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2017 SESSION
HB 1853 Victims of domestic violence, etc.; firearms safety or training course.
Introduced by: C. Todd Gilbert | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Victims of domestic violence, etc.; firearms safety or training course. Creates the Virginia Firearms Safety and Training for Sexual and Domestic Violence Victims Fund. The bill provides that the Department of Criminal Justice Services may distribute funds from the Fund to reimburse an entity that offers a firearms safety or training course or class approved by the Department free of charge to victims of domestic violence, sexual abuse, stalking, or family abuse. The Department would not be permitted to issue reimbursements in excess of the amount available in the Fund. The bill also requires that, upon the issuance of a protective order, the petitioner for the order be provided with a list of such approved courses or classes. This bill is identical to SB 1300.
FULL TEXT
- 01/10/17 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102577D pdf | impact statement
- 01/30/17 House: Committee substitute printed 17104674D-H1 pdf
- 02/08/17 Senate: Committee substitute printed 17105306D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/07/17 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1853ER) pdf | impact statement
AMENDMENTS
- Senate amendments
- Senate amendments engrossed
- Senate amendments rejected
- Governor's veto explanation
HISTORY
- 01/10/17 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102577D
- 01/10/17 House: Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety
- 01/17/17 House: Assigned MPPS sub: #1
- 01/19/17 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (4-Y 1-N)
- 01/20/17 House: Reported from Militia, Police and Public Safety (12-Y 7-N)
- 01/20/17 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 01/20/17 House: Assigned App. sub: Public Safety
- 01/26/17 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 1-N)
- 01/30/17 House: Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/17 House: Committee substitute printed 17104674D-H1
- 02/01/17 House: Read first time
- 02/02/17 House: Read second time
- 02/02/17 House: Committee substitute agreed to 17104674D-H1
- 02/02/17 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1853H1
- 02/03/17 House: Read third time and passed House (66-Y 28-N)
- 02/03/17 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (66-Y 28-N)
- 02/06/17 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/06/17 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/08/17 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (13-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/17 Senate: Committee substitute printed 17105306D-S1
- 02/08/17 Senate: Rereferred to Finance
- 02/14/17 Senate: Reported from Finance (14-Y 2-N)
- 02/15/17 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/17 Senate: Read third time
- 02/16/17 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/16/17 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 17105306D-S1
- 02/16/17 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/17/17 Senate: Read third time
- 02/17/17 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 02/17/17 Senate: Passed by temporarily
- 02/17/17 Senate: Amendments #'s 1,3,5,7,9,11 by Senator Wexton agreed to
- 02/17/17 Senate: Amendments #'s 2,4,6,8,10,12 by Senator Wexton rejected (7-Y 32-N)
- 02/17/17 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendments HB1853S1
- 02/17/17 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute with amendments (37-Y 2-N)
- 02/21/17 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/21/17 House: Senate substitute rejected by House 17105306D-S1 (0-Y 95-N)
- 02/21/17 House: VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 95-N)
- 02/21/17 House: Senate amendments ruled not germane
- 02/22/17 Senate: Senate receded from substitute (22-Y 18-N)
- 03/07/17 House: Enrolled
- 03/07/17 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1853ER)
- 03/07/17 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/10/17 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/13/17 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 3/13/17
- 03/13/17 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
- 03/24/17 Governor: Vetoed by Governor
- 04/05/17 House: Placed on Calendar
- 04/05/17 House: House sustained Governor's veto (65-Y 34-N)
- 04/05/17 House: VOTE: OVERRIDE GOVERNOR'S VETO (65-Y 34-N)
- 04/05/17 House: (67 affirmative votes required to override)