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VCDL 2010 Legislation Tracking Tool

Bills We Strongly Support
Bill Summary	Bill Status
HB109       Patron: Mark L. Cole  -  all patrons                                           Certain firearms taxes; destruction of records.  Repeals local authority to impose a license tax of not more than $25 on persons engaged in the business of selling pistols and revolvers. Also, a recordkeeping requirement for such persons is deleted and the clerk of the circuit court shall destroy any such existing records. VCDL Comments This bill repeals the law that allows counties to require that all handgun sales be reported to the county. It also requires that any such information received in the past be destroyed.	01/05/10  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10100915D 01/05/10  House: Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns 01/15/10  House: Assigned CC & T sub: #2 01/22/10  House: Referred from Counties, Cities and Towns by voice vote 01/22/10  House: Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety 01/27/10  House: Assigned MPPS sub: #1 02/04/10  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (5-Y 0-N) 02/12/10  House: Reported from Militia, Police and Public Safety with amendments (20-Y 1-N) 02/14/10  House: Read first time 02/15/10  House: Read second time 02/15/10  House: Committee amendments agreed to 02/15/10  House: Engrossed by House as amended HB109E 02/15/10  House: Printed as engrossed 10100915D-E 02/16/10  House: Read third time and passed House (80-Y 18-N) 02/16/10  House: VOTE: --- PASSAGE (80-Y 18-N) 02/17/10  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed 02/17/10  Senate: Referred to Committee on Local Government 02/23/10  Senate: Rereferred from Local Government (14-Y 0-N) 02/23/10  Senate: Rereferred to Courts of Justice 03/01/10  Senate: Assigned Courts sub: Special 03/08/10  Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N) 03/09/10  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) 03/10/10  Senate: Read third time 03/10/10  Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
HB1191       Patron: H. Morgan Griffith  -  all patrons                                           Issuance of concealed handgun permits; clerk of court. Allows a circuit court judge to authorize the clerk of court to issue concealed handgun permits in instances where the application is complete, the background check does not indicate that the applicant is disqualified, and, after consulting with the local sheriff or police department, there are no other questions or issues surrounding the application. The bill further provides that the court clerk is immune from suit arising from any acts or omissions relating to the issuance of concealed handgun permits without judicial review unless the clerk was grossly negligent or engaged in willful misconduct. This bill is not to be construed to limit, withdraw, or overturn any defense or immunity already existing in statutory or common law, or to affect any cause of action accruing prior to July 1, 2010. VCDL Comments This bill allows a court to authorize a Clerk to issue concealed handgun permits without judicial review as long as the person is not disqualified from receiving such a permit based on a background check and consulting with either the local sheriff or police department. It also allows a Circuit Court Clerk to sign a concealed handgun permit without the judge's approval in such a case.	01/13/10  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10103645D 01/13/10  House: Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety 01/27/10  House: Assigned MPPS sub: #1 02/04/10  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (4-Y 1-N) 02/12/10  House: Reported from Militia, Police and Public Safety with amendment (20-Y 1-N) 02/14/10  House: Read first time 02/15/10  House: Read second time 02/15/10  House: Committee amendment agreed to 02/15/10  House: Engrossed by House as amended HB1191E 02/15/10  House: Printed as engrossed 10103645D-E 02/16/10  House: Read third time and passed House (86-Y 12-N) 02/16/10  House: VOTE: --- PASSAGE (86-Y 12-N) 02/17/10  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed 02/17/10  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice 03/01/10  Senate: Assigned Courts sub: Special 03/08/10  Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (12-Y 3-N) 03/09/10  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) 03/10/10  Senate: Read third time 03/10/10  Senate: Passed Senate (32-Y 8-N) E-Mail This Committee
HB505       Patron: C. Todd Gilbert  -  all patrons                                           Concealed handguns; restaurants. Prohibits a person, other than a federal, state, or local law-enforcement officer or a qualified retired law-enforcement officer, who carries a concealed handgun onto the premises of a restaurant or club from consuming an alcoholic beverage while on the premises. VCDL Comments This bill repeals the ban on concealed handgun permit holders carrying a concealed handgun in a restaurant. It has a caveat that the permit holder does not consume alcohol in the restaurant while carrying concealed. VCDL prefers Delegate Cole's bill HB 106, which simply repeals the ban in its entirety.	01/12/10  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10100503D 01/12/10  House: Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety 02/09/10  House: Reported from Militia, Police and Public Safety with substitute (16-Y 6-N) 02/09/10  House: Committee substitute printed 10105063D-H1 02/10/10  House: Read first time 02/11/10  House: Read second time 02/11/10  House: Committee substitute agreed to 10105063D-H1 02/11/10  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB505H1 02/12/10  House: Read third time and passed House (67-Y 27-N) 02/12/10  House: VOTE: --- PASSAGE (67-Y 27-N) 02/15/10  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed 02/15/10  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice 03/01/10  Senate: Assigned Courts sub: Special 03/08/10  Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (8-Y 7-N) 03/09/10  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) 03/10/10  Senate: Read third time 03/10/10  Senate: Reading of amendment waived 03/10/10  Senate: Committee amendment agreed to 03/10/10  Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended 03/10/10  Senate: Passed Senate with amendment (22-Y 18-N) 03/10/10  Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) 03/10/10  Senate: Passed Senate with amendment (25-Y 15-N) 03/10/10  House: Placed on Calendar E-Mail This Committee
HB8       Patron: Charles W. Carrico, Sr.  -  all patrons                                           Renewal of concealed handgun permits.  Allows a person who previously has been issued a Virginia concealed handgun permit to submit an application to renew the permit via the United States mail. VCDL Comments This bill clarifies that CHPs can be renewed via the US mail. This is a matching bill to SB 3, below.	12/03/09  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10100359D 12/03/09  House: Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety 01/27/10  House: Assigned MPPS sub: #1 01/28/10  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 0-N) 02/12/10  House: Reported from Militia, Police and Public Safety (20-Y 1-N) 02/14/10  House: Read first time 02/15/10  House: Read second time and engrossed 02/16/10  House: Read third time and passed House (85-Y 14-N) 02/16/10  House: VOTE: --- PASSAGE (85-Y 14-N) 02/17/10  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed 02/17/10  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice 02/24/10  Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (8-Y 7-N) 02/26/10  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) 03/01/10  Senate: Read third time 03/01/10  Senate: Passed Senate (30-Y 10-N) 03/09/10  House: Enrolled 03/09/10  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB8ER) E-Mail This Committee
HB885       Patron: Clifford L. Athey, Jr.  -  all patrons                                           Possession of concealed weapons.  Creates a new exemption to the general prohibition against carrying concealed weapons by allowing a person who may lawfully possess a firearm to carry a handgun in a private motor vehicle or boat if the handgun is secured in a container or compartment. VCDL Comments This bill allows anyone who may lawfully possess firearm, to carry a handgun secured in a container or compartment in a vehicle or vessel.	01/13/10  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10102254D 01/13/10  House: Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety 01/27/10  House: Assigned MPPS sub: #1 01/28/10  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (3-Y 1-N) 02/12/10  House: Reported from Militia, Police and Public Safety with substitute (17-Y 4-N) 02/12/10  House: Committee substitute printed 10104822D-H1 02/14/10  House: Read first time 02/15/10  House: Read second time 02/15/10  House: Committee substitute agreed to 10104822D-H1 02/15/10  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB885H1 02/16/10  House: Read third time and passed House (74-Y 25-N) 02/16/10  House: VOTE: --- PASSAGE (74-Y 25-N) 02/17/10  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed 02/17/10  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice 03/01/10  Senate: Assigned Courts sub: Special 03/08/10  Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (8-Y 7-N) 03/09/10  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) 03/10/10  Senate: Read third time 03/10/10  Senate: Reading of amendments waived 03/10/10  Senate: Committee amendments agreed to 03/10/10  Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended 03/10/10  Senate: Passed Senate with amendments (24-Y 16-N) 03/10/10  House: Placed on Calendar E-Mail This Committee
SB3       Patron: Ralph K. Smith  -  all patrons                                           Renewal of concealed handgun permits. Allows a person who previously has been issued a Virginia concealed handgun permit to submit an application to renew the permit via the United States mail. VCDL Comments This bill clarifies that CHPs can be renewed via the US mail.	11/30/09  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10100641D 11/30/09  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice 01/12/10  Senate: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal 02/10/10  Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (9-Y 6-N) 02/12/10  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) 02/15/10  Senate: Read second time and engrossed 02/16/10  Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (29-Y 11-N) 02/17/10  House: Placed on Calendar 02/17/10  House: Read first time 02/17/10  House: Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety 02/26/10  House: Reported from Militia, Police and Public Safety (20-Y 0-N) 03/01/10  House: Read second time 03/02/10  House: Read third time 03/02/10  House: Passed House (81-Y 18-N) 03/02/10  House: VOTE: --- PASSAGE (81-Y 18-N) 03/10/10  Senate: Enrolled 03/10/10  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB3ER) E-Mail This Committee
