SEARCH SITE
VIRGINIA LAW PORTAL
- Code of Virginia
- Virginia Administrative Code
- Constitution of Virginia
- Charters
- Authorities
- Compacts
- Uncodified Acts
- RIS Users (account required)
SEARCHABLE DATABASES
- Bills & Resolutions
session legislation - Bill Summaries
session summaries - Reports to the General Assembly
House and Senate documents - Legislative Liaisons
State agency contacts
ACROSS SESSIONS
- Subject Index: Since 1995
- Bills & Resolutions: Since 1994
- Summaries: Since 1994
Developed and maintained by the Division of Legislative Automated Systems.
2023 SESSION
HB 2460 State agencies; control of firearms, rights of employees.
Introduced by: C. Matthew Fariss | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Control of firearms by state agencies; rights of employees. Prohibits state agencies other than the Department of Corrections, Department of Juvenile Justice, and Virginia Port Authority and public institutions of higher education from adopting any regulation or workplace rule preventing officers or employees of such agencies from storing a lawfully possessed firearm and ammunition in a locked private motor vehicle at their workplace unless the adoption of the regulation is expressly authorized by statute. The bill also provides that any such regulation or rule adopted prior to July 1, 2023, is invalid.
FULL TEXT
HISTORY
- 01/20/23 House: Presented and ordered printed 23102293D
- 01/20/23 House: Referred to Committee on Public Safety
- 01/24/23 House: Assigned PS sub: Subcommittee #1
- 01/26/23 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 4-N)
- 01/27/23 House: Reported from Public Safety (12-Y 10-N)
- 01/31/23 House: Read first time
- 02/01/23 House: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/02/23 House: Read third time and passed House (54-Y 45-N)
- 02/02/23 House: VOTE: Passage (54-Y 45-N)
- 02/03/23 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/03/23 Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
- 02/20/23 Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary (9-Y 6-N)