reality, violent crime is up over 20%. In Alexandria, crime committed using a firearm skyrocketed 40% starting the very month that their ordinance went into effect and has stayed up. Richmond's violent crime is now back to the highs of decades ago. Disarming citizens in parks, which cannot be secured, puts citizens at unnecessary risk. The ban on guns at permitted, or should have been permitted, events is vague as to exactly what locations 'open to the public' are included. Richmond has abused that part of the law by leaving signs up permanently on some streets, giving citizens the impossible task of determining if there is an event in the area that is permitted, or worse, should have been permitted. The 2020 change to the firearm preemption law was a classic example of fixing something that wasn't broken, and we need to restore the law as it was in 2019. | 01/12/22 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100614D 01/12/22 House: Referred to Committee on Public Safety 01/26/22 House: Assigned PS sub: Subcommittee #1 01/27/22 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 4-N) 01/28/22 House: Reported from Public Safety (12-Y 10-N) 02/01/22 House: Read first time 02/02/22 House: Read second time and engrossed 02/03/22 House: Read third time and passed House (52-Y 48-N) 02/03/22 House: VOTE: Passage (52-Y 48-N) 02/04/22 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed 02/04/22 Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary 02/28/22 Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary (9-Y 6-N) | ||
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Control of firearms by localities. Removes the authority for a locality by ordinance to prohibit the possession or carrying of firearms, ammunition, or components or any combination thereof in (i) any building, or part thereof, owned or used by such locality for governmental purposes; (ii) any public park owned or operated by the locality; (iii) any recreation or community center facility; or (iv) any public street, road, alley, or sidewalk or public right-of-way or any other place of whatever nature that is open to the public and is being used by or is adjacent to a permitted event or an event that would otherwise require a permit. The bill provides that any firearm received by the locality pursuant to a buy-back program shall be offered for sale by public auction or sealed bids to a person licensed as a dealer. Current law provides that any such firearm shall be destroyed by the locality unless the person surrendering the firearm requests in writing that the firearm be offered for sale. The bill also limits the authority of localities and state governmental entities to bring lawsuits against certain firearms manufacturers and others. VCDL Comments This bill epeals the authority for localities to have an ordinance banning firearms in local government buildings, parks, recreation and community centers, and at events that are permitted, or should have been permitted. While only 16 out of 194 localities have such an ordinance, it still creates a web of laws that can trip up gun owners as they move around in the Commonwealth. No other civil right varies based on location. Because of the seriousness of gun-law penalties, gun laws should be uniform across the Commonwealth, as they had been from 2004 to 2020. None of the 16 localities could show a need for such an ordinance, but many claimed it would lower crime and make their locality safer. In reality, violent crime is up over 20%. In Alexandria, crime committed using a firearm skyrocketed 40% starting the very month that their ordinance went into effect and has stayed up. Richmond's violent crime is now back to the highs of decades ago. Disarming citizens in parks, which cannot be secured, puts citizens at unnecessary risk. The ban on guns at permitted, or should have been permitted, events is vague as to exactly what locations "open to the public" are included. Richmond has abused that part of the law by leaving signs up permanently on some streets, giving citizens the impossible task of determining if there is an event in the area that is permitted, or worse, should have been permitted. The 2020 change to the firearm preemption law was a classic example of fixing something that wasn't broken, and we need to restore the law as it was in 2019. | 01/12/22 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101875D 01/12/22 House: Referred to Committee on Public Safety 02/15/22 House: Left in Public Safety | ||
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VCDL Comments This bill creates a Group Violence Intervention Board, focused on reducing violent crime committed by gangs using intervention, deterrence, and other things. | 01/12/22 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101708D 01/12/22 Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary 02/02/22 Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary (8-Y 6-N 1-A) | ||