SB334       Patron: Emmett W. Hanger, Jr.  -  all patrons                                           Concealed handguns; restaurants; penalty.  Allows a person with a concealed handgun permit to carry a concealed handgun onto the premises of a restaurant or club and prohibits such person from consuming alcoholic beverages while on the premises. A person who consumes alcohol in violation of the provisions of the bill is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. VCDL Comments This bill repeals the ban on concealed handgun permit holders carrying a concealed handgun in a restaurant. It has a caveat that the permit holder does not consume alcohol in the restaurant while carrying concealed. VCDL prefers Delegate Cole's bill HB 106, which simply repeals the ban in its entirety.	01/12/10  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10101514D 01/12/10  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice 02/10/10  Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (8-Y 7-N) 02/12/10  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) 02/15/10  Senate: Read second time 02/15/10  Senate: Reading of amendments waived 02/15/10  Senate: Committee amendments agreed to 02/15/10  Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended SB334E 02/15/10  Senate: Printed as engrossed 10101514D-E 02/16/10  Senate: Passed by temporarily 02/16/10  Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (22-Y 18-N) 02/17/10  House: Placed on Calendar 02/17/10  House: Read first time 02/17/10  House: Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety 02/18/10  House: Assigned MPPS sub: #1 02/25/10  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 0-N) 02/26/10  House: Reported from Militia, Police and Public Safety (16-Y 5-N) 03/01/10  House: Read second time 03/02/10  House: Read third time 03/02/10  House: Passed House (72-Y 27-N) 03/02/10  House: VOTE: --- PASSAGE (72-Y 27-N) 03/10/10  Senate: Enrolled 03/10/10  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB334ER) E-Mail This Committee
SB408       Patron: Jill Holtzman Vogel  -  all patrons                                           Possession of concealed weapons in vehicles. Creates a new exemption to the general prohibition against carrying concealed weapons by allowing a person who may lawfully possess a firearm to carry a handgun in a private motor vehicle or vessel if the handgun is locked in a container or compartment.	01/13/10  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10100429D 01/13/10  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice 02/10/10  Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (8-Y 7-N) 02/12/10  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) 02/15/10  Senate: Read second time and engrossed 02/16/10  Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (24-Y 16-N) 02/17/10  House: Placed on Calendar 02/17/10  House: Read first time 02/17/10  House: Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety 02/18/10  House: Assigned MPPS sub: #1 02/25/10  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (4-Y 1-N) 02/26/10  House: Reported from Militia, Police and Public Safety (17-Y 4-N) 03/01/10  House: Read second time 03/02/10  House: Read third time 03/02/10  House: Passed House (74-Y 25-N) 03/02/10  House: VOTE: --- PASSAGE (74-Y 25-N) 03/10/10  Senate: Enrolled 03/10/10  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB408ER) E-Mail This Committee
Bills We Support
Bill Summary	Bill Status
HB1217       Patron: Lynwood W. Lewis, Jr.  -  all patrons                                           Firearm safety education program.  Allows local school boards to offer firearm safety education programs in the elementary grades. To assist local school boards opting to provide such instruction, the Board of Education must establish a standardized program of firearm safety education for students in the elementary school grades to promote the protection and safety of children. The bill requires that the program objectives incorporate, among other principles of firearm safety, accident prevention and the rules of the National Rifle Association's Eddie Eagle Gunsafe Program. Local school boards offering the program must comply with Board curriculum guidelines and integrate the instruction in appropriate subject areas, if feasible, to ensure that every elementary school student receives instruction in firearm safety education. VCDL Comments This bill allows local school boards to provide a firearms safety program for students based on the Eddie Eagle Gunsafe Program by the NRA.	01/14/10  House: Presented and ordered printed 10103810D 01/14/10  House: Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety 01/21/10  House: Assigned MPPS sub: #1 02/04/10  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 0-N) 02/12/10  House: Reported from Militia, Police and Public Safety (21-Y 0-N) 02/14/10  House: Read first time 02/15/10  House: Read second time and engrossed 02/16/10  House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) 02/16/10  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N) 02/17/10  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed 02/17/10  Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health 03/04/10  Senate: Reported from Education and Health with amendment (10-Y 5-N) 03/05/10  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) 03/08/10  Senate: Read third time 03/08/10  Senate: Reading of amendment waived 03/08/10  Senate: Committee amendment agreed to 03/08/10  Senate: Passed Senate with amendment (33-Y 7-N) 03/09/10  House: Placed on Calendar 03/10/10  House: Senate amendment agreed to by House (96-Y 0-N) 03/10/10  House: Reconsideration of Senate amendment agreed to by House 03/10/10  House: Passed by for the day 03/10/10  House: VOTE: --- ADOPTION (96-Y 0-N)
SB533       Patron: Ryan T. McDougle  -  all patrons                                           Concealed handgun permit applications; right to ore tenus hearing.  Clarifies that anyone who is denied a concealed handgun permit has the same right to an ore tenus hearing as a person who has previously held a concealed handgun permit. VCDL Comments This bill clarifies that a first time concealed handgun applicant has a right to an ore tenus hearing if he or she is denied the permit.	01/13/10  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10101999D 01/13/10  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice 02/10/10  Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (10-Y 5-N) 02/10/10  Senate: Committee substitute printed 10105217D-S1 02/12/10  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) 02/15/10  Senate: Read second time 02/15/10  Senate: Reading of substitute waived 02/15/10  Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 10105217D-S1 02/15/10  Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB533S1 02/16/10  Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (32-Y 8-N) 02/18/10  House: Placed on Calendar 02/18/10  House: Read first time 02/18/10  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice 02/19/10  House: Assigned Courts sub: #1 Criminal 02/26/10  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) 03/08/10  House: Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N) 03/09/10  House: Read second time 03/09/10  House: Constitutional reading dispensed BLOCK VOTE (96-Y 0-N) 03/09/10  House: VOTE: --- AGREE TO (96-Y 0-N) 03/09/10  House: Motion to reconsider constitutional reading dispensed agreed to 03/09/10  House: Constitutional reading dispensed BLOCK VOTE (94-Y 0-N) 03/09/10  House: VOTE: --- ADOPTION #2 (94-Y 0-N) 03/09/10  House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (95-Y 0-N) 03/09/10  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (95-Y 0-N) E-Mail This Committee
Bills We Strongly Oppose
Bill Summary	Bill Status
Bills We Oppose
Bill Summary	Bill Status
SB580       Patron: David W. Marsden  -  all patrons                                           School property; airsoft guns; penalty.  Provides that it is a Class 1 misdemeanor for a person under the age of 18 to possess on school property a weapon designed to expel a projectile at a speed of more than 250 feet per second by action of compressed air or gas, such as an airsoft gun. The prohibition expires in five years and does not apply to weapons with orange-tips. VCDL Comments This bill treats air guns like a weapon if the velocity of the projectile is more than 250 feet per second and carried on school property. A key problem is how the police or the gun owner would know the exact speed of the projectile.	01/13/10  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10103404D 01/13/10  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice 01/15/10  Senate: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal 02/01/10  Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (8-Y 4-N) 02/01/10  Senate: Committee substitute printed 10104854D-S1 02/02/10  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) 02/03/10  Senate: Read second time 02/03/10  Senate: Reading of substitute waived 02/03/10  Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 10104854D-S1 02/03/10  Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB580S1 02/04/10  Senate: Passed by for the day 02/08/10  Senate: Read third time 02/08/10  Senate: Engrossment reconsidered by Senate (40-Y 0-N) 02/08/10  Senate: Passed by for the day 02/09/10  Senate: Read second time 02/09/10  Senate: Passed by for the day 02/10/10  Senate: Read second time 02/10/10  Senate: Passed by for the day 02/11/10  Senate: Read second time 02/11/10  Senate: Committee substitute reconsidered (39-Y 0-N) 02/11/10  Senate: Committee substitute rejected 02/11/10  Senate: Floor substitute printed 10105242D-S2 (Marsden) 02/11/10  Senate: Reading of substitute waived 02/11/10  Senate: Substitute by Senator Marsden agreed to 10105242D-S2 02/11/10  Senate: Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute SB580S2 02/12/10  Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (33-Y 5-N) 02/16/10  House: Placed on Calendar 02/16/10  House: Read first time 02/16/10  House: Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety 02/18/10  House: Assigned MPPS sub: #1 E-Mail This Committee
SB89       Patron: Richard H. Stuart  -  all patrons                                           Petition to restore right to possess, etc., firearm; notice to attorney for the Commonwealth.  Provides that if a person files a petition to restore his right to possess or carry a firearm, a copy of the petition shall be served on the attorney for the Commonwealth who shall be entitled to respond and represent the interests of the Commonwealth. The court shall hold a hearing on the petition if requested by either the petitioner or the attorney for the Commonwealth. VCDL Comments This bill adds a new requirement for someone petitioning to get their right to keep and bear arms restored - the Commonwealth Attorney where the petition is filed will be notified and will be entitled to respond. Is there a problem that requires the Commonwealth to make rights restoration even more complicated?	01/06/10  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10100227D 01/06/10  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice 01/12/10  Senate: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal 01/20/10  Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) 01/22/10  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) 01/25/10  Senate: Read second time and engrossed 01/26/10  Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) 02/03/10  House: Placed on Calendar 02/03/10  House: Read first time 02/03/10  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice 02/16/10  House: Assigned Courts sub: #1 Criminal 03/03/10  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) 03/08/10  House: Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N) 03/09/10  House: Read second time 03/09/10  House: Constitutional reading dispensed BLOCK VOTE (96-Y 0-N) 03/09/10  House: VOTE: --- AGREE TO (96-Y 0-N) 03/09/10  House: Motion to reconsider constitutional reading dispensed agreed to 03/09/10  House: Constitutional reading dispensed BLOCK VOTE (94-Y 0-N) 03/09/10  House: VOTE: --- ADOPTION #2 (94-Y 0-N) 03/09/10  House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (95-Y 0-N) 03/09/10  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (95-Y 0-N) E-Mail This Committee
