Passed Virginia Firearm Legislation SB88
Legislation Overview
Title: Discharging firearm; penalty.
Description: Discharging firearm; penalty. Imposes a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment of three years for violations of (i) maliciously discharging a firearm within or at an occupied building or dwelling house; (ii) willfully discharging a firearm within or at any school building, upon the buildings or grounds of any school, or upon any public property within 1,000 feet of the property line of a school; and (iii) intentionally discharging a firearm while in or on a motor vehicle so as to create risk of death or injury to another person. The bill also imposes a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment of one year for violations of (a) unlawfully, but not maliciously, discharging a firearm within or at an occupied building or dwelling house and (b) willfully discharging a firearm in a public place when such discharge results in bodily injury to another person. The bill imposes a mandatory minimum term of confinement in jail of 90 days for violations of willfully discharging a firearm in a public place when such discharge does not result in bodily injury to another person.
Session: 2020 Regular Session
Last Action: Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary (9-Y 6-N)
Last Action Date: January 22, 2020
Sponsors
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2 sponsors: Bill DeSteph (R); Amanda Chase (R);
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 5% (2 of 40)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Jan 22, 2020 | Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary (9-Y 6-N) |
| Senate | Jan 8, 2020 | Moved from Courts of Justice to Judiciary due to a change of the committee name |
| Senate | Nov 27, 2019 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101274D |
| Senate | Nov 27, 2019 | Referred to Committee on the Judiciary |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Chaptered | Apr 6, 2020 | state link | bill text |
| Prefiled | Nov 27, 2019 | 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
| Description | Vote Date | Yea Votes | Nay Votes | No Votes | Absent | Passed |
| Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary (9-Y 6-N) | 01/22/2020 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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Link: link to state bill page
