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HOUSE BILL NO. 1338 Offered January 21, 2016 A BILL to regulate the duties of law-enforcement officers providing personal security for the Governor. ----------
Patrons-- Fariss, Gilbert, Austin, Bell, Richard P., Bloxom, Byron, Collins, Dudenhefer, Edmunds, Fowler, Freitas, Garrett, Head, Helsel, Hodges, Ingram, Kilgore, LaRock, Marshall, D.W., Morris, Orrock, Pillion, Pogge, Poindexter, Ransone, Robinson, Taylor, Villanueva, Webert, Wilt and Wright
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. § 1. No law-enforcement officer, as defined in § 9.1-101 of the Code of Virginia, who is assigned by the law-enforcement agency employing such officer to accompany the Governor or otherwise provide for the personal security of the Governor shall, while in the performance of such assignment, carry, possess, or transport a firearm (i) upon any property that is owned, leased, or otherwise controlled by the Governor, any of the Governor's Secretaries, or any executive branch agency where the carrying, possession, or transportation of a firearm upon such property by a citizen of the Commonwealth who is otherwise lawfully entitled to carry, possess, or transport a firearm is prohibited by regulation or by a policy adopted by the Governor, any of the Governor's Secretaries, or any executive branch agency or (ii) in any state whose laws governing the issuance of a concealed handgun permit or license have been determined by the Superintendent of State Police, in consultation with the Attorney General, to no longer be adequate to prevent possession of a permit or license by persons who would be denied a permit under Article 6.1 (§ 18.2-307.1 et seq.) of Chapter 7 of Title 18.2 of the Code of Virginia as of February 1, 2016, if, prior to February 1, 2016, such other state's laws had been determined to be adequate.