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HB2295

Firearm; carrying within Capitol Square and the surrounding area, state-owned bldgs.

Status:
Passed

Chief Patron:
Mark Levine (D)

Session:
2021 Regular Session

Summary

As Passed House of Origin. Carrying a firearm within Capitol Square and the surrounding area, into building owned or leased by the Commonwealth, etc.; penalty.

Makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for a person to carry any firearm within (i) the Capitol of Virginia; (ii) Capitol Square and the surrounding area, as described in the bill; (iii) any building, parking lot, or parking structure owned or leased by the Commonwealth or any agency thereof; (iv) any building owned or leased by the Commonwealth where employees of the Commonwealth perform their official duties; or (v) any building where the General Assembly meets or conducts its business. The bill provides exceptions for law-enforcement officers, court officers, authorized security personnel, and active military personnel while in the conduct of such person's official duties; any retired law-enforcement officer who is visiting a gun range owned or leased by the Commonwealth; and any state employee of a state or juvenile correctional facility who is authorized to carry a firearm while in the conduct of such employee's official duties. The bill provides that an individual who lawfully possesses a firearm may keep such firearm in his locked vehicle in a parking lot or parking structure described in clause (iii) so long as the firearm is (a) secured, (b) not visible, and (c) in a container or compartment inside of the vehicle. The bill requires that notice of the provisions prohibiting the carrying of such firearms be posted at each of the public entrances to Capitol Square and such buildings, parking lots, and parking structures. The bill also provides that any firearm carried in violation of these provisions is subject to seizure by a law-enforcement officer and forfeiture to the Commonwealth. (Less)

