Virginia House Bill 1947 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 4 2019 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2019-02-18 - Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (10-Y 4-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Threats to bomb or damage; false information as to danger; private or public elementary or secondary school; penalty. Provides that for any person who (i) makes and communicates to another by any means any threat to bomb, burn, destroy, or in any manner damage a private or public elementary or secondary school or (ii) communicates to another, by any means, information, knowing the same to be false, as to the existence of any peril of bombing, burning, destruction, or damage to a private or public elementary or secondary school the punishment includes a term of confinement of at least six months, five days of which is a mandatory minimum. Under current law, a person who is 15 or older is guilty of a Class 5 felony and a person who is under 15 is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor for such violation.

Elementary or secondary school, private or public; threats to bomb/damage, false info as to danger.

Del. Jeffrey Campbell [R]

2019-02-18 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (10-Y 4-N) (Y: 10 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-05 - House - House: VOTE: PASSAGE (61-Y 38-N) (Y: 61 N: 38 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-01 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (11-Y 7-N) (Y: 11 N: 7 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-01-21 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (6-Y 2-N) (Y: 6 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-18	Senate	Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (10-Y 4-N)
2019-02-06	Senate	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2019-02-06	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2019-02-05	House	VOTE: PASSAGE (61-Y 38-N)
2019-02-05	House	Read third time and passed House (61-Y 38-N)
2019-02-04	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1947H1
2019-02-04	House	Amendment by Delegate Levine rejected
2019-02-04	House	Committee substitute agreed to 19106188D-H1
2019-02-04	House	Read second time
2019-02-03	House	Read first time
2019-02-01	House	Committee substitute printed 19106188D-H1
2019-02-01	House	Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (11-Y 7-N)
2019-01-21	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (6-Y 2-N)
2019-01-18	House	Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
2019-01-06	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2019-01-06	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103234D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	2	83	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB1947
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1947+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1947H1+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+H0801V0052+HB1947
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+H08V0119+HB1947
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+HV2462+HB1947
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+S03V0308+HB1947