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2016 SESSION
HB 1096 Firearms; regulation by state entities prohibited.
Introduced by: Michael J. Webert | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Regulation of firearms by state entities. Prohibits any state entity from adopting or enforcing any rule, regulation, policy, or administrative action governing the purchase, possession, transfer, ownership, carrying, storage, or transporting of firearms, ammunition, or components or combinations thereof unless expressly authorized by statute. The bill invalidates any such rule, regulation, policy, or administrative action adopted by a state entity prior to July 1, 2016. The bill does not prohibit a law-enforcement officer from acting within the scope of his duties, nor does it apply to the Department of Corrections, Department of Juvenile Justice, Department of State Police, Virginia National Guard, Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, Department of Social Services, Virginia Port Authority, Office of the State Inspector General, Department of Forensic Science, Virginia Indigent Defense Commission, each office of an attorney for the Commonwealth, or any institution of higher education. The bill allows entities to adopt or enforce rules or regulations necessary for compliance with the Fire Prevention Code or necessary for the operation of Reserve Officer Training Corps programs. The bill expressly authorizes the Board of Game and Inland Fisheries to create certain regulations governing the possession, carrying, transportation, and storage of firearms, ammunition, or components or combinations thereof. This bill incorporates HB 593.
FULL TEXT
- 01/13/16 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16100024D pdf | impact statement
- 02/05/16 House: Committee substitute printed 16104695D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/03/16 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1096ER) pdf | impact statement
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/13/16 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16100024D
- 01/13/16 House: Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety
- 01/18/16 House: Assigned MPPS sub: #1
- 01/21/16 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (4-Y 1-N)
- 02/05/16 House: Reported from Militia, Police and Public Safety with substitute (15-Y 7-N)
- 02/05/16 House: Committee substitute printed 16104695D-H1
- 02/05/16 House: Incorporates HB593
- 02/08/16 House: Read first time
- 02/09/16 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/10/16 House: Read second time
- 02/10/16 House: Committee substitute agreed to 16104695D-H1
- 02/10/16 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1096H1
- 02/11/16 House: Read third time and passed House (64-Y 34-N)
- 02/11/16 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (64-Y 34-N)
- 02/11/16 House: Passed by temporarily
- 02/11/16 House: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- 02/11/16 House: Passed House (63-Y 35-N)
- 02/11/16 House: VOTE: PASSAGE #2 (63-Y 35-N)
- 02/12/16 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/12/16 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/24/16 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (9-Y 6-N)
- 02/26/16 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/29/16 Senate: Read third time
- 02/29/16 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 02/29/16 Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/29/16 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 02/29/16 Senate: Passed Senate with amendment (21-Y 17-N)
- 03/01/16 House: Placed on Calendar
- 03/02/16 House: Senate amendment agreed to by House (65-Y 33-N)
- 03/02/16 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (65-Y 33-N)
- 03/03/16 House: Enrolled
- 03/03/16 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1096ER)
- 03/03/16 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/06/16 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/07/16 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 3/7/2016
- 03/07/16 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, April 10, 2016
- 03/23/16 Governor: Vetoed by Governor
- 04/20/16 House: Placed on Calendar
- 04/20/16 House: House sustained Governor's veto (66-Y 34-N)
- 04/20/16 House: VOTE: OVERRIDE GOVERNOR'S VETO (66-Y 34-N)
- 04/20/16 House: Requires 67 afirmative votes to override Governor's veto