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2021 SPECIAL SESSION I
HB 2295 Firearm; carrying within Capitol Square and the surrounding area, state-owned bldgs.
Introduced by: Mark H. Levine | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS ENACTED WITH GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDATION: (all summaries)
Carrying a firearm or explosive material within Capitol Square and the surrounding area, into a building owned or leased by the Commonwealth, etc.; penalty. Makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for a person to carry any firearm or explosive material within (i) the Capitol of Virginia; (ii) Capitol Square and the surrounding area; (iii) any building owned or leased by the Commonwealth or any agency thereof; or (iv) any office where employees of the Commonwealth or agency thereof are regularly present for the purpose of performing their official duties. The bill provides exceptions for the following individuals while acting in the conduct of such person's official duties: any law-enforcement officer, any authorized security personnel, any active military personnel, any fire marshal when such fire marshal has been granted police powers, or any member of a cadet corps while such member is participating in an official ceremonial event for the Commonwealth. The prohibitions of the bill that apply to any building owned or leased by the Commonwealth or any office where state employees are performing official duties do not apply to retired law-enforcement officials visiting a gun range owned or leased by the Commonwealth or any of the following while acting in the conduct of official duties: a bail bondsman, an employee of the Department of Corrections or a state juvenile correctional facility, an employee of the Department of Conservation and Recreation, or an employee of the Department of Wildlife Resources. Such prohibitions also do not apply to an individual carrying a weapon into a courthouse who is statutorily exempt, any property owned or operated by a public institution of higher education, any state park, or any magistrate acting in the conduct of the magistrate's official duties. The bill requires that notice of the provisions prohibiting the carrying of such firearms or explosive material be posted at each of the public entrances to Capitol Square and the other locations where such firearms and explosive material are prohibited in the bill. The bill provides that any firearm or explosive material carried in violation of these provisions is subject to seizure by a law-enforcement officer and forfeiture to the Commonwealth. This bill is identical to SB 1381.
FULL TEXT
- 01/17/21 House: Presented and ordered printed 21103093D pdf | impact statements
- 01/22/21 House: Committee substitute printed 21103561D-H1 pdf | impact statements
- 01/26/21 House: Floor substitute printed 21103671D-H2 (Levine) pdf | impact statements
- 01/29/21 House: Floor substitute printed 21104055D-H3 (Levine) pdf | impact statements
- 02/17/21 Senate: Committee substitute printed 21200409D-S1 pdf | impact statements
- 02/22/21 Senate: Floor substitute printed 21200547D-S2 (McPike) pdf | impact statements
- 02/27/21 House: Conference substitute printed 21200676D-H4 pdf | impact statements
- 03/09/21 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2295ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/31/21 House: Governor's substitute printed 21200900D-H5 pdf | impact statement
- 04/07/21 House: Reenrolled bill text (HB2295ER2) pdf
- 04/07/21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0548) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
- House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- Conference amendments
- Governor's recommendation
HISTORY
- 01/17/21 House: Presented and ordered printed 21103093D
- 01/17/21 House: Referred to Committee on Public Safety
- 01/18/21 House: Assigned PS sub: Firearms
- 01/19/21 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N)
- 01/22/21 House: Reported from Public Safety with substitute (13-Y 9-N)
- 01/22/21 House: Committee substitute printed 21103561D-H1
- 01/25/21 House: Read first time
- 01/26/21 House: Floor substitute printed 21103671D-H2 (Levine)
- 01/26/21 House: Read second time
- 01/26/21 House: Committee substitute rejected 21103561D-H1