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VCDL Comments This bill creates a Group Violence Intervention Board, focused on reducing violent crime committed by gangs using intervention, deterrence, and other things. | 01/12/22 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101707D 01/12/22 House: Referred to Committee on Public Safety 01/25/22 House: Assigned PS sub: Subcommittee #2 01/27/22 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N) 01/27/22 House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations 01/28/22 House: Reported from Public Safety with substitute (13-Y 9-N) 01/28/22 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations 01/28/22 House: Committee substitute printed 22105233D-H1 01/29/22 House: Assigned App. sub: Transportation & Public Safety 01/31/22 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) 01/31/22 House: Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) 02/02/22 House: Read first time 02/03/22 House: Read second time 02/03/22 House: Passed by for the day 02/04/22 House: Read second time 02/04/22 House: Committee substitute agreed to 22105233D-H1 02/04/22 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB833H1 02/07/22 House: Read third time 02/07/22 House: Pending question ordered 02/07/22 House: Passed House (59-Y 40-N) 02/07/22 House: VOTE: Passage (59-Y 40-N) 02/08/22 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed 02/08/22 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology 03/02/22 Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology (13-Y 2-N) 03/02/22 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations 03/03/22 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (13-Y 2-N) 03/03/22 Senate: Committee substitute printed 22107518D-S1 03/07/22 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) 03/08/22 Senate: Read third time 03/08/22 Senate: Reading of substitute waived 03/08/22 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 22107518D-S1 03/08/22 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB833S1 03/08/22 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (29-Y 10-N) 03/09/22 House: Senate substitute rejected by House 22107518D-S1 (10-Y 88-N) 03/09/22 House: VOTE: Rejected (10-Y 88-N) 03/10/22 Senate: Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N) 03/10/22 Senate: Senate requested conference committee 03/10/22 House: House acceded to request 03/10/22 House: Conferees appointed by House 03/10/22 House: Delegates: Wilt, Cordoza, Bulova 03/10/22 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate 03/10/22 Senate: Senators: McClellan, Lucas, Vogel 03/12/22 House: Continued to 2022 Sp. Sess. 1 pursuant to HJR455 | ||
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Manufacture, import, sale, transfer, or possession of plastic firearms and unfinished frames or receivers and unserialized firearms; penalties. Creates a Class 5 felony for any person who manufactures, imports, sells, transfers, or possesses any firearm with a major component, as defined in the bill, that when subjected to inspection by the types of detection devices, including X-ray machines, commonly used at airports for security screening does not generate an image that accurately depicts the shape of the component. The bill updates language regarding the types of detection devices that are used at airports for detecting plastic firearms. VCDL Comments This bill makes the possession, transfer, sale, or manufacture of a homemade gun a crime, unless at some point federal law requires a frame to be serialized and a federal firearms importer or a federal firearms manufacturer has serialized the frame. This bill would make existing homemade guns illegal and would make 80% receivers illegal, turning innocent citizens into criminals overnight, with no compensation for the loss of their previously legal gun or 80% frame. Like the proverbial "bull in a china shop," this bill is tinkering with extremely complicated gun laws. | 01/11/22 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103963D 01/11/22 Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary 01/31/22 Senate: Assigned Judiciary sub: Criminal Law 02/07/22 Senate: Reported from Judiciary with substitute (9-Y 4-N) 02/07/22 Senate: Committee substitute printed 22105984D-S1 02/07/22 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations 02/10/22 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 4-N) 02/11/22 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) 02/14/22 Senate: Read second time 02/14/22 Senate: Reading of substitute waived 02/14/22 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 22105984D-S1 02/14/22 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB310S1 02/15/22 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (22-Y 18-N) 02/21/22 House: Placed on Calendar 02/21/22 House: Read first time 02/21/22 House: Referred to Committee on Public Safety 02/22/22 House: Assigned PS sub: Subcommittee #1 02/25/22 House: Tabled in Public Safety (12-Y 10-N) | ||
