Virginia House Bill 1096 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: Introduced on January 12 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-02-15 - Left in Public Safety
Pending: House Public Safety Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Law-enforcement officers; retired law-enforcement officers; carrying a firearm or explosive material within Capitol Square and the surrounding area. Exempts any law-enforcement officer from the prohibition on carrying a firearm or explosive material within the Capitol of Virginia and Capitol Square and the surrounding area. The bill further allows any law-enforcement officer or qualified retired law-enforcement officer to carry a firearm or explosive material within any building owned or leased by the Commonwealth or any agency thereof, or any office where employees of the Commonwealth or agency thereof are regularly present to perform their official duties. Under current law, a law-enforcement officer is exempted only while acting in the conduct of his official duties, and a retired law-enforcement officer is limited to carrying a firearm while visiting a gun range owned or leased by the Commonwealth. The bill also clarifies that "Capitol Square and the surrounding area" as defined in current law does not include any public road or highway.

Law-enforcement officers; exemption from prohibition on carrying firearms, etc., in Capitol Square.

Del. Jason Ballard [R]	Del. John Avoli [R]	Del. Ronnie Campbell [R]	Del. AC Cordoza [R]
Del. Wren Williams [R]	Del. Scott Wyatt [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-02-15	House	Left in Public Safety
2022-01-12	House	Referred to Committee on Public Safety
2022-01-12	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101445D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	2	283.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB1096
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB1096+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+oth+HB1096F122+PDF