- 01/26/21 House: Substitute by Delegate Levine agreed to 21103671D-H2
- 01/26/21 House: Engrossed by House - floor substitute HB2295H2 (51-Y 45-N)
- 01/26/21 House: VOTE: Agree To (51-Y 45-N)
- 01/27/21 House: Passed by for the day
- 01/28/21 House: Read third time and defeated by House (48-Y 52-N)
- 01/28/21 House: VOTE: DEFEATED (48-Y 52-N)
- 01/28/21 House: Reconsideration of defeated action agreed to by House (54-Y 46-N)
- 01/28/21 House: VOTE: Reconsider (54-Y 46-N)
- 01/28/21 House: Passed by for the day
- 01/28/21 House: Passed by motion reconsidered
- 01/28/21 House: Engrossment reconsidered by House
- 01/28/21 House: Substitute by Delegate Levine reconsidered 21103671D-H2
- 01/28/21 House: Passed by for the day
- 01/29/21 House: Floor substitute printed 21104055D-H3 (Levine)
- 01/29/21 House: Read second time
- 01/29/21 House: Passed by temporarily
- 01/29/21 House: Substitute by Delegate Levine withdrawn 21103671D-H2
- 01/29/21 House: Substitute by Delegate Levine agreed to 21104055D-H3
- 01/29/21 House: Engrossed by House - floor substitute HB2295H3
- 02/01/21 House: Passed by temporarily
- 02/01/21 House: Read third time and passed House (51-Y 45-N)
- 02/01/21 House: VOTE: Passage (51-Y 45-N)
- 02/02/21 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/02/21 Senate: Referred to Committee on Rules
- 02/05/21 Senate: Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Rules (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/21 Senate: Rereferred from Rules (12-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/21 Senate: Rereferred to Judiciary
- 02/17/21 Senate: Reported from Judiciary with substitute (9-Y 5-N)
- 02/17/21 Senate: Committee substitute printed 21200409D-S1
- 02/19/21 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/21 Senate: Floor substitute printed 21200547D-S2 (McPike)
- 02/22/21 Senate: Read third time
- 02/22/21 Senate: Passed by temporarily
- 02/22/21 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/22/21 Senate: Committee substitute rejected 21200409D-S1
- 02/22/21 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/22/21 Senate: Substitute by Senator McPike agreed to 21200547D-S2
- 02/22/21 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute HB2295S2
- 02/22/21 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 17-N 1-A)
- 02/23/21 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/23/21 House: Senate substitute rejected by House 21200547D-S2 (0-Y 97-N)
- 02/23/21 House: VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 97-N)
- 02/24/21 Senate: Senate insisted on substitute (31-Y 8-N)
- 02/24/21 Senate: Senate requested conference committee
- 02/25/21 House: House acceded to request
- 02/25/21 House: Conferees appointed by House
- 02/25/21 House: Delegates: Levine, Simon, Ransone
- 02/25/21 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 02/25/21 Senate: Senators: Ebbin, Petersen, Edwards
- 02/27/21 Conference: Amended by conference committee
- 02/27/21 House: Conference substitute printed 21200676D-H4
- 02/27/21 House: Pending question ordered
- 02/27/21 House: Conference report agreed to by House (51-Y 46-N)
- 02/27/21 House: VOTE: Agreed To (51-Y 46-N)
- 02/27/21 Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (22-Y 17-N)
- 03/09/21 House: Enrolled
- 03/09/21 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/09/21 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2295ER)
- 03/11/21 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/15/21 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 15, 2021
- 03/15/21 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- 03/31/21 House: Governor's recommendation received by House
- 03/31/21 House: Governor's substitute printed 21200900D-H5
- 04/07/21 House: Placed on Calendar
- 04/07/21 House: House concurred in Governor's recommendation (52-Y 46-N)
- 04/07/21 House: VOTE: Adoption (52-Y 46-N)
- 04/07/21 Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (21-Y 19-N)
- 04/07/21 Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
- 04/07/21 House: Reenrolled
- 04/07/21 House: Reenrolled bill text (HB2295ER2)
- 04/07/21 House: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- 04/07/21 Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
- 04/07/21 House: Enacted, Chapter 548 (effective 7/1/21)
- 04/07/21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0548)