  • Bill History

  • 01/17/2021 - House: Presented and ordered printed 21103093D
  • 01/17/2021 - House: Referred to Committee on Public Safety
  • 01/18/2021 - House: Assigned PS sub: Firearms
  • 01/19/2021 - House: Impact statement from VCSC (HB2295)
  • 01/19/2021 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB2295)
  • 01/19/2021 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N)
  • 01/22/2021 - House: House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
  • 01/22/2021 - House: Reported from Public Safety with substitute (13-Y 9-N)
  • 01/22/2021 - House: House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 01/22/2021 - House: Committee substitute printed 21103561D-H1
  • 01/25/2021 - House: Impact statement from VCSC (HB2295H1)
  • 01/25/2021 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB2295H1)
  • 01/25/2021 - House: Read first time
  • 01/26/2021 - House: Floor substitute printed 21103671D-H2 (Levine)
  • 01/26/2021 - House: Read second time
  • 01/26/2021 - House: Committee substitute rejected 21103561D-H1
  • 01/26/2021 - House: Substitute by Delegate Levine agreed to 21103671D-H2
  • 01/26/2021 - House: Engrossed by House - floor substitute HB2295H2 (51-Y 45-N)
  • 01/26/2021 - House: VOTE: Agree To (51-Y 45-N)   Close Floor Vote
  • 01/27/2021 - House: Impact statement from VCSC (HB2295H2)
  • 01/27/2021 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB2295H2)
  • 01/27/2021 - House: Passed by for the day
  • 01/28/2021 - House: Read third time and defeated by House (48-Y 52-N)
  • 01/28/2021 - House: VOTE: DEFEATED (48-Y 52-N)   Close Floor Vote
  • 01/28/2021 - House: Reconsideration of defeated action agreed to by House (54-Y 46-N)
  • 01/28/2021 - House: VOTE: Reconsider (54-Y 46-N)   Close Floor Vote
  • 01/28/2021 - House: Passed by for the day
  • 01/28/2021 - House: Passed by motion reconsidered
  • 01/28/2021 - House: Engrossment reconsidered by House
  • 01/28/2021 - House: Substitute by Delegate Levine reconsidered 21103671D-H2
  • 01/28/2021 - House: Passed by for the day
  • 01/29/2021 - House: Floor substitute printed 21104055D-H3 (Levine)
  • 01/29/2021 - House: Read second time
  • 01/29/2021 - House: Passed by temporarily
  • 01/29/2021 - House: Substitute by Delegate Levine withdrawn 21103671D-H2
  • 01/29/2021 - House: Substitute by Delegate Levine agreed to 21104055D-H3
  • 01/29/2021 - House: Engrossed by House - floor substitute HB2295H3
  • 02/01/2021 - House: Impact statement from VCSC (HB2295H3)
  • 02/01/2021 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB2295H3)
  • 02/01/2021 - House: Passed by temporarily
  • 02/01/2021 - House: Read third time and passed House (51-Y 45-N)
  • 02/01/2021 - House: VOTE: Passage (51-Y 45-N)   Close Floor Vote
  • 02/02/2021 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 02/02/2021 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Rules
  • 02/05/2021 - Senate: Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Rules (15-Y 0-N)
  • 02/12/2021 - Senate: Rereferred from Rules (12-Y 0-N)
  • 02/12/2021 - Senate: Rereferred to Judiciary
  • 02/17/2021 - Senate: Reported from Judiciary with substitute (9-Y 5-N)
  • 02/17/2021 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 21200409D-S1
  • 02/18/2021 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB2295S1)
  • 02/18/2021 - House: Impact statement from VCSC (HB2295S1)
  • 02/19/2021 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
  • 02/22/2021 - Senate: Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 02/22/2021 - Senate: Floor substitute printed 21200547D-S2 (McPike)
  • 02/22/2021 - Senate: Read third time
  • 02/22/2021 - Senate: Passed by temporarily
  • 02/22/2021 - Senate: Reading of substitute waived
  • 02/22/2021 - Senate: Committee substitute rejected 21200409D-S1
  • 02/22/2021 - Senate: Reading of substitute waived
  • 02/22/2021 - Senate: Substitute by Senator McPike agreed to 21200547D-S2
  • 02/22/2021 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute HB2295S2
  • 02/22/2021 - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 17-N 1-A)   Close Floor Vote
  • 02/22/2021 - House: Impact statement from VCSC (HB2295S2)
  • 02/22/2021 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB2295S2)
  • 02/23/2021 - House: Placed on Calendar
  • 02/23/2021 - House: Senate substitute rejected by House 21200547D-S2 (0-Y 97-N)
  • 02/23/2021 - House: VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 97-N)
  • 02/24/2021 - Senate: Senate insisted on substitute (31-Y 8-N)
  • 02/24/2021 - Senate: Senate requested conference committee
  • 02/25/2021 - House: House acceded to request
  • 02/25/2021 - House: Conferees appointed by House
  • 02/25/2021 - House: Delegates: Levine, Simon, Ransone
  • 02/25/2021 - Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
  • 02/25/2021 - Senate: Senators: Ebbin, Petersen, Edwards
  • 02/27/2021 - Conference: Amended by conference committee
  • 02/27/2021 - House: Conference substitute printed 21200676D-H4
  • 02/27/2021 - House: Pending question ordered
  • 02/27/2021 - House: Conference report agreed to by House (51-Y 46-N)
  • 02/27/2021 - House: VOTE: Agreed To (51-Y 46-N)   Close Floor Vote
  • 02/27/2021 - Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (22-Y 17-N)   Close Floor Vote
  • 03/01/2021 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB2295H4)
  • 03/01/2021 - House: Impact statement from VCSC (HB2295H4)
  • 03/09/2021 - House: Enrolled
  • 03/09/2021 - Senate: Signed by President
  • 03/09/2021 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2295ER)
  • 03/11/2021 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB2295ER)
  • 03/11/2021 - House: Signed by Speaker
  • 03/15/2021 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 15, 2021
  • 03/15/2021 - Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
  • 03/31/2021 - House: Governor's recommendation received by House
  • 03/31/2021 - House: Governor's substitute printed 21200900D-H5
  • 04/02/2021 - House: Impact statement from VCSC (HB2295H5)
  • 04/07/2021 - House: Placed on Calendar
  • 04/07/2021 - House: House concurred in Governor's recommendation (52-Y 46-N)
  • 04/07/2021 - House: VOTE: Adoption (52-Y 46-N)   Close Floor Vote
  • 04/07/2021 - Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (21-Y 19-N)   Close Floor Vote
  • 04/07/2021 - Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
  • 04/07/2021 - House: Reenrolled
  • 04/07/2021 - House: Reenrolled bill text (HB2295ER2)
  • 04/07/2021 - House: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
  • 04/07/2021 - Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
  • 04/07/2021 - House: Enacted, Chapter 548 (effective 7/1/21)
  • 04/07/2021 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0548)

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