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Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation SB1368

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Legislation Overview

Title: SW Va. Higher Ed. Ctr. Bd. of Trustees; authority to permit campus officers to carry firearms.

Description: Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center Board of Trustees; authority to permit campus security officers to carry firearms in performance of official duties; conditions. Authorizes the Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center Board of Trustees to permit campus security personnel employed in its campus security department to carry firearms in the performance of their official duties, provided that such campus security personnel are considered armed security officers, as such term is defined in relevant law, and comply with all relevant statutory and regulatory requirements attendant to such designation, including registration and training.

Session: 2025 Regular Session

Last Action: Passed by for the day

Last Action Date: January 31, 2025

Sponsors

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1 sponsors: Todd Pillion (R);

Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 3% (1 of 40)

History
Chamber Date Action
Senate Jan 31, 2025 Rules suspended
Senate Jan 31, 2025 Passed by for the day
Senate Jan 31, 2025 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N)
Senate Jan 30, 2025 Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N)
Senate Jan 27, 2025 Assigned Education sub: Higher Education
Senate Jan 17, 2025 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1368)
Senate Jan 13, 2025 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25104756D
Senate Jan 13, 2025 Referred to Committee on Education and Health
Texts
Type Date State Link Text
Introduced Jan 13, 2025 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
01/30/2025 14 0 0 1 Yes
  • Aird, Lashrecse (D) Yea
  • Bagby, Lamont (D) Yea
  • Boysko, Jennifer (D) Yea
  • Durant, Tara (R) Yea
  • Favola, Barbara (D) Yea
  • Hashmi, Ghazala (D) Yea
  • Head, Chris (R) Yea
  • Locke, Mamie (D) Yea
  • Lucas, L. Louise (D) Yea
  • New Craig, Christie (R) Yea
  • Peake, Mark (R) Yea
  • Pekarsky, Stella (D) Yea
  • Pillion, Todd (R) Absent
  • Suetterlein, David (R) Yea
  • VanValkenburg, Schuyler (D) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
01/31/2025 39 0 0 1 Yes
  • Aird, Lashrecse (D) Yea
  • Bagby, Lamont (D) Yea
  • Boysko, Jennifer (D) Yea
  • Brankley Mulchi, Tammy (R) Yea
  • Brewer, Emily (R) Absent
  • Carroll Foy, Jennifer (D) Yea
  • Cifers, Luther (R) Yea
  • DeSteph, Bill (R) Yea
  • Deeds, R. Creigh (D) Yea
  • Diggs, J.D. (R) Yea
  • Durant, Tara (R) Yea
  • Ebbin, Adam (D) Yea
  • Favola, Barbara (D) Yea
  • French, Timmy (R) Yea
  • Hackworth, Travis (R) Yea
  • Hashmi, Ghazala (D) Yea
  • Head, Chris (R) Yea
  • Locke, Mamie (D) Yea
  • Lucas, L. Louise (D) Yea
  • Marsden, Dave (D) Yea
  • McDougle, Ryan (R) Yea
  • McPike, Jeremy (D) Yea
  • New Craig, Christie (R) Yea
  • Obenshain, Mark (R) Yea
  • Peake, Mark (R) Yea
  • Pekarsky, Stella (D) Yea
  • Perry, Russet (D) Yea
  • Pillion, Todd (R) Yea
  • Reeves, Bryce (R) Yea
  • Roem, Danica (D) Yea
  • Rouse, Aaron (D) Yea
  • Salim, Saddam (D) Yea
  • Srinivasan, Kannan (D) Yea
  • Stanley, William (R) Yea
  • Stuart, Richard (R) Yea
  • Sturtevant, Glen (R) Yea
  • Suetterlein, David (R) Yea
  • Surovell, Scott (D) Yea
  • VanValkenburg, Schuyler (D) Yea
  • Williams Graves, Angelia (D) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name

Link: link to state bill page

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