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Manufacture, import, sale, transfer, or possession of plastic firearms and unfinished frames or receivers and unserialized firearms; penalties. Creates a Class 5 felony for any person who manufactures, imports, sells, transfers, or possesses any firearm with a major component, as defined in the bill, that when subjected to inspection by the types of detection devices, including X-ray machines, commonly used at airports for security screening does not generate an image that accurately depicts the shape of the component. The bill updates language regarding the types of detection devices that are used at airports for detecting plastic firearms. VCDL Comments This bill makes the possession, transfer, sale, or manufacture of a homemade gun a crime, unless at some point federal law requires a frame to be serialized and a federal firearms importer or a federal firearms manufacturer has serialized the frame. This bill would make existing homemade guns illegal and would make 80% receivers illegal, turning innocent citizens into criminals overnight, with no compensation for the loss of their previously legal gun or 80% frame. Like the proverbial "bull in a china shop," this bill is tinkering with extremely complicated gun laws. | 01/11/22 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103868D 01/11/22 House: Referred to Committee on Public Safety 02/01/22 House: Assigned PS sub: Subcommittee #1 02/03/22 House: Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely (6-Y 4-N) 02/15/22 House: Left in Public Safety | ||
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VCDL Comments This bill creates a Virginia Center for Firearm Violence Intervention and Prevention. The sole focus in firearms and the description of the proposed center make it clear this is political and not about finding solutions. Violence is violence. The violent person is the problem, not whatever tool that is used. | 01/11/22 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103607D 01/11/22 Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary 02/02/22 Senate: Reported from Judiciary (9-Y 6-N) 02/02/22 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations 02/09/22 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 3-N 1-A) 02/10/22 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) 02/11/22 Senate: Read second time and engrossed 02/14/22 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (24-Y 16-N) 02/21/22 House: Placed on Calendar 02/21/22 House: Read first time 02/21/22 House: Referred to Committee on Public Safety 03/01/22 House: Assigned PS sub: Subcommittee #1 03/03/22 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) 03/04/22 House: Reported from Public Safety with substitute (16-Y 6-N) 03/04/22 House: Committee substitute printed 22107374D-H1 03/08/22 House: Read second time 03/09/22 House: Read third time 03/09/22 House: Committee substitute agreed to 22107374D-H1 03/09/22 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB487H1 03/09/22 House: Passed House with substitute (61-Y 38-N) 03/09/22 House: VOTE: Passage (61-Y 38-N) 03/10/22 Senate: House substitute rejected by Senate (17-Y 23-N) 03/10/22 House: House insisted on substitute 03/10/22 House: House requested conference committee 03/10/22 Senate: Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N) 03/10/22 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate 03/10/22 Senate: Senators: McClellan, Lucas, Vogel 03/10/22 House: Conferees appointed by House 03/10/22 House: Delegates: Wilt, Cordoza, Bulova 03/12/22 Senate: Continued to 2022 Sp. Sess. 1 pursuant to HJR455 | ||
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Storage of firearms in residence where minor present; penalty. Requires any person who possesses a firearm in a residence where such person knows or reasonably should know that a minor under 18 years of age is present to store such firearm unloaded in a locked container, compartment, or cabinet, and to store all ammunition in a separate locked container, compartment, or cabinet. The bill requires that the key or combination to such locked containers, compartments, or cabinets be inaccessible to minors. The bill provides that a violation is a Class 1 misdemeanor, and, in a case where there is more than one firearm stored in violation of these provisions, each firearm shall constitute a separate Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill exempts any person in lawful possession of a firearm who exercises immediate control, defined in the bill, and when the firearm is an antique firearm. VCDL Comments This bill requires a gun owner in a house where there is a person under 18 to either have a firearm under their immediate control or to store the firearm unloaded in a locked container and the ammunition in a separate locked container. This would make it illegal for someone to have a loaded firearm in a locked container, such as a biometric safe, for use in case of emergency. Also, this is a one-size-fits-all, not recognizing the difference in maturity levels children can have. Children under the age of 18 have used firearms to stop violent home invasions or other serious crimes taking place in their home. | 01/11/22 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103827D 01/11/22 House: Referred to Committee on Public Safety 02/01/22 House: Assigned PS sub: Subcommittee #1 02/03/22 House: Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely (6-Y 4-N) 02/15/22 House: Left in Public Safety | ||
