School board building or property, certain; establishment of gun-free zone permitted.
Summary
Certain school board property; establishment of gun-free zone permitted. Permits any school board to deem any non-school zone property that it owns or leases 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.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2021
Committee Review
Feb 2021
House of Delegates Passage
Jan 2021
Senate Passage
Feb 2021
Signed into Law
Mar 2021
Introduced Jan 9, 2021
Signed Mar 30, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Feb 24, 2021 · House of Delegates Jan 27, 2021
How they voted
29–4
Passed
Total votes 33
Feb 24, 2021
D
Democratic17
100% Yea
R
Republican16
75% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
46
Key actions
15
Committee
15
Amendments
3
Mar 30, 2021
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 439 (effective 7/1/21)
executive
Feb 27, 2021
Lower · Passed
Conference report agreed to by House (54-Y 45-N)
lower
Feb 27, 2021
Upper · Passed
Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 17-N)
upper
Feb 27, 2021
Legislature · Passed
Amended by conference committee
legislature
Feb 24, 2021
Upper · Passed
Senate requested conference committee
upper
Feb 24, 2021
Introduced
Senate insisted on amendments (35-Y 4-N)
upper
Feb 24, 2021
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (29-4)
senate
Feb 22, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate with amendments (21-Y 18-N)
upper
Feb 22, 2021
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended
upper
Feb 22, 2021
Upper · Passed
Committee amendments agreed to
upper
Feb 22, 2021
Introduced
Reading of amendments waived
upper
Feb 18, 2021
Upper · Passed
Reported from Education and Health with amendments (9-Y 6-N)
upper
Feb 10, 2021
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Public Education
upper
Jan 28, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Jan 27, 2021
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (55-Y 44-N)
lower
Jan 26, 2021
Lower · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1909H1
lower
Jan 26, 2021
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 21103262D-H1
lower
Jan 22, 2021
Lower · Passed
Reported from Public Safety with substitute (14-Y 8-N)
lower
Jan 20, 2021
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Jan 19, 2021
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N)
lower
Jan 12, 2021
Committee
Assigned PS sub: Firearms
lower
Jan 9, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on Public Safety
lower
Jan 9, 2021
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100496D
lower
1 primary · 8 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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