Virginia 2017 Regular Session Status: Enacted

HB 1853 — Victims of domestic violence, etc.; firearms safety or training course.

Last action — House sustained Governor's veto (65-Y 34-N)

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed House of Delegates
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 10, 2017. Enacted.

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Advancing 56% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 2 sponsors

    1 primary, 1 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Mixed recorded votes

    11 passed, 2 failed in recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Creates the Virginia Firearms Safety and Training for Sexual and Domestic Violence Victims Fund. The bill provides that the Department of Criminal Justice Services may distribute funds from the Fund to reimburse an entity that offers a firearms safety or training course or class approved by the Department free of charge to victims of domestic violence, sexual abuse, stalking, or family abuse. The Department would not be permitted to issue reimbursements in excess of the amount available in the Fund. The bill also requires that, upon the issuance of a protective order, the petitioner for the order be provided with a list of such approved courses or classes. This bill is identical to

Bill Text

Action History

  1. House sustained Governor's veto (65-Y 34-N)

  2. Placed on Calendar

  3. Vetoed by Governor

  4. Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017

  5. Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 3/13/17

  6. Signed by President

  7. Signed by Speaker

  8. Enrolled

  9. Senate amendments ruled not germane

  10. Senate substitute rejected by House 17105306D-S1 (0-Y 95-N)

  11. Placed on Calendar

  12. Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendments HB1853S1

  13. Amendments #'s 1,3,5,7,9,11 by Senator Wexton agreed to

  14. Passed by temporarily

  15. Reading of amendments waived

  16. Read third time

  17. Passed by for the day

  18. Committee substitute agreed to 17105306D-S1

  19. Reading of substitute waived

  20. Read third time

  21. Rereferred to Finance

  22. Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice

  23. Constitutional reading dispensed

  24. Read third time and passed House (66-Y 28-N)

  25. Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1853H1

  26. Committee substitute agreed to 17104674D-H1

  27. Read second time

  28. Read first time

  29. Assigned App. sub: Public Safety

  30. Referred to Committee on Appropriations

  31. Assigned MPPS sub: #1

  32. Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety

  33. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102577D

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 146 not signed on · 62 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (1)

  • Rick L. Morris

Not signed on (146)

146 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Passed 65 Yea · 34 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 653400
Total 653400
% of votes cast 66%34%0%0%
How each member voted (99)
Member Party Vote
Albo — Yea
Collins — Yea
Ingram — Yea
Landes — Yea
LeMunyon — Yea
Villanueva — Yea
Adams — Yea
Bell, Richard P. — Yea
Cline — Yea
Dudenhefer — Yea
Farrell — Yea
Greason — Yea
Habeeb — Yea
Jones — Yea
Miller — Yea
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Helsel — Yea
Hester — Nay
Holcomb — Yea
Hugo — Yea
James — Nay
Lindsey — Nay
Lingamfelter — Yea
Loupassi — Yea
Massie — Yea
Minchew — Yea
Morris — Yea
O'Bannon — Yea
Peace — Yea
Pogge — Yea
Stolle — Yea
Toscano — Nay
Yancey — Yea
Yost — Yea
Aird, Lashrecse D. — Nay
Alfonso H. Lopez — Nay
Bell, John J. — Nay
Bell, Robert B. — Yea
Betsy B. Carr — Nay
Bourne, Jeffrey M. — Nay
Bulova, David L. — Nay
Byron, Kathy J. — Yea
C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. — Nay
Campbell, Jeffrey L. — Yea
Charniele L. Herring — Nay
Christopher T. Head — Yea
Cox, M. Kirkland — Yea
Davis, Glenn R. — Yea
Delores L. McQuinn — Nay
Edmunds, James E., II — Yea
Fariss, C. Matthew — Yea
Filler-Corn, Eileen — Nay
Fowler, Hyland F."Buddy," Jr. — Yea
Freitas, Nicholas J. — Yea
Gilbert, C. Todd — Yea
Heretick, Steve E. — Nay
Israel D. O'Quinn — Yea
James A. "Jay" Leftwich — Yea
James W. Morefield — Yea
Jeion A. Ward — Nay
Jennifer B. Boysko — Nay
Jessica L. Anderson — Yea
Keam, Mark L. — Nay
Knight, Barry D. — Yea
Kory, Kaye — Nay
LaRock, Dave A. — Yea
Lamont Bagby — Nay
Levine, Mark H. — Nay
Luke E. Torian — Nay
M. Keith Hodges — Yea
Marcia S. "Cia" Price — Nay
Marcus B. Simon — Nay
Marshall, Daniel W., III — Yea
Marshall, Daniel W., III — Yea
Michael J. Webert — Yea
Miyares, Jason S. — Yea
Mullin, Michael P. — Nay
Murphy, Kathleen — Nay
Orrock, Robert D., Sr. — Yea
Patrick A. Hope — Nay
Paul E. Krizek — Nay
Plum, Kenneth R. — Nay
Poindexter, Charles D. — Yea
R. Lee Ware — Yea
Ransone, Margaret B. — Yea
Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. — Nay
Robert S. Bloxom, Jr. — Yea
Robinson, Roxann L. — Yea
Rush, Nick — Yea
Sam Rasoul — Nay
Sickles, Mark D. — Nay
Terry G. Kilgore — Yea
Terry L. Austin — Yea
Thomas A. Garrett, Jr. — Yea
Thomas C. Wright, Jr. — Yea
Todd E. Pillion — Yea
Tony O. Wilt — Yea
Tyler, Roslyn C. — Nay
Vivian E. Watts — Nay

