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2021 SPECIAL SESSION I
SB 1381 Firearm; carrying within Capitol Square and the surrounding area, state-owned bldgs.
Introduced by: Adam P. Ebbin | 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 HB 2295.
FULL TEXT
- 01/12/21 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102656D pdf | impact statements
- 01/27/21 Senate: Committee substitute printed 21103907D-S1 pdf | impact statements
- 02/19/21 House: Committee substitute printed 21200287D-H1 pdf | impact statements
- 02/27/21 Senate: Conference substitute printed 21200678D-S2 pdf | impact statements
- 03/09/21 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1381ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/31/21 Senate: Governor's substitute printed 21200902D-S3 pdf | impact statement
- 04/07/21 Senate: Reenrolled bill text (SB1381ER2) pdf
- 04/07/21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0527) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
- Conference amendments
- Governor's recommendation
HISTORY
- 01/12/21 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102656D
- 01/12/21 Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
- 01/27/21 Senate: Reported from Judiciary with substitute (9-Y 4-N)
- 01/27/21 Senate: Committee substitute printed 21103907D-S1
- 01/29/21 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (35-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/21 Senate: Read second time
- 02/01/21 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/01/21 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 21103907D-S1
- 02/01/21 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1381S1
- 02/02/21 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 18-N)
- 02/05/21 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/05/21 House: Read first time
- 02/05/21 House: Referred to Committee on Public Safety
- 02/08/21 House: Continued to Special Session 1 in Public Safety by voice vote
- 02/09/21 House: Assigned PS sub: Firearms
- 02/16/21 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N)
- 02/19/21 House: Reported from Public Safety with substitute (13-Y 9-N)
- 02/19/21 House: Committee substitute printed 21200287D-H1
- 02/23/21 House: Read second time
- 02/24/21 House: Read third time
- 02/24/21 House: Committee substitute agreed to 21200287D-H1
- 02/24/21 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1381H1
- 02/24/21 House: Passed House with substitute (52-Y 47-N)
- 02/24/21 House: VOTE: Passage (52-Y 47-N)
- 02/25/21 Senate: House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 39-N)
- 02/25/21 House: House insisted on substitute
- 02/25/21 House: House requested conference committee
- 02/25/21 Senate: Senate acceded to request (21-Y 17-N)
- 02/25/21 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 02/25/21 Senate: Senators: Ebbin, Petersen, Edwards
- 02/25/21 House: Conferees appointed by House
- 02/25/21 House: Delegates: Levine, Simon, Ransone
- 02/27/21 Conference: Amended by conference committee
- 02/27/21 Senate: Conference substitute printed 21200678D-S2
- 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 (21-Y 18-N)
- 03/09/21 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/09/21 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/09/21 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1381ER)
- 03/11/21 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/15/21 Senate: 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 Senate: Governor's recommendation received by Senate
- 03/31/21 Senate: Governor's substitute printed 21200902D-S3
- 04/07/21 Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (21-Y 18-N)
- 04/07/21 Senate: Reconsideration of Governor's recommendation agreed to (40-Y 0-N)
- 04/07/21 Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (21-Y 19-N)
- 04/07/21 House: House concurred in Governor's recommendation (52-Y 46-N)
- 04/07/21 House: VOTE: Agree To (52-Y 46-N)
- 04/07/21 Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
- 04/07/21 Senate: Reenrolled
- 04/07/21 Senate: Reenrolled bill text (SB1381ER2)
- 04/07/21 Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
- 04/07/21 Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
- 04/07/21 House: Enacted, Chapter 527 (effective 7/1/21)
- 04/07/21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0527)