Bills We Are Currently Neutral On
Bill Summary	Bill Status
HB1092       Patron: Anne B. Crockett-Stark (by request)  -  all patrons                                           Carrying concealed handguns; retired law-enforcement officers. States that a retired law-enforcement officer who receives proof of consultation and favorable review to carry a concealed handgun without a concealed handgun permit is authorized to carry a concealed handgun in the same manner as a law-enforcement officer authorized to carry a concealed handgun. VCDL Comments This bill allows retired police to be able to carry a concealed handgun without a permit wherever they may go. VCDL has no problem with good people like retired-police carrying a concealed handgun wherever they may go, but it gets tiresome that the government gives special privileges such as this to its own, while restricting the very citizens it is supposed to be serving. Law-abiding citizens, too, should be able to carry a concealed handgun wherever we might go and not need a state-issued permission slip to do so.	01/13/10  House: Introduced by request 01/13/10  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10101078D 01/13/10  House: Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety 01/27/10  House: Assigned MPPS sub: #1 01/28/10  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 0-N) 02/12/10  House: Reported from Militia, Police and Public Safety with amendments (20-Y 1-N) 02/14/10  House: Read first time 02/15/10  House: Read second time 02/15/10  House: Committee amendments agreed to 02/15/10  House: Engrossed by House as amended HB1092E 02/15/10  House: Printed as engrossed 10101078D-E 02/16/10  House: Read third time and passed House (86-Y 12-N) 02/16/10  House: VOTE: --- PASSAGE (86-Y 12-N) 02/17/10  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed 02/17/10  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice 03/01/10  Senate: Assigned Courts sub: Special 03/08/10  Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) 03/09/10  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) 03/10/10  Senate: Read third time 03/10/10  Senate: Passed by for the day 03/11/10  Senate: Read third time 03/11/10  Senate: Passed by temporarily 03/11/10  Senate: Floor substitute printed 10105974D-S1 (Vogel) 03/11/10  Senate: Substitute by Senator Vogel withdrawn 10105974D-S1 03/11/10  Senate: Passed Senate (36-Y 4-N)
HB1379       Patron: Mark D. Sickles  -  all patrons                                           Child-care facilities in certain counties and cities; local regulation of possession and storage of firearms, ammunition, or components or combination thereof. Provides that certain Northern Virginia localities may adopt local ordinances that regulate the possession and storage of firearms, ammunition, or components or combination thereof at child-care facilities, so long as such regulation remains no more extensive in scope than comparable state regulations applicable to family day-care homes. VCDL Comments This bill is not necessary, it is an attempt by Fairfax County to keep a preempted ordinance that should have been removed a long time ago on their books.	01/22/10  House: Presented and ordered printed 10104189D 01/22/10  House: Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety 02/03/10  House: Assigned MPPS sub: #1 02/04/10  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (5-Y 0-N) 02/12/10  House: Reported from Militia, Police and Public Safety with amendment (16-Y 5-N) 02/14/10  House: Read first time 02/15/10  House: Read second time 02/15/10  House: Committee amendment agreed to 02/15/10  House: Engrossed by House as amended HB1379E 02/15/10  House: Printed as engrossed 10104189D-E 02/16/10  House: Read third time and passed House (89-Y 10-N) 02/16/10  House: VOTE: --- PASSAGE (89-Y 10-N) 02/17/10  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed 02/17/10  Senate: Referred to Committee on Local Government 02/23/10  Senate: Rereferred from Local Government (14-Y 0-N) 02/23/10  Senate: Rereferred to Courts of Justice 03/01/10  Senate: Assigned Courts sub: Special 03/08/10  Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) 03/09/10  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) 03/10/10  Senate: Read third time 03/10/10  Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
HB637       Patron: Ward L. Armstrong  -  all patrons                                           Concealed handgun permit; fees.  Waives the concealed handgun permit fee (maximum $50) for certain designated boarding team members and boarding officers of the United States Coast Guard. VCDL Comments This bill exempts boarding team members or boarding officers of the Coast Guard from having to pay for their concealed handgun permits. VCDL does not see a need to keep adding to the list of special interest groups who don't have to pay the $50 fee for a concealed handgun permit.	01/12/10  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10100193D 01/12/10  House: Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety 01/27/10  House: Assigned MPPS sub: #1 01/28/10  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 0-N) 02/12/10  House: Reported from Militia, Police and Public Safety (21-Y 0-N) 02/14/10  House: Read first time 02/15/10  House: Read second time and engrossed 02/16/10  House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) 02/16/10  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N) 02/17/10  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed 02/17/10  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice 02/19/10  Senate: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal 02/24/10  Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) 02/26/10  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) 03/01/10  Senate: Read third time 03/01/10  Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) 03/09/10  House: Enrolled 03/09/10  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB637ER)
HB84       Patron: Robert G. Marshall  -  all patrons                                           Foreign search warrants to be honored.  Provides that a Virginia corporation or other entity that provides electronic communication services or remote computing services to the general public, when properly served with a warrant and affidavit in support of the warrant, issued by a judicial officer or court of another state with jurisdiction over the matter, to produce a record or other information pertaining to a subscriber to or customer of such service or the contents of electronic communications, or both, shall produce the record or other information as if that warrant had been issued by a Virginia court.  This provision applies only to records relating to certain violent or sexual criminal offenses, computer fraud and identity theft.	01/04/10  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10100536D 01/04/10  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice 01/13/10  House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal 02/01/10  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 0-N) 02/03/10  House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N) 02/03/10  House: Committee substitute printed 10104692D-H1 02/08/10  House: Read first time 02/09/10  House: Read second time 02/09/10  House: Committee substitute agreed to 10104692D-H1 02/09/10  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB84H1 02/10/10  House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) 02/10/10  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N) 02/11/10  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed 02/11/10  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice 02/24/10  Senate: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal 03/01/10  Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (13-Y 0-N) 03/02/10  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) 03/03/10  Senate: Read third time 03/03/10  Senate: Reading of amendments waived 03/03/10  Senate: Committee amendments agreed to 03/03/10  Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended 03/03/10  Senate: Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N) 03/04/10  House: Placed on Calendar 03/05/10  House: Senate amendments agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N) 03/05/10  House: VOTE: --- ADOPTION (97-Y 0-N)
SB501       Patron: L. Louise Lucas  -  all patrons                                           Concealed handgun permits; disqualifying convictions. Provides that a conviction from another state for driving while intoxicated or for drunkenness in public within the preceding three years disqualifies an individual from obtaining a concealed handgun permit.	01/13/10  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10101822D 01/13/10  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice 01/14/10  Senate: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal 02/15/10  Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) 02/16/10  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) 02/16/10  Senate: Read second time and engrossed 02/16/10  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) 02/16/10  Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) 02/18/10  House: Placed on Calendar 02/18/10  House: Read first time 02/18/10  House: Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety 02/23/10  House: Assigned MPPS sub: #1 02/25/10  House: Subcommittee recommended referring to Courts of Justice by voice vote 02/26/10  House: Referred from Militia, Police and Public Safety by voice vote 02/26/10  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice 02/26/10  House: Assigned Courts sub: #1 Criminal 03/05/10  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N) 03/08/10  House: Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N) 03/09/10  House: Read second time 03/09/10  House: Constitutional reading dispensed BLOCK VOTE (96-Y 0-N) 03/09/10  House: VOTE: --- AGREE TO (96-Y 0-N) 03/09/10  House: Motion to reconsider constitutional reading dispensed agreed to 03/09/10  House: Constitutional reading dispensed BLOCK VOTE (94-Y 0-N) 03/09/10  House: VOTE: --- ADOPTION #2 (94-Y 0-N) 03/09/10  House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (95-Y 0-N) 03/09/10  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (95-Y 0-N)
