Virginia House Bill 2081 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: Passed on March 31 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-03-31 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0459)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Polling places; prohibited activities; unlawful possession of a firearm; penalty. Prohibits any person from knowingly possessing a firearm within 40 feet of any building, or part thereof, used as a polling place, including one hour before and one hour after its use as a polling place, except for (i) a qualified law-enforcement officer or retired law-enforcement officer, (ii) any person occupying his own private property that falls within 40 feet of the polling place, or (iii) a licensed armed security officer whose employment or performance of his duties occurs within 40 feet of the polling place. The bill further provides that no person shall knowingly possess a firearm within 40 feet of a meeting place for the local electoral board while the electoral board meets to ascertain the results of an election or any place used as the setting for a recount. A violation of the provisions of the bill is a Class 1 misdemeanor.

Polling places; prohibited activities, unlawful possession of a firearm, penalty.

Del. Mark Levine [D]	Del. Betsy Carr [D]	Del. Eileen Filler-Corn [D]	Del. Kaye Kory [D]
Del. Kathleen Murphy [D]	Del. Marcia Price [D]

2021-02-18 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (21-Y 18-N) (Y: 21 N: 18 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-16 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2021-02-15 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Judiciary (8-Y 6-N) (Y: 8 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-05 - Senate - Senate: Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Judiciary (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-01-25 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (53-Y 47-N) (Y: 53 N: 47 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-01-20 - House - House: Reported from Privileges and Elections (13-Y 9-N) (Y: 13 N: 9 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-03-31		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0459)
2021-03-31		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 459 (effective 7/1/21)
2021-02-25		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
2021-02-25	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 25, 2021
2021-02-24	House	Signed by Speaker
2021-02-22	Senate	Signed by President
2021-02-22	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2081ER)
2021-02-22	House	Enrolled
2021-02-18	Senate	Passed Senate (21-Y 18-N)
2021-02-18	Senate	Read third time
2021-02-17	Senate	Passed by for the day
2021-02-17	Senate	Read third time
2021-02-16	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
2021-02-15	Senate	Reported from Judiciary (8-Y 6-N)
2021-02-05	Senate	Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Judiciary (14-Y 0-N)
2021-01-26	Senate	Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
2021-01-26	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2021-01-25	House	VOTE: Passage (53-Y 47-N)
2021-01-25	House	Read third time and passed House (53-Y 47-N)
2021-01-22	House	Read second time and engrossed
2021-01-21	House	Read first time
2021-01-20	House	Reported from Privileges and Elections (13-Y 9-N)
2021-01-12	House	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2021-01-12	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102618D

HB2081 (Carry Over) 2021-02-05 - Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Judiciary (14-Y 0-N)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
24	2	604	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	671	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	802.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB2081
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2081+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2081ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0459+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+oth+HB2081F122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+oth+HB2081FER122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+H18C0015+HB2081
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+HC1051+HB2081
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+S03C0129+HB2081
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+S03V0037+HB2081
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+SV0071HB2081+HB2081
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+SV0151HB2081+HB2081