Virginia Senate Bill 61 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: Introduced on January 3 2022 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2022-01-26 - Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary (9-Y 6-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Firearms; concealed carry for law-enforcement officers, attorneys for the Commonwealth, and judges; exceptions to certain prohibited activities. Provides that any (i) active law-enforcement officer, (ii) qualified retired law-enforcement officer, (iii) attorney for the Commonwealth or assistant attorney for the Commonwealth, (iv) qualified retired attorney for the Commonwealth or retired assistant attorney for the Commonwealth, (v) judge or justice of the Commonwealth, or (vi) retired judge or retired justice of the Commonwealth may carry a concealed weapon about his person, hidden from common observation. The bill also permits such law-enforcement officers, retired law-enforcement officers, attorneys for the Commonwealth or assistant attorneys for the Commonwealth, qualified retired attorneys for the Commonwealth or retired assistant attorneys for the Commonwealth, judges or justices of the Commonwealth, and retired judges or justices of the Commonwealth to carry a firearm in many of the areas where firearms are prohibited from being carried.

Firearms; concealed carry for law-enforcement officers, attorneys for the Commonwealth, etc.

Sen. Travis Hackworth [R]

Sen. Bill DeSteph [R]

Sen. Mark Obenshain [R]

2022-01-26 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary (9-Y 6-N) (Y: 9 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-01-26	Senate	Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary (9-Y 6-N)
2022-01-26	Senate	Incorporates SB763 (Obenshain)
2022-01-26	Senate	Committee substitute printed to LIS only 22105297D-S1
2022-01-03	Senate	Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
2022-01-03	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102035D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
15	2	915	(n/a)	See Bill Text
15	2	915.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	283.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	287.01	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	287.4	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	308	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	308.016	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	604	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB61
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB61+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB61S1+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+oth+SB61F122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+S03V0071+SB0061