Relating To Firearms. [HB-427]
Amends the requirements for licenses to carry firearms concealed or unconcealed. Requires possession and display of a valid license when publicly carrying firearms.
HB-427: Relating To Firearms.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gregg Takayama
Referred To Jha, Fin, Referral Sheet 1 on 01/25/2023
Relating To Firearms. [HB-425]
Requires any person carrying an unloaded firearm in a motor vehicle to locate the firearm so as not to be readily or directly accessible from the passenger compartment of the vehicle or, if the firearm is being carried in a motor vehicle that does not have a compartment separate from the passenger compartment, to keep the firearm in an enclosed container that is locked, other than the glove compartment or console, and not in plain view.
HB-425: Relating To Firearms.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gregg Takayama
Referred To Jha, Referral Sheet 1 on 01/25/2023
Relating To The Public Carrying Of Firearms. [SB-621]
Provides that Hawaii is a "constitutional carry" state. Repeals the licensing procedure set forth in section 134-9, HRS, under which county police chiefs have the discretion to decide whether an applicant may receive a license to carry, concealed or unconcealed, a pistol or revolver and ammunition therefor. Authorizes a person who is a United States citizen aged 21 or older to carry, concealed or unconcealed, a firearm and ammunition therefor without any requirement to demonstrate a special need for self-defense, provided that certain other conditions
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SB-621: Relating To The Public Carrying Of Firearms.
Sponsored by: Sen. Kurt Fevella
Referred To Psm, Jdc. on 01/25/2023
Relating To Firearms. [HB-429]
Requires individuals to complete a firearms skills assessment, safety course, and education course prior to being granted a license to carry a pistol or revolver.
HB-429: Relating To Firearms.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gregg Takayama
Referred To Jha, Referral Sheet 1 on 01/25/2023
Relating To Firearms. [HB-428]
Prohibits the public carry of firearms in sensitive places and upon private business establishment or charitable establishment premises, except under certain circumstances.
HB-428: Relating To Firearms.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gregg Takayama
Referred To Jha, Referral Sheet 1 on 01/25/2023
Enhanced earned sentence credits; certain firearm-related offenses, etc. [SB-1542]
Enhanced earned sentence credits; exemptions; certain firearm-related offenses; felony conviction during confinement. Removes any person convicted of certain felony offenses involving a firearm from eligibility for enhanced earned sentence credits and reduces enhanced earned sentence credit to zero for a person who receives a felony conviction for an offense that occurred while a prisoner in a local, state, or community correctional facility or in the custody of an employee thereof. Enhanced earned sentence credits; exemptions; certain firearm-related
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SB-1542: Enhanced earned sentence credits; certain firearm-related offenses, etc.
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Stuart
Passed By Indefinitely In Judiciary (9-y 4-n) on 02/01/2023
Relating To Firearms. [HB-430]
Prohibits concealed firearms in certain sensitive locations. Requires the department of the attorney general to publish an annual report on licenses to carry. Amends requirements for firearm permitting and licenses to carry firearms. Effective 7/1/2050.
HB-430: Relating To Firearms.
Sponsored by: Rep. Gregg Takayama
Referred To Jha, Referral Sheet 1 on 01/25/2023
Firearms; purchase, special identification without a photograph issued by DMV. [HB-2467]
Purchase of firearms; special identification without a photograph. Provides that to establish personal identification and residence in Virginia for the purposes of purchasing a firearm, a prospective purchaser may present a special identification card without a photograph issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles to a person with a sincerely held religious belief prohibiting the taking of a photograph.
HB-2467: Firearms; purchase, special identification without a photograph issued by DMV.
Sponsored by: Rep. Chris Runion
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0464) on 03/24/2023
State agencies; control of firearms, rights of employees. [HB-2460]
Control of firearms by state agencies; rights of employees. Prohibits state agencies other than the Department of Corrections, Department of Juvenile Justice, and Virginia Port Authority and public institutions of higher education from adopting any regulation or workplace rule preventing officers or employees of such agencies from storing a lawfully possessed firearm and ammunition in a locked private motor vehicle at their workplace unless the adoption of the regulation is expressly authorized by statute. The bill also provides that any such regulation
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HB-2460: State agencies; control of firearms, rights of employees.
Sponsored by: Rep. C. Matthew Fariss
Passed By Indefinitely In Judiciary (9-y 6-n) on 02/20/2023
Relating To Firearms. [SB-416]
Amends the requirements for licenses to carry firearms concealed or unconcealed. Requires possession and display of a valid license when publicly carrying firearms.
SB-416: Relating To Firearms.
Sponsored by: Sen. Karl Rhoads
Referred To Psm, Jdc. on 01/25/2023
Firearm or explosive material; carrying within Capitol Square and the surrounding area, exceptions. [SB-1492]
Carrying a firearm or explosive material within Capitol Square and the surrounding area; exceptions for State Police officers. Adds an exception for off-duty State Police officers and retired State Police officers to the prohibition on carrying a firearm within Capitol Square and the surrounding area, any building owned or leased by the Commonwealth or any agency thereof, or any office where employees of the Commonwealth or any agency thereof are regularly present for the purpose of performing their official duties. Carrying a firearm or explosive
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SB-1492: Firearm or explosive material; carrying within Capitol Square and the surrounding area, exceptions.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bill DeSteph
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0810) on 05/12/2023
Firearm/explosive material; carrying w/in Capitol Sq., etc., may result in periods of imprisonments. [SB-1484]
Carrying a firearm or explosive material within Capitol Square or building owned or leased by the Commonwealth; exemptions; public institutions of higher education. Limits the exemption from the prohibition on the carrying of any firearm or explosive material within any building owned or leased by the Commonwealth or agency thereof or any office where employees of the Commonwealth or any agency thereof are regularly present for the purpose of performing their official duties that currently applies to any property owned or operated by a public institution
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SB-1484: Firearm/explosive material; carrying w/in Capitol Sq., etc., may result in periods of imprisonments.
Sponsored by: Sen. Emmett Hanger
Left In Public Safety on 02/22/2023
Firearms; removal from persons posing substantial risk, penalties. [SB-1488]
Firearms; removal from persons posing substantial risk; penalties. Repeals the procedure by which any attorney for the Commonwealth or law-enforcement officer may apply to a general district court, circuit court, or juvenile and domestic relations district court judge or magistrate for an emergency substantial risk order to prohibit a person who poses a substantial risk of injury to himself or others from purchasing, possessing, or transporting a firearm. The bill also removes the substantial risk order registry for the entry of orders issued.
SB-1488: Firearms; removal from persons posing substantial risk, penalties.
Sponsored by: Sen. Amanda Chase
Passed By Indefinitely In Judiciary (10-y 5-n) on 01/30/2023