Official roll call →

Failed 0 Yea · 95 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 09500
Total 09500
% of votes cast 0%100%0%0%
How each member voted (95)
Member Party Vote
Albo — Nay
Habeeb — Nay
Landes — Nay
LeMunyon — Nay
Villanueva — Nay
Yost — Nay
Adams — Nay
Bell, Richard P. — Nay
Cline — Nay
Dudenhefer — Nay
Farrell — Nay
Greason — Nay
Helsel — Nay
Hester — Nay
Holcomb — Nay
Hugo — Nay
Jones — Nay
Miller — Nay
Mr. Speaker — Nay
Ingram — Nay
James — Nay
Lindsey — Nay
Lingamfelter — Nay
Loupassi — Nay
Massie — Nay
Minchew — Nay
O'Bannon — Nay
Peace — Nay
Pogge — Nay
Stolle — Nay
Toscano — Nay
Yancey — Nay
Aird, Lashrecse D. — Nay
Alfonso H. Lopez — Nay
Bell, John J. — Nay
Bell, Robert B. — Nay
Betsy B. Carr — Nay
Bourne, Jeffrey M. — Nay
Bulova, David L. — Nay
Byron, Kathy J. — Nay
C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. — Nay
Campbell, Jeffrey L. — Nay
Charniele L. Herring — Nay
Cole, Mark L. — Nay
Cox, M. Kirkland — Nay
Davis, Glenn R. — Nay
Delores L. McQuinn — Nay
Edmunds, James E., II — Nay
Fariss, C. Matthew — Nay
Filler-Corn, Eileen — Nay
Fowler, Hyland F."Buddy," Jr. — Nay
Freitas, Nicholas J. — Nay
Gilbert, C. Todd — Nay
Heretick, Steve E. — Nay
Israel D. O'Quinn — Nay
James A. "Jay" Leftwich — Nay
James W. Morefield — Nay
Jeion A. Ward — Nay
Jennifer B. Boysko — Nay
Jessica L. Anderson — Nay
Keam, Mark L. — Nay
Knight, Barry D. — Nay
Kory, Kaye — Nay
LaRock, Dave A. — Nay
Lamont Bagby — Nay
Levine, Mark H. — Nay
Luke E. Torian — Nay
M. Keith Hodges — Nay
Marcia S. "Cia" Price — Nay
Marcus B. Simon — Nay
Marshall, Daniel W., III — Nay
