Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation HB1907
Legislation Overview
Title: School security officers; authorized to carry a firearm.
Subject: Crimes and Offenses Generally: Education: Weapons: Firearms
Description: School security officers; carrying a firearm. Authorizes a school security officer to carry a firearm in the performance of his duties if he (i) is a retired law-enforcement officer; (ii) was an active law-enforcement officer in the Commonwealth of Virginia within the 10 years immediately prior to being hired by the local school board; (iii) annually participates in the same firearms training and testing and meets the training and qualification standards to carry firearms as is required of an active law-enforcement officer in the Commonwealth; (iv) is granted the authority to carry a firearm in the performance of his duties by the local school board; and (v) is not otherwise prohibited by state or federal law from possessing a firearm.
Session: 2017 Regular Session
Last Action: Left in Education
Last Action Date: February 7, 2017
Sponsors
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1 sponsors: Steve Heretick (D);
Percentage of House of Delegates sponsoring bill: 1% (1 of 100)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Feb 7, 2017 | Left in Education |
| House | Jan 10, 2017 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102703D |
| House | Jan 10, 2017 | Referred to Committee on Education |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Prefiled | Jan 10, 2017 | state link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
There have not been any votes on this bill
Link: link to state bill page
