Bill Text: VA SB515 | 2024 | Regular Session | Conference Sub
Bill Title: Weapons; carrying into hospital that provides mental health services.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Enrolled) 2024-04-17 - Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., May 17, 2024 [SB515 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2024-SB515-Conference_Sub.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 18.2-283.3 as follows:
§18.2-283.3. Transfer of certain weapons in a hospital that provides mental health services to certain patients prohibited.
A. As used in this section:
"Hospital" means a public or private institution licensed pursuant to Chapter 5 (§32.1-123 et seq.) of Title 32.1 or Article 2 (§37.2-403 et seq.) of Chapter 4 of Title 37.2.
"Mental health services" means the same as that term is defined in §37.2-100.
B. It is unlawful for any person in a hospital that provides mental health services in the Commonwealth, including an emergency department or other facility rendering emergency medical care, to willfully transfer to, attempt to transfer to, or cause to be received by any patient receiving mental health services any (i) firearm or other weapon designed or intended to propel a missile or projectile of any kind; (ii) knife, except a pocket knife having a folding metal blade of less than three inches; or (iii) other dangerous weapon, including explosives and stun weapons as defined in § 18.2-308.1.