Bills That Have Been Rolled Into Other Bills, Continued to Next Year, Withdrawn or Killed
Bill Summary	Bill Status
HB106       Patron: Mark L. Cole  -  all patrons Carrying concealed handguns.  Allows a person with a valid concealed handgun permit to carry a concealed handgun in a place of worship with permission of the leader of the religious meeting. The bill also eliminates the restriction against carrying a concealed handgun in a restaurant that serves alcohol. VCDL Comments This bill completely repeals the restaurant ban and allows a CHP holder to carry concealed during a religious meeting with the permission of the leader of the meeting.	01/05/10  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10100918D 01/05/10  House: Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety 02/16/10  House: Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety
HB1070       Patron: Clifford L. Athey, Jr.  -  all patrons Carrying of concealed handguns in emergency shelters.  Provides that a person who has a valid concealed handgun permit may not be barred from carrying a concealed handgun in any place or facility designated or used by the Governor, any political subdivision of the Commonwealth, or any other governmental entity as an emergency shelter or for the purpose of sheltering persons. VCDL Comments This bill allows a person who has a concealed handgun permit to be allowed to carry a concealed handgun in any government facility being used as an emergency shelter. Events in Louisiana following hurricane Katrina and other such events have shown that people need to be able to protect themselves even in (and sometimes especially in) emergency shelters.	01/13/10  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10101704D 01/13/10  House: Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety 01/28/10  House: Assigned MPPS sub: #1 02/04/10  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 0-N) 02/12/10  House: Reported from Militia, Police and Public Safety (20-Y 1-N) 02/14/10  House: Read first time 02/15/10  House: Read second time and engrossed 02/16/10  House: Read third time and passed House (74-Y 24-N) 02/16/10  House: VOTE: --- PASSAGE (74-Y 24-N) 02/17/10  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed 02/17/10  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice 03/01/10  Senate: Assigned Courts sub: Special 03/08/10  Senate: Left in Courts of Justice
HB108       Patron: Mark L. Cole  -  all patrons Disposition of firearms. Provides that no locality may participate in any program in which individuals are given a thing of value in exchange for surrendering a firearm to the locality unless the governing body of the locality has enacted an ordinance authorizing the participation of the locality. The ordinance shall require that such firearms shall be sold by public auction or sealed bids to a person licensed as a dealer. VCDL Comments This bill requires that localities auction off guns (except machine guns) that were turned in during a gun buyback. The bill needs some tweaking to allow machine guns to be auctioned off to Class III dealers. That would be a huge revenue increase for the locality and would also preserve the pool of machine guns that can be lawfully purchased.	01/05/10  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10100913D 01/05/10  House: Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety 01/27/10  House: Assigned MPPS sub: #1 01/28/10  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (4-Y 1-N) 02/12/10  House: Reported from Militia, Police and Public Safety with amendment (20-Y 1-N) 02/14/10  House: Read first time 02/15/10  House: Read second time 02/15/10  House: Committee amendment agreed to 02/15/10  House: Engrossed by House as amended HB108E 02/15/10  House: Printed as engrossed 10100913D-E 02/16/10  House: Read third time and passed House (75-Y 24-N) 02/16/10  House: VOTE: --- PASSAGE (75-Y 24-N) 02/17/10  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed 02/17/10  Senate: Referred to Committee on Local Government 02/23/10  Senate: Rereferred from Local Government (14-Y 0-N) 02/23/10  Senate: Rereferred to Courts of Justice 03/01/10  Senate: Assigned Courts sub: Special 03/08/10  Senate: Left in Courts of Justice
HB995       Patron: David A. Nutter  -  all patrons Transfer of certain firearms; required identification.  Allows a prospective purchaser to present a current or retired military identification card or a concealed handgun permit in order to establish citizenship or lawful admission for permanent residence in order to purchase an assault firearm. VCDL Comments This bill allows military ID or a CHP as valid ID for purchase of "assault weapons."	01/13/10  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10102902D 01/13/10  House: Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety 01/21/10  House: Assigned MPPS sub: #1 02/04/10  House: Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2011 by voice vote 02/12/10  House: Continued to 2011 in Militia, Police and Public Safety by voice vote
HB870       Patron: Benjamin L. Cline  -  all patrons Concealed handgun permit applications; fingerprints.  Removes the option for a locality to require that an applicant for a concealed handgun permit submit fingerprints as part of the application. VCDL Comments This bill emoves the option for localities to fingerprint first-time concealed handgun permit applicants. 75% of localities don't fingerprint currently and this "requirement" has been unproductive and unnecessary since the advent of instant computer checks. This bill will save localities over $30 per applicant in unnecessary FBI fingerprinting fees.	01/13/10  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10102766D 01/13/10  House: Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety 01/27/10  House: Assigned MPPS sub: #1 01/28/10  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (3-Y 0-N) 02/12/10  House: Reported from Militia, Police and Public Safety (20-Y 1-N) 02/14/10  House: Read first time 02/15/10  House: Read second time and engrossed 02/16/10  House: Read third time and passed House (83-Y 15-N) 02/16/10  House: VOTE: --- PASSAGE (83-Y 15-N) 02/17/10  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed 02/17/10  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice 03/08/10  Senate: Left in Courts of Justice
HB79       Patron: R. Lee Ware, Jr.  -  all patrons Concealed handgun permits; access to applications and permittee information.  Prohibits a clerk of court from providing public access to concealed handgun permit applications and information regarding identifiable permittees without the written consent of the applicant or permittee. The applications and information would be available to law-enforcement agencies, and the clerk of court would be authorized to release aggregate information that does not identify individual applicants or permittees. VCDL Comments This bill closes the "Chatham Star Tribune" loophole by preventing Circuit Court Clerks from releasing CHP applicant information to anyone except police in the line of duty. The Chatham Star Tribune continues to print information on concealed handgun permit holders and this will bring an end to such abuse.	12/30/09  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10101441D 12/30/09  House: Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety 01/27/10  House: Assigned MPPS sub: #1 01/28/10  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (4-Y 0-N) 02/12/10  House: Reported from Militia, Police and Public Safety (20-Y 1-N) 02/14/10  House: Read first time 02/15/10  House: Read second time and engrossed 02/16/10  House: Read third time and passed House (87-Y 10-N) 02/16/10  House: VOTE: --- PASSAGE (87-Y 10-N) 02/17/10  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed 02/17/10  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice 03/01/10  Senate: Assigned Courts sub: Special 03/08/10  Senate: Left in Courts of Justice
HB72       Patron: Charles W. Carrico, Sr.  -  all patrons Possession of firearms on school property; penalties.  Changes the penalty for possession of a firearm on school property from a Class 6 felony to a Class 1 misdemeanor, the same penalty that applies to the possession of other weapons on school property. However, if a person possesses a firearm on school property with the intent to use the firearm unlawfully or to threaten or endanger another person, or if a person actually uses the firearm in an unlawful manner or threatens or endangers another person, such person is guilty of a Class 6 felony. If a person unlawfully discharges a firearm upon school property, upon other property being used exclusively for school-sponsored functions or extracurricular activities, or upon a school bus, such person shall be sentenced to a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment of five years. VCDL Comments This bill reduces the penalty for a firearm carried on K-12 property from a class 6 felony to a class 1 misdemeanor UNLESS the gun is intended to be used, or is used in a crime, in which case the penalty is still a class 6 felony. If the gun is unlawfully discharged on K-12 property, there is a mandatory five-year prison term. This protects someone who means no harm, but has inadvertently carried a gun onto school property from having their life destroyed by a felony conviction.	12/29/09  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10101085D 12/29/09  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice 01/22/10  House: Referred from Courts of Justice by voice vote 01/22/10  House: Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety 02/03/10  House: Assigned MPPS sub: #3 02/08/10  House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (3-Y 2-N) 02/16/10  House: Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety
HB54       Patron: Mark L. Cole  -  all patrons Handguns in courthouses.  Allows a person who may lawfully possess a firearm to carry a handgun into a courthouse when the courthouse is being used for non-judicial activities. VCDL Comments This bill allows for the otherwise lawful carry of a handgun into a courthouse when the courthouse is being used for purposes other than judicial proceedings or official judicial activities. This will allow for lawful carry at things such as the Sussex County Board of Supervisors meetings, which are held at night at the Sussex County courthouse.	12/22/09  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10100916D 12/22/09  House: Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety 02/16/10  House: Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety
HB490       Patron: L. Scott Lingamfelter  -  all patrons Development of plan for the issuance of a lifetime concealed handgun permit. Directs the Department of State Police, in cooperation with the Secretary of Public Safety, to develop a plan to allow for the State Police to issue lifetime concealed handgun permits to Virginia residents. The Department and the Secretary shall submit the plan, and any recommended legislative changes to implement the plan, to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Militia, Police, and Public Safety and the Senate Committee for Courts of Justice by October 15, 2010. VCDL Comments This bill requires the Virginia State Police to develop a plan so that concealed handgun permits can be issued for a lifetime.	01/12/10  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10103308D 01/12/10  House: Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety 01/28/10  House: Assigned MPPS sub: #1 02/04/10  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 0-N) 02/12/10  House: Reported from Militia, Police and Public Safety (20-Y 1-N) 02/14/10  House: Read first time 02/15/10  House: Read second time and engrossed 02/16/10  House: Read third time and passed House (78-Y 20-N) 02/16/10  House: VOTE: --- PASSAGE (78-Y 20-N) 02/17/10  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed 02/17/10  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice 03/01/10  Senate: Assigned Courts sub: Special 03/08/10  Senate: Left in Courts of Justice
HB49       Patron: L. Scott Lingamfelter  -  all patrons Purchase of handguns; repeal one-gun-a-month limitation.  Repeals the prohibition against purchasing more than one handgun in a 30-day period. VCDL Comments This bill repeals "One Handgun A Month" completely!	12/21/09  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10100125D 12/21/09  House: Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety 02/11/10  House: Assigned MPPS sub: #1 02/11/10  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 0-N) 02/12/10  House: Reported from Militia, Police and Public Safety (15-Y 6-N) 02/14/10  House: Read first time 02/15/10  House: Read second time 02/15/10  House: Pending question ordered 02/15/10  House: Engrossed by House 02/16/10  House: Read third time and passed House (61-Y 37-N) 02/16/10  House: VOTE: --- PASSAGE (61-Y 37-N) 02/17/10  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed 02/17/10  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice 03/01/10  Senate: Assigned Courts sub: Special 03/08/10  Senate: Left in Courts of Justice
HB152       Patron: John M. O'Bannon, III (by request)  -  all patrons Electronic security employees; carrying concealed handguns.  Allows licensed electronic security employees who have a valid concealed handgun permit and who may lawfully carry a handgun to carry a concealed handgun for personal protection during business hours, so long as the employee does not represent that he is carrying the handgun in the course of his employment. VCDL Comments This bill allows an electronic security employee with a CHP to carry while on the job as long as the gun is concealed and the employee does not represent that he is carrying in the course of his employment.	01/05/10  House: Introduced by request 01/05/10  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10100734D 01/05/10  House: Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety 01/27/10  House: Assigned MPPS sub: #1 01/28/10  House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote 02/16/10  House: Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety
HB171       Patron: Brenda L. Pogge  -  all patrons Firearms in locked vehicles; immunity from liability. Provides that no person, property owner, tenant, employer, or business owner may prohibit a person who lawfully possesses a firearm from storing that firearm in a locked motor vehicle. The bill provides civil immunity for such persons, property owners, tenants, employers, or business owners. The provisions of the bill would not apply to possession of firearms on property on which a person is prohibited from possessing a firearm; (ii) vehicles on property (a) to which access is restricted or limited through the use of a gate; or (b) upon which a building occupied by a single employer and its affiliated entities is located and in which access to the building is restricted or limited by card access; (iii) vehicles owned or leased by an employer or business entity and used by an employee in the course of his employment; (iv) personal vehicles while such vehicles are being used for the transport of consumers of programs licensed by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services; or (v) vehicles on property controlled by an employer required to develop and implement a security plan under federal law or regulation. VCDL Comments This bill makes it so no person, property owner, tenant, employer, or business entity can prohibit a person from having a firearm locked in or locked to a motor vehicle in a parking lot. It also exempts that person, property owner, tenant, employer, or business entity from any civil action that results from any occurrence of such lawfully stored firearm. The bill exempts schools and company vehicles. VCDL would like to see the school exemption dropped so teachers can leave guns in their vehicles.	01/06/10  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10102079D 01/06/10  House: Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety 01/27/10  House: Assigned MPPS sub: #1 02/04/10  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (4-Y 1-N) 02/12/10  House: Reported from Militia, Police and Public Safety with substitute (18-Y 3-N) 02/12/10  House: Committee substitute printed 10105360D-H1 02/14/10  House: Read first time 02/15/10  House: Read second time 02/15/10  House: Committee substitute agreed to 10105360D-H1 02/15/10  House: Amendment by Delegate Armstrong rejected (41-Y 55-N) 02/15/10  House: VOTE: --- REJECTED (41-Y 55-N) 02/15/10  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB171H1 02/16/10  House: Read third time and passed House (72-Y 27-N) 02/16/10  House: VOTE: --- PASSAGE (72-Y 27-N) 02/17/10  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed 02/17/10  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice 03/01/10  Senate: Assigned Courts sub: Special 03/08/10  Senate: Left in Courts of Justice
HB26       Patron: Thomas C. Wright, Jr.  -  all patrons Application for concealed handgun permit; documentation and information provided by applicant.  Clarifies that the clerk of court accepting a concealed handgun permit application shall not require the applicant to provide any documentation or information not required by º 18.2-308 or by the application form prescribed by the Department of State Police. VCDL Comments This bill clarifies that a Circuit Court Clerk may *not* ask for any extra documentation or information from a CHP applicant. This, hopefully, will stop abuse from Fairfax and certain other jurisdictions.	12/18/09  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10100388D 12/18/09  House: Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety 01/21/10  House: Assigned MPPS sub: #1 01/28/10  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 0-N) 02/12/10  House: Reported from Militia, Police and Public Safety (21-Y 0-N) 02/14/10  House: Read first time 02/15/10  House: Read second time and engrossed 02/16/10  House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) 02/16/10  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N) 02/17/10  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed 02/17/10  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice 03/01/10  Senate: Assigned Courts sub: Special 03/08/10  Senate: Left in Courts of Justice
HB236       Patron: William R. Janis  -  all patrons Shooting firearms in certain areas. Makes a locality no longer able to prohibit hunting generally within a half-mile radius of a subdivision, but a locality would still be able to prohibit hunting within a subdivision. VCDL Comments This bill allows hunting within one-half mile of any subdivision or other area of such municipal incorporation. However, such hunting cannot be done if a reckless manner as to endanger persons or property. Among other things, this bill allows a hunter shooting down toward the ground from a blind in a tree, as the bullet will go into the earth and not endanger others at that angle. It would also allow a hunter whose blind is facing away from such subdivision to be able to hunt.	01/11/10  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10101623D 01/11/10  House: Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety 01/28/10  House: Assigned MPPS sub: #1 02/04/10  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 0-N) 02/12/10  House: Reported from Militia, Police and Public Safety with substitute (20-Y 1-N) 02/12/10  House: Committee substitute printed 10105185D-H1 02/14/10  House: Read first time 02/15/10  House: Read second time 02/15/10  House: Committee substitute agreed to 10105185D-H1 02/15/10  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB236H1 02/16/10  House: Read third time and passed House (79-Y 19-N) 02/16/10  House: VOTE: --- PASSAGE (79-Y 19-N) 02/17/10  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed 02/17/10  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice 03/01/10  Senate: Assigned Courts sub: Special 03/08/10  Senate: Left in Courts of Justice
HB251       Patron: Donald W. Merricks  -  all patrons Self-defense and defense of others. Provides that any person who lawfully occupies a dwelling is justified in using any degree of physical force, including deadly physical force, against another person when the other person has unlawfully entered the dwelling, has committed an overt act toward the occupant or another person in the dwelling, and the occupant reasonably believes he or another person in the dwelling is in imminent danger of bodily injury. The bill also provides that a person who uses justifiable force against an intruder shall be immune from civil liability for injuries or death of the other person. VCDL Comments This bill prevents a person who has to use justifiable deadly force to protect innocent life, from being sued civilly. Such lawsuits can financially destroy the life of someone who has done nothing wrong.	01/11/10  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10100847D 01/11/10  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice 01/15/10  House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal 01/27/10  House: Subcommittee recommends incorporating (HB854-Morefield) by voice vote 02/01/10  House: Subcommittee recommends incorporating (HB854-Morefield) by voice vote 02/03/10  House: Incorporated by Courts of Justice (HB854-Morefield) by voice vote
HB475       Patron: Charles W. Carrico, Sr.  -  all patrons Possession of firearms on school property; concealed handgun permits.  Allows a person who has a valid concealed handgun permit to carry a concealed handgun in a part of a school building not being used for school-related functions or extracurricular activities. The bill also allows persons with a valid concealed handgun permit to carry a concealed handgun while in a parking lot or traffic circle of a school, regardless of whether such person is in a vehicle. Current law only allows such a person to carry the concealed firearm in a parking lot or traffic circle while in a vehicle. VCDL Comments This bill allows concealed handgun permit holders to carry a concealed handgun in the parking lots of K-12 schools. It also allows the concealed handgun permit holder to carry into parts of a K-12 school building that are not being used for any school-related functions or extracurricular activities, such as night adult education classes or square dancing classes, etc.	01/12/10  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10101084D 01/12/10  House: Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety 02/16/10  House: Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety
