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2004 SESSION
HB 1303 Pneumatic guns; regulation and use.
Introduced by: L. Scott Lingamfelter | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Pneumatic guns. Allows a locality to regulate or restrict the use of pneumatic guns by ordinance, including requiring that minors under the age of 16 have adult supervision when using pneumatic guns. No such ordinance shall prohibit the use of pneumatic guns at shooting ranges or other property where firearms may be discharged. Commercial or private areas may be established for the use of pneumatic paintball guns, but such areas must provide protective equipment for the face and ears of participants, and signs must be posted warning against entry into the area by unprotected persons. The bill defines a "pneumatic gun" as an implement, designed as a gun, that expels a BB or pellet by action of pneumatic pressure. The bill clarifies definitions of other types of firearms to distinguish between firearms and pneumatic guns. The bill states that if a school operates a Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (JROTC) program, the school cannot prohibit the JROTC from conducting marksmanship training when such training is a normal element of the program, and that the school administration shall cooperate with the JROTC staff in implementing such training.
FULL TEXT
- 01/20/04 House: Presented & ordered printed 040801380 pdf | impact statement
- 02/06/04 House: Committee substitute printed 045324380-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/04/04 Senate: Committee substitute printed 045329380-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/23/04 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1303ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/22/04 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0930) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/20/04 House: Presented & ordered printed 040801380
- 01/20/04 House: Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety
- 02/06/04 House: Reported from M., P. & P. S. with substitute (18-Y 1-N)
- 02/06/04 House: Committee substitute printed 045324380-H1
- 02/09/04 House: Read first time
- 02/10/04 House: Read second time
- 02/10/04 House: Committee substitute agreed to 045324380-H1
- 02/10/04 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1303H1
- 02/11/04 House: Read third time and passed House (67-Y 30-N)
- 02/11/04 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (67-Y 30-N)
- 02/11/04 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/12/04 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/12/04 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 03/03/04 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice w/sub (15-Y 0-N)
- 03/04/04 Senate: Committee substitute printed 045329380-S1
- 03/05/04 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 03/05/04 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (38-Y 0-N)
- 03/05/04 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 03/05/04 Senate: Reconsideration of Passed by agreed to (36-Y 0-N)
- 03/05/04 Senate: VOTE: RECONSIDER R (36-Y 0-N)
- 03/05/04 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 03/08/04 Senate: Read third time
- 03/08/04 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 03/08/04 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 045329380-S1
- 03/08/04 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1303S1
- 03/08/04 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/08/04 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/09/04 House: Placed on Calendar
- 03/10/04 House: Senate substitute agreed to by House (96-Y 3-N)
- 03/10/04 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (96-Y 3-N)
- 03/23/04 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1303ER)
- 03/23/04 House: Enrolled
- 03/24/04 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/24/04 Senate: Signed by President
- 04/15/04 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 930 (effective 7/1/04)
- 04/22/04 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0930)