Virginia Senate Bill 1084 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Introduced on December 17 2018 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2019-01-16 - Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (11-Y 4-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Use of firearm in commission of crime; civil liability. Provides that a person may be held civilly liable for injury to the person or property of another or for wrongful death resulting from the use of a firearm in the commission of a crime if it can be shown by clear and convincing evidence that the firearm came into the possession of the person who committed the crime because of the failure of the civil defendant to reasonably secure the firearm from theft or unauthorized possession. The bill provides that a civil defendant exercising the ordinary standard of care for securing firearms will not be held civilly liable.

Firearms; use in commission of crime, civil liability for negligent gun storage.

Sen. Dave Marsden [D]

Sen. Adam Ebbin [D]

Sen. Jeremy McPike [D]

2019-01-16 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (11-Y 4-N) (Y: 11 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-16	Senate	Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (11-Y 4-N)
2018-12-17	Senate	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2018-12-17	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101669D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
8	01	44.8	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+SB1084
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+SB1084+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+S03V0072+SB1084