HB489       Patron: L. Scott Lingamfelter  -  all patrons Reorganizing the law related to concealed weapons and concealed handgun permits.  Reorganizes existing º 18.2-308 of the Code of Virginia, relating to concealed weapons and concealed handgun permits, into a new article 6.1 in Chapter 7 of Title 18.2 of the Code of Virginia. The reorganization does not make substantive changes to existing law, but instead seeks to clarify and make easier to use the existing laws regarding carrying concealed weapons and obtaining a concealed handgun permit in the Commonwealth.  VCDL Comments This bill totally rewrites the concealed carry code (18.2-308) to make it easier to navigate. This bill does not change any currently law, just reorganizes it.	01/12/10  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10100117D 01/12/10  House: Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety 02/16/10  House: Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety
SB79       Patron: W. Roscoe Reynolds  -  all patrons Concealed handgun permit applications; fingerprints. Removes the option for a locality to require that an applicant for a concealed handgun permit submit fingerprints as part of the application. VCDL Comments This bill will eliminate the ability of localities to require fingerprinting as a condition of getting a CHP.	01/05/10  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10102924D 01/05/10  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice 01/12/10  Senate: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal 02/15/10  Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in Courts of Justice (6-Y 9-N)
HB183       Patron: Joseph D. Morrissey  -  all patrons Expungement of criminal conviction record.  Allows a person convicted of a criminal offense to have his conviction expunged after 10 years have passed following the conviction, upon a showing that his opportunities for employment, education, or professional licensure are prejudiced by the existence of the criminal record. Expungement would not be available for someone convicted of a violent felony, a DUI-related offense, an offense for which registration on the sex offender registry is required, or domestic violence. VCDL Comments This bill is a matching bill to SB 70, which allows for expungement of certain convictions, but does not do so in a way that the federal government would likely accept because the expunged data is not really expunged, but is kept for possible reference in the future. Even if the expungements were valid, the bill does not allow the expungement of MISDEMEANOR domestic violence convictions if that conviction bans the possession of a firearm under federal law. Once convicted, you will be forever banned from possessing firearms as there will be no way to get that conviction expunged. The federal misdemeanor domestic violence gun ban is a travesty, is unconstitutional, and Virginia should not be supporting it in any way. Another Legislative Victory For Virginia Gun Owners!	01/07/10  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10101730D 01/07/10  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice 01/13/10  House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal 01/20/10  House: Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely by voice vote 02/16/10  House: Left in Courts of Justice
SB70       Patron: A. Donald McEachin  -  all patrons Expungement of criminal conviction record.  Allows a person convicted of certain criminal offenses to petition to have his conviction expunged after a five-year period has expired following the conviction, upon a showing that his opportunities for employment, education, or professional licensure are prejudiced by the existence of the criminal record. Expungement would not be available for someone convicted of a violent felony, a DUI-related offense, an offense for which registration on the sex offender registry is required, or domestic violence. VCDL Comments This bill disallows expungement for MISDEMEANOR domestic violence convictions if that conviction bans the possession of a firearm under federal law. Once convicted, you will be forever banned from possessing firearms as there will be no way to get that conviction expunged. The misdemeanor domestic violence gun ban is a travesty and we need to have a way for good people to get their gun rights back. Another Legislative Victory For Virginia Gun Owners!	01/04/10  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10103277D 01/04/10  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice 01/12/10  Senate: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal 02/08/10  Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (13-Y 1-N)
SB268       Patron: Mary Margaret Whipple  -  all patrons Dangerous weapons in government facilities.  Provides that the governing body of any locality may, by ordinance, make it unlawful for any person to possess a dangerous weapon upon the property, including buildings and grounds thereof, of any facility that is owned or leased by that locality and used by it for governmental purposes. VCDL Comments This bill allows local government to ban guns on property owned by that locality. This destroys preemption and would create a web of complicated gun laws that would do nothing to deter criminals, but would make it much harder for a law-abiding citizen to be able to carry a handgun for self-defense. Another Legislative Victory For Virginia Gun Owners!	01/12/10  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10101759D 01/12/10  Senate: Referred to Committee on Local Government 01/26/10  Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in Local Government (6-Y 9-N)
HB1271       Patron: Luke E. Torian  -  all patrons Regulating firearms by educational institution.  Provides that the board of visitors or other governing body of an educational institution has the power to establish rules and regulations for the possession or transportation of firearms or ammunition on property owned or operated by the institution. VCDL Comments This bill is going backwards, giving public schools of higher education the power to ban guns anywhere on campus. It needlessly endangers the lives of those trying to get an education by denying them the right to defend themselves in a life and death emergency. Another Legislative Victory For Virginia Gun Owners!	01/20/10  House: Presented and ordered printed 10104161D 01/20/10  House: Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety 02/16/10  House: Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety
HB1234       Patron: Jennifer L. McClellan  -  all patrons Transfer of firearms; criminal records check; penalties.  Adds a definition of "firearms show vendor" and requires that a criminal history record information check be performed on the prospective transferee before the vendor may transfer firearms at a gun show. Under current law, only licensed dealers must obtain such a check. The bill also adds a definition of "promoter" and requires that the promoter of a gun show provide vendors with access to licensed dealers who will conduct the criminal background check. VCDL Comments This bill attempts to close the non-existent gun show "loophole." Another Legislative Victory For Virginia Gun Owners!	01/15/10  House: Unanimous consent to introduce 01/15/10  House: Presented and ordered printed 10103732D 01/15/10  House: Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety 01/20/10  House: Introduced bill reprinted 10103732D 01/21/10  House: Assigned MPPS sub: #1 01/28/10  House: Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely by voice vote 02/16/10  House: Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety
HB1209       Patron: Jeion A. Ward  -  all patrons Crimes; registration of machine guns.  Requires that the Superintendent of State Police be notified in writing of the change of address of the registrant or the change of the address of the permanent physical location of a machine gun. VCDL Comments This bill requires that a person who has a lawfully registered machine gun notify the State Police of a change of address of the registrant or a change of the permanent location of the machine gun. This whole registration scheme is a waste of time as the federal government already has that information. The Commonwealth could save money by simply scrapping the state registration, not making it even more complicated for a person to lawfully own a machine gun. Another Legislative Victory For Virginia Gun Owners!	01/13/10  House: Presented and ordered printed 10101816D 01/13/10  House: Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety 01/21/10  House: Assigned MPPS sub: #1 02/04/10  House: Subcommittee recommends striking from docket by voice vote 02/16/10  House: Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety
HB1214       Patron: L. Kaye Kory (elect)  -  all patrons Possession of firearm on public school property; penalty.  Prohibits a person from possessing an unloaded firearm that is in a closed container in or upon a motor vehicle located at a public elementary, middle, or high school or an unloaded shotgun or rifle in a firearms rack in or upon a motor vehicle located at a public elementary, middle, or high school. VCDL Comments This bill removes the ability for a law-abiding citizen to have an unloaded gun in a container in a vehicle on public school property. Private or religious schools are left unchanged. A citizen's ability to have a gun in their vehicle on any kind of school property needs to be left alone. This bill will do nothing to prevent crime, but only make criminals out of otherwise law-abiding citizens. Another Legislative Victory For Virginia Gun Owners!	01/13/10  House: Presented and ordered printed 10103617D 01/13/10  House: Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety 02/16/10  House: Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety
HB520       Patron: Joseph D. Morrissey  -  all patrons Sale of firearms at firearms shows.  Requires any person who has a fixed location at a firearms show to display and sell firearms and any person who sells three or more firearms at a firearms show, regardless of whether he has a fixed location, to be licensed as a Virginia firearms dealer. VCDL Comments This bill requires that anyone who sells three or more guns at a gun show be a Federal Firearms Licensee. This puts a huge, unnecessary, and arbitrary barrier to anyone who wishes to sell part of a gun collection. Another Legislative Victory For Virginia Gun Owners!	01/12/10  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10103697D 01/12/10  House: Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety 01/28/10  House: Assigned MPPS sub: #1 02/04/10  House: Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely by voice vote 02/16/10  House: Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety
SB595       Patron: L. Louise Lucas  -  all patrons Transfer of firearms; criminal records check; penalties.  Adds a definition of "firearms show vendor" and requires that a criminal background check be performed on the prospective transferee, if such transferee does not possess a concealed handgun permit, before the vendor may transfer firearms at a gun show. Under current law, only licensed dealers must obtain such a check. The bill also adds a definition of "promoter" and requires that the promoter of a gun show provide vendors with access to licensed dealers who will conduct the criminal background check. VCDL Comments This bill requires any private sales at gun shows go through a background check. The Virginia State Crime Commission did NOT recommend this bill when asked last year. This requirement is just the first step in ultimately setting up a private sale registration scheme and it will unnecessarily raise the price of privately sold guns. Few guns used in crimes are purchased at gun shows, so this bill will have no noticeable effect on crime. Another Legislative Victory For Virginia Gun Owners!	01/13/10  Senate: Presented and ordered printed 10103180D 01/13/10  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice 02/16/10  Senate: Left in Courts of Justice
HB879       Patron: Mamye E. BaCote  -  all patrons Control of firearms; libraries.  Provides that a locality may adopt an ordinance that prohibits firearms, ammunition, or components or combination thereof in libraries owned or operated by the locality. VCDL Comments This bill allows localities to ban firearms and/or ammunition in libraries by ordinance. This bill would destroy preemption and would create a web of complicated gun laws that would do nothing to deter criminals, but would make it much harder for a law-abiding citizen to be able to carry a handgun for self-defense. Crimes are committed in and around libraries and people need to be able to protect themselves wherever they may be. Another Legislative Victory For Virginia Gun Owners!	01/13/10  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10101447D 01/13/10  House: Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety 01/21/10  House: Assigned MPPS sub: #1 01/28/10  House: Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely by voice vote 02/16/10  House: Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety
HB1146       Patron: James M. Scott  -  all patrons Possession of firearms by certain persons who have had parental rights terminated; penalty. Prohibits a person who has had his parental rights terminated based upon a finding of aggravated circumstances from purchasing, possessing, or transporting a firearm. The bill defines aggravated circumstances as torture, chronic or severe abuse, or chronic or severe sexual abuse of a child of the parent or a child with whom the parent resided at the time such conduct occurred. A violation of this section would be a Class 1 misdemeanor. VCDL Comments This bill subjects a person who has had their parental rights terminated to a lifetime firearms ban. No other civil rights are affected. Only felonies in Virginia law permanently terminate a person's rights and this bill takes a dangerous deviation from that precedent. Another Legislative Victory For Virginia Gun Owners!	01/13/10  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10100682D 01/13/10  House: Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety 02/03/10  House: Assigned MPPS sub: #1 02/04/10  House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee for Courts of Justice 02/10/10  House: Assigned Courts sub: #1 Criminal 02/10/10  House: Referred from Militia, Police and Public Safety by voice vote 02/10/10  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice 02/16/10  House: Left in Courts of Justice
HB69       Patron: Charles W. Carrico, Sr.  -  all patrons Firearms, firearms accessories, and ammunition manufactured and retained in Virginia. Declares that firearms, firearm accessories, and ammunition that are manufactured commercially or privately in Virginia, and that remain within the borders of Virginia, shall not be subject to federal law or federal regulation, including registration, under the authority of the United States Congress to regulate interstate commerce. This bill incorporates HB 886. VCDL Comments This bill declares that the Federal Government has no jurisdiction over firearms that are made in Virginia and sold in Virginia. The Federal Government has been overstepping its Constitutional powers for years and this will help put an end to some of those encroachments.	12/29/09  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10100634D 12/29/09  House: Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety 01/26/10  House: Introduced bill reprinted 10100634D 01/28/10  House: Assigned MPPS sub: #1 02/04/10  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (4-Y 1-N) 02/12/10  House: Reported from Militia, Police and Public Safety with substitute (19-Y 2-N) 02/12/10  House: Committee substitute printed 10105088D-H1 02/14/10  House: Read first time 02/15/10  House: Committee substitute agreed to 10105088D-H1 02/15/10  House: Pending question ordered 02/15/10  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB69H1 02/16/10  House: Read third time and passed House (70-Y 29-N) 02/16/10  House: VOTE: --- PASSAGE (70-Y 29-N) 02/17/10  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed 02/17/10  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice 03/01/10  Senate: Assigned Courts sub: Special 03/08/10  Senate: Left in Courts of Justice
HB52       Patron: Mark L. Cole  -  all patrons Failure to carry concealed handgun permit. Provides that failure to produce, upon demand of a law-enforcement officer, a concealed handgun permit and a government-issued photo identification while carrying a concealed handgun is punishable by a $25 civil penalty. A court may waive this penalty if the person presents a valid concealed handgun permit and government-issued photo identification to the court. The bill also introduces an affirmative defense, of having a valid concealed handgun permit, to a charge of violating the concealed weapons statute. VCDL Comments This bill sets the penalty for a CHP holder not being in possession of his CHP while carrying to a $25 civil fine that can be waived by the court. Note: the Virginia State Police already has the CHP holder's record showing his status. Thatinformation is automatically made available to officers in the field, so carrying the permit shouldn't really be necessary in the first place. However, this bill is a step in the rightdirection.	12/22/09  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10100919D 12/22/09  House: Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety 01/21/10  House: Assigned MPPS sub: #1 01/28/10  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 0-N) 01/28/10  House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee for Courts of Justice 01/29/10  House: Reported from Militia, Police and Public Safety (22-Y 0-N) 01/29/10  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice 01/29/10  House: Assigned Courts sub: #1 Criminal 02/08/10  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 0-N) 02/10/10  House: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (22-Y 0-N) 02/12/10  House: Read first time 02/15/10  House: Read second time 02/15/10  House: Committee amendments agreed to 02/15/10  House: Engrossed by House as amended HB52E 02/15/10  House: Printed as engrossed 10100919D-E 02/16/10  House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) 02/16/10  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N) 02/17/10  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed 02/17/10  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice 03/01/10  Senate: Assigned Courts sub: Special 03/08/10  Senate: Left in Courts of Justice
HB854       Patron: James W. Morefield (elect)  -  all patrons Castle doctrine.  Encodes a version of the "castle doctrine," allowing the use of physical force, including deadly force, against an intruder in his dwelling who has committed an overt act against him, without civil liability. VCDL Comments This is a Castle Doctrine bill that protects a citizen who has to use force, including deadly force, either inside his residence or anywhere else he can legally be, from a civil lawsuit. Because of the bill's wording requiring ''proportionate force,'' which puts too much ''Monday morning quarterbacking'' into the equation, this bill is supported, but not strongly supported.	01/13/10  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10103485D 01/13/10  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice 01/19/10  House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal 02/03/10  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (4-Y 2-N) 02/10/10  House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (16-Y 5-N) 02/10/10  House: Committee substitute printed 10104769D-H1 02/12/10  House: Read first time 02/15/10  House: Read second time 02/15/10  House: Committee substitute agreed to 10104769D-H1 02/15/10  House: Pending question ordered 02/15/10  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB854H1 02/16/10  House: Read third time and passed House (75-Y 24-N) 02/16/10  House: VOTE: --- PASSAGE (75-Y 24-N) 02/17/10  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed 02/17/10  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice 03/03/10  Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (9-Y 6-N)
HB32       Patron: Robert G. Marshall  -  all patrons Possession of concealed handguns by faculty members at state institutions of higher education. Allows full-time faculty members of state institutions of higher education who possess a valid Virginia concealed handgun permit to carry a concealed handgun on campus. VCDL Comments This bill allows faculty members with CHPs to be able to carry at state institutions of highereducation without fear of being fired or reprimanded. VCDL prefers that students and staff with CHPs also be allowed to carry. The bill is a step in the right direction.	12/18/09  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10100650D 12/18/09  House: Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety 02/03/10  House: Assigned MPPS sub: #3 02/08/10  House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (3-Y 2-N) 02/16/10  House: Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety
HB886       Patron: Clifford L. Athey, Jr.  -  all patrons Firearms, firearms accessories, and ammunition manufactured and retained in Virginia. Declares that firearms, firearms accessories, and ammunition made in Virginia and retained within the borders of Virginia are not subject to federal law or regulation under the authority of Congress to regulate interstate commerce. This bill was incorporated into HB 69. VCDL Comments This bill, the ''Virginia Firearms Freedom Act,'' states that firearms that are made in Virginia and sold in Virginia are not subject to Federal regulation as per the 10th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.	01/13/10  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10102252D 01/13/10  House: Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety 01/28/10  House: Assigned MPPS sub: #1 02/04/10  House: Subcommittee recommends incorporating (HB69-Carrico) by voice vote 02/12/10  House: Incorporated by Militia, Police and Public Safety (HB69-Carrico) by voice vote
