Passed Virginia Firearm Legislation HB1909
Legislation Overview
Title: School board building or property, certain; establishment of gun-free zone permitted.
Subject: Education: Weapons: School Boards: Guns
Description: Certain school board property; establishment of gun-free zone permitted. Permits any school board to deem any non-school zone building or property that it owns or leases where employees of such school board are regularly present for the purpose of performing their official duties as a gun-free zone and prohibit any individual from knowingly possessing, purchasing, transferring, carrying, storing, or transporting firearms, ammunition, or components or combination thereof while such individual is upon such property, except certain individuals such as law-enforcement officers and qualified retired law-enforcement officers. Certain school board property; establishment of gun-free zone permitted. Permits any school board to deem any non-school zone building or property that it owns or leases where employees of such school board are regularly present for the purpose of performing their official duties as a gun-free zone and prohibit any individual from knowingly possessing, purchasing, transferring, carrying, storing, or transporting firearms, ammunition, or components or combination thereof while such individual is upon such property, except certain individuals such as law-enforcement officers and qualified retired law-enforcement officers.
Session: 2021 Special I
Last Action: Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0439)
Last Action Date: March 30, 2021
Sponsors
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7 sponsors: Suhas Subramanyam (D); Kathleen Murphy (D); Dan Helmer (D); Mark Levine (D); Alfonso Lopez (D); David Reid (D); Ibraheem Samirah (D);
Percentage of House of Delegates sponsoring bill: 7% (7 of 100)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Mar 30, 2021 | Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 439 (effective 7/1/21) | |
| Mar 30, 2021 | Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0439) | |
| House | Mar 15, 2021 | Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 15, 2021 |
| Mar 15, 2021 | Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021 | |
| House | Mar 11, 2021 | Signed by Speaker |
| House | Mar 9, 2021 | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1909ER) |
| Senate | Mar 9, 2021 | Signed by President |
| House | Mar 9, 2021 | Enrolled |
| Senate | Feb 27, 2021 | Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 17-N) |
| House | Feb 27, 2021 | VOTE: Agreed To (54-Y 45-N) |
| House | Feb 27, 2021 | Conference report agreed to by House (54-Y 45-N) |
| Feb 27, 2021 | Conference: Amended by conference committee | |
| House | Feb 25, 2021 | House acceded to request |
| Senate | Feb 25, 2021 | Senators: Hashmi, Lewis, McClellan |
| Senate | Feb 25, 2021 | Conferees appointed by Senate |
| House | Feb 25, 2021 | Delegates: Subramanyam, Hope, Coyner |
| House | Feb 25, 2021 | Conferees appointed by House |
| Senate | Feb 24, 2021 | Senate requested conference committee |
| Senate | Feb 24, 2021 | Senate insisted on amendments (35-Y 4-N) |
| House | Feb 23, 2021 | VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 95-N) |
| House | Feb 23, 2021 | Senate amendments rejected by House (0-Y 95-N) |
| House | Feb 23, 2021 | Placed on Calendar |
| Senate | Feb 22, 2021 | Passed Senate with amendments (21-Y 18-N) |
| Senate | Feb 22, 2021 | Read third time |
| Senate | Feb 22, 2021 | Reading of amendments waived |
| Senate | Feb 22, 2021 | Committee amendments agreed to |
| Senate | Feb 22, 2021 | Engrossed by Senate as amended |
| Senate | Feb 19, 2021 | Read second time |
| Senate | Feb 18, 2021 | Reported from Education and Health with amendments (9-Y 6-N) |
| Senate | Feb 10, 2021 | Assigned Education sub: Public Education |
| Senate | Feb 5, 2021 | Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) |
| Senate | Jan 28, 2021 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
| Senate | Jan 28, 2021 | Referred to Committee on Education and Health |
| House | Jan 27, 2021 | VOTE: Passage (55-Y 44-N) |
| House | Jan 27, 2021 | Read third time and passed House (55-Y 44-N) |
| House | Jan 26, 2021 | Read second time |
| House | Jan 26, 2021 | Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1909H1 |
| House | Jan 26, 2021 | Committee substitute agreed to 21103262D-H1 |
| House | Jan 25, 2021 | Read first time |
| House | Jan 22, 2021 | Committee substitute printed 21103262D-H1 |
| House | Jan 22, 2021 | Reported from Public Safety with substitute (14-Y 8-N) |
| House | Jan 19, 2021 | Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N) |
| House | Jan 12, 2021 | Assigned PS sub: Firearms |
| House | Jan 9, 2021 | Referred to Committee on Public Safety |
| House | Jan 9, 2021 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100496D |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Chaptered | Mar 30, 2021 | state link | bill text |
| Enrolled | Mar 9, 2021 | state link | bill text |
| Comm Sub | Jan 22, 2021 | state link | bill text |
| Prefiled | Jan 9, 2021 | state link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| Conference amendments | Conference amendments | Feb 27, 2021 | State Link | amendment text | No |
| Senate amendments engrossed | Senate amendments engrossed | Feb 22, 2021 | State Link | amendment text | No |
| Senate amendments | Senate amendments | Feb 18, 2021 | State Link | amendment text | No |
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
| Description | Vote Date | Yea Votes | Nay Votes | No Votes | Absent | Passed |
| House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N) | 01/19/2021 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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| House: Reported from Public Safety with substitute (14-Y 8-N) | 01/22/2021 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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| House: VOTE: Passage (55-Y 44-N) | 01/27/2021 | 55 | 44 | 0 | 1 | Yes |
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| Senate: Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) | 02/5/2021 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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| Senate: Reported from Education and Health with amendments (9-Y 6-N) | 02/18/2021 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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| Senate: Passed Senate with amendments (21-Y 18-N) | 02/22/2021 | 21 | 18 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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| House: VOTE: Adoption (0-Y 95-N) | 02/23/2021 | 0 | 95 | 0 | 5 | No |
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| Senate: Senate insisted on amendments (35-Y 4-N) | 02/24/2021 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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| Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 17-N) | 02/27/2021 | 21 | 17 | 0 | 1 | Yes |
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| House: VOTE: Agreed To (54-Y 45-N) | 02/27/2021 | 54 | 45 | 0 | 1 | Yes |
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Link: link to state bill page