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VCDL Comments This bill creates a fund for "gun violence survivors." This bill is playing politics with taxpayer money and implying that guns are the only thing that can be misused to harm others, while ignoring other kinds of violence. | 01/12/22 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101216D 01/12/22 House: Referred to Committee on Public Safety 02/09/22 House: Tabled in Public Safety (12-Y 10-N) | ||
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VCDL Comments This bill creates a Virginia Center for Firearm Violence Intervention and Prevention. The sole focus in firearms and the description of the proposed center make it clear this is political and not about finding solutions. Violence is violence. The violent person is the problem, not whatever tool that is used. | 01/12/22 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103604D 01/12/22 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws 02/01/22 House: Referred from General Laws by voice vote 02/01/22 House: Referred to Committee on Public Safety 02/09/22 House: Assigned PS sub: Subcommittee #1 02/10/22 House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (6-Y 4-N) 02/15/22 House: Left in Public Safety | ||
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VCDL Comments This bill allows retired or off duty law enforcement to carry a firearm in Capitol Square and in state agency buildings. This bill creates an elite class of people based solely on their current or previous occupation. Is one person's life worth more than another's? Other bills have been introduced this year to repeal this code section entirely, which alleviates any perceived need for this bill. | 01/12/22 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101445D 01/12/22 House: Referred to Committee on Public Safety 02/15/22 House: Left in Public Safety | ||
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VCDL Comments This bill exempts holders of a federal "curios and relics" license from a background check when purchasing a firearm. | 01/12/22 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102470D 01/12/22 House: Referred to Committee on Public Safety 02/01/22 House: Assigned PS sub: Subcommittee #1 02/03/22 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 4-N) 02/04/22 House: Reported from Public Safety (12-Y 10-N) 02/08/22 House: Motion to refer to committee agreed to 02/08/22 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations 02/08/22 House: Read first time 02/15/22 House: Left in Appropriations | ||
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Control of firearms by localities. Removes the authority for a locality by ordinance to prohibit the possession or carrying of firearms, ammunition, or components or any combination thereof in (i) any building, or part thereof, owned or used by such locality for governmental purposes; (ii) any public park owned or operated by the locality; (iii) any recreation or community center facility; or (iv) any public street, road, alley, or sidewalk or public right-of-way or any other place of whatever nature that is open to the public and is being used by or is adjacent to a permitted event or an event that would otherwise require a permit. The bill provides that any firearm received by the locality pursuant to a buy-back program shall be offered for sale by public auction or sealed bids to a person licensed as a dealer. Current law provides that any such firearm shall be destroyed by the locality unless the person surrendering the firearm requests in writing that the firearm be offered for sale. The bill also limits the authority of localities and state governmental entities to bring lawsuits against certain firearms manufacturers and others. VCDL Comments This bill repeals the authority for localities to have an ordinance banning firearms in local government buildings, parks, recreation and community centers, and at events that are permitted, or should have been permitted. While only 16 out of 194 localities have such an ordinance, it still creates a web of laws that can trip up gun owners as they move around in the Commonwealth. No other civil right varies based on location. Because of the seriousness of gun-law penalties, gun laws should be uniform across the Commonwealth, as they had been from 2004 to 2020. None of the 16 localities could show a need for such an ordinance, but many claimed it would lower crime and make their locality safer. In reality, violent crime is up over 20%. In Alexandria, crime committed using a firearm skyrocketed 40% starting the very month that their ordinance went into effect and has stayed up. Richmond's violent crime is now back to the highs