HB684       Patron: Jackson H. Miller  -  all patrons Concealed weapons; butterfly knives; penalty.  Adds butterfly knives to the list of weapons that are prohibited from being carried concealed. VCDL Comments This bill adds ''butterfly'' knives to the concealed weapon list that law-abiding citizens can no longer carry concealed, further expanding government power at the expense of our rights. Do we really need to keep expanding the list of prohibited self-defense options available to law-abiding citizens by disallowing even useful implements and tools? Machetes, butterfly knives... this is getting ridiculous. We seem to be moving in the direction of Britain, which now wants their subjects stripped even of kitchen knives. In the name of "prior restraint" there may be no end to the otherwise legal and useful items that government may deny us because "somebody might do something wrong with them." Another Legislative Victory For Virginia Gun Owners!	01/12/10  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10101987D 01/12/10  House: Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety 01/21/10  House: Assigned MPPS sub: #1 02/16/10  House: Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety
HB1151       Patron: Sal R. Iaquinto  -  all patrons Concealed weapons. Prohibits a person from carrying a concealed butterfly knife. VCDL Comments This bill adds .butterfly. knives to the concealed weapon list that law-abiding citizens can no longer carry concealed, further expanding government power at the expense of our rights. Do we really need to keep expanding the list of prohibited self-defense options available to law-abiding citizens by disallowing even useful implements and tools? Machetes, butterfly knives... this is getting ridiculous. We seem to be moving in the direction of Britain, which now wants their subjects stripped even of kitchen knives. In the name of "prior restraint" there may be no end to the otherwise legal and useful items that government may deny us because "somebody might do something wrong with them." Another Legislative Victory For Virginia Gun Owners!	01/13/10  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10104073D 01/13/10  House: Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety 01/21/10  House: Assigned MPPS sub: #1 01/28/10  House: Subcommittee recommends incorporating (HB684-Miller, J.H.) by voice vote 02/16/10  House: Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety
SB331       Patron: Richard H. Stuart  -  all patrons Petition to restore right to possess, etc., firearm; notice to attorney for the Commonwealth.  Provides that if a person files a petition to restore his right to possess or carry a firearm, a copy of the petition shall be served on the attorney for the Commonwealth of the city or county in which the petition is filed. The attorney for the Commonwealth shall be made a party defendant to the proceeding and may file an objection or answer to the petition within 21 days after service. VCDL Comments Similar to SB89, this bill adds a new requirement for someone petitioning to get their right to keep and bear arms restored - the Commonwealth Attorney where the petition is filed will be notified and will be entitled to respond. Is there a problem that requires the Commonwealth to make rights restoration even more complicated? Another Legislative Victory For Virginia Gun Owners!	01/12/10  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10102985D 01/12/10  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice 01/14/10  Senate: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal 01/20/10  Senate: Stricken at the request of Patron in Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)
HB681       Patron: Jackson H. Miller  -  all patrons Discretion of law-enforcement officer to arrest or issue summons for a jailable offense. Gives a law-enforcement officer discretion to arrest or to issue a summons to a person in his custody for having committed a Class 1 or 2 misdemeanor. Currently, the officer must issue a summons unless the person refuses to cease his criminal activity, is a danger to himself or others, or indicates he will disregard a summons. VCDL Comments This bill allows police officers to be able to arrest someone for a class 1 or 2 misdemeanor at will. Current law has reasonable exceptions that allow for arrest and give the police sufficient power to do their job. This is the same bill VCDL has opposed for years now. Another Legislative Victory For Virginia Gun Owners!	01/12/10  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10102302D 01/12/10  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice 01/19/10  House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal 01/25/10  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (6-Y 1-N) 01/27/10  House: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (16-Y 6-N) 01/29/10  House: Read first time 02/01/10  House: Read second time 02/01/10  House: Committee amendments agreed to 02/01/10  House: Engrossed by House as amended HB681E 02/01/10  House: Printed as engrossed 10102302D-E 02/02/10  House: Read third time and passed House (68-Y 28-N) 02/02/10  House: VOTE: --- PASSAGE (68-Y 28-N) 02/03/10  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed 02/03/10  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice 03/03/10  Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (9-Y 5-N)
SB643       Patron: W. Roscoe Reynolds  -  all patrons Discretion of law-enforcement officer to arrest or issue summons for a jailable offense. Gives a law-enforcement officer discretion to arrest or to issue a summons to a person in his custody for having committed a Class 1 or 2 misdemeanor. Currently, the officer must issue a summons unless the person refuses to cease his criminal activity, is a danger to himself or others, or indicates he will disregard a summons. VCDL Comments This bill is the same bill as Miller's arrest for misdemeanors. Another Legislative Victory For Virginia Gun Owners!	01/19/10  Senate: Presented and ordered printed 10103013D 01/19/10  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice 02/15/10  Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in Courts of Justice (5-Y 10-N)
HB305       Patron: John M. O'Bannon, III  -  all patrons Voluntary admission for mental health treatment prior to involuntary commitment hearing.  Provides that a person may be voluntarily admitted to a facility for mental health treatment after issuance of a temporary detention order but before a hearing for involuntary commitment by the person's attending or consulting physician where the physician finds that the person is will and able to volunteer for treatment and after the person is informed that they will be required to provide 48 hours notice prior to leaving the facility to which they are voluntarily admitted and will be prohibited from owning, possessing, or transporting a firearm. VCDL Comments This bill deals with involuntary mental-health commitment. Amongst other things, the bill allows a person to voluntarily admit himself or herself for treatment if a temporary detention order has been issued, but not yet served. Such person is to be notified that they will lose their right to own firearms. The bill needs to be changed to make such notification in writing.	01/11/10  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10101419D 01/11/10  House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions 01/20/10  House: Assigned HWI sub: #3 01/26/10  House: Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2011 by voice vote 01/28/10  House: Continued to 2011 in Health, Welfare and Institutions by voice vote
HB1210       Patron: G. Manoli Loupassi  -  all patrons Carrying concealed handguns; judges.  Allows a judge to carry a concealed handgun without a permit at all times. Currently, judges are authorized to carry a concealed handgun without a permit while in the discharge of their official duties. VCDL Comments This bill allows judges to be able to carry a concealed handgun without a permit wherever they may go. VCDL has no problem with good people like judges carrying a concealed handgun wherever they may go, but it gets tiresome that the government keeps giving special privileges such as this to its own, while restricting the very citizens it is supposed to be serving. Law-abiding citizens, too, should be able to carry a concealed handgun wherever we might go and not need a state-issued permission slip to do so.	01/13/10  House: Presented and ordered printed 10103067D 01/13/10  House: Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety 01/27/10  House: Assigned MPPS sub: #1 01/28/10  House: Subcommittee failed to recommend reporting (2-Y 3-N) 02/16/10  House: Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety
SB84       Patron: Janet D. Howell  -  all patrons Voluntary admission for mental health treatment.  Provides that a person may be voluntarily admitted to a facility for mental health treatment after issuance of a temporary detention order but before a hearing for involuntary commitment by the person's attending or consulting physician where the physician finds that the person is willing and able to volunteer for treatment and after the person is informed that they will be required to provide 48 hours notice prior to leaving the facility to which they are voluntarily admitted and will be prohibited from owning, possessing, or transporting a firearm. This bill also provides that a hearing for involuntary commitment shall be held no less than 24 hours but no more than 72 hours after execution of a temporary detention order. VCDL Comments This bill deals with involuntary mental-health commitment. Amongst other things, the bill allows a person to voluntarily admit himself or herself for treatment if a temporary detention order has been issued, but not yet served. Such person is to be notified that they will lose their right to own firearms. The bill needs to be changed to make such notification in writing.	01/05/10  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10100479D 01/05/10  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice 01/18/10  Senate: Assigned Courts sub: Mental Health 02/08/10  Senate: Continued to 2011 in Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N)
SB86       Patron: Janet D. Howell  -  all patrons Voluntary admission for mental health treatment prior to involuntary commitment hearing.  Provides that a person may be voluntarily admitted to a facility for mental health treatment after issuance of a temporary detention order but before a hearing for involuntary commitment by the person's attending or consulting physician where the physician finds that the person is will and able to volunteer for treatment and after the person is informed that they will be required to provide 48 hours notice prior to leaving the facility to which they are voluntarily admitted and will be prohibited from owning, possessing, or transporting a firearm. VCDL Comments This bill deals with involuntary mental-health commitment. Amongst other things, the bill allows a person to voluntarily admit himself or herself for treatment if a temporary detention order has been issued, but not yet served. Such person is to be notified that they will lose their right to own firearms. The bill needs to be changed to make such notification in writing.	01/05/10  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10101418D 01/05/10  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice 01/18/10  Senate: Assigned Courts sub: Mental Health 02/08/10  Senate: Continued to 2011 in Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N)