of decades ago. Disarming citizens in parks, which cannot be secured, puts citizens at unnecessary risk. The ban on guns at permitted, or should have been permitted, events is vague as to exactly what locations 'open to the public' are included. Richmond has abused that part of the law by leaving signs up permanently on some streets, giving citizens the impossible task of determining if there is an event in the area that is permitted, or worse, should have been permitted. The 2020 change to the firearm preemption law was a classic example of fixing something that wasn't broken, and we need to restore the law as it was in 2019. | 01/11/22 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101822D 01/11/22 House: Referred to Committee on Public Safety 02/15/22 House: Left in Public Safety | ||
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VCDL Comments This bill epeals "Red Flag" Substantial Risk Orders (SROs). SROs don't get any help for a person in crisis, they only confiscate that person's firearms. This does nothing to prevent the person from committing suicide or harming others. SROs also do not give a person a chance to defend the accusation against them for two weeks. Justice delayed is justice denied. Virginia's Temporary Restraining Orders have existed for years and DO get a person in crisis help and they only take away a person's right to possess firearms after it is determined by medical experts that the person actually does need help. | 01/11/22 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101051D 01/11/22 House: Referred to Committee on Rules 02/03/22 House: Referred from Rules by voice vote 02/03/22 House: Referred to Committee on Public Safety 02/09/22 House: Assigned PS sub: Subcommittee #1 02/10/22 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 4-N) 02/11/22 House: Reported from Public Safety (11-Y 10-N) 02/13/22 House: Read first time 02/14/22 House: Read second time 02/14/22 House: Pending question ordered 02/14/22 House: Engrossed by House (52-Y 46-N) 02/14/22 House: VOTE: Engrossment (52-Y 46-N) 02/15/22 House: Read third time and passed House (52-Y 47-N) 02/15/22 House: VOTE: Passage (52-Y 47-N) 02/16/22 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed 02/16/22 Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary 02/28/22 Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary (9-Y 6-N) | ||
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VCDL Comments This bill repeals the prohibition on the otherwise lawful carrying of firearms in the Capitol, General Assembly Building, Capitol Square, and property that is owned or leased by the Commonwealth, such as rest stops, DMV, and ABC stores. People have been lawfully carrying in all those places for decades without incident and have a natural right to be able to defend themselves there. | 01/11/22 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101405D 01/11/22 House: Referred to Committee on Rules 02/15/22 House: Left in Rules | ||
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VCDL Comments This bill reduces the penalties for carrying a concealed handgun without a CHP. The first offense is up to a $100 civil penalty, which avoids criminalizing someone who is innocently carrying a concealed handgun and is unaware of the requirement for a CHP or is unaware the method of carry is considered 'concealed.' The second offense is raised up to a $500 civil penalty, and subsequent offenses are up to a $1,000 civil penalty. If a person acquires a valid CHP while awaiting trial, which the bill allows for, the judge may dismiss the charge. This bill is preferred over HB 11, which for a second and subsequent offense, raises the penalty up to a misdemeanor. | 01/11/22 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103018D 01/11/22 House: Referred to Committee on Public Safety 02/11/22 House: Stricken from docket by Public Safety (20-Y 1-N) | ||
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VCDL Comments This bill exempts federal law enforcement from Virginia's One Handgun a Month gun-rationing scheme. | 01/12/22 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100944D 01/12/22 House: Referred to Committee on Public Safety 02/15/22 House: Left in Public Safety | ||
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VCDL Comments This bill repeals the prohibition of firearms on public and private preschool and child day center property that was passed into law in 2020. The current law was not put in place because of any issues and causes a nightmare for churches, many of which have a preschool, a child day center, or both. It also causes problems for businesses that offer a child day center for employees. There is no way to know what parts of the property is considered a preschool or a child day center. The penalty for an innocent mistake is a Class 6 felony. | 01/07/22 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102275D 01/07/22 House: Referred to Committee on Rules 02/15/22 House: Left in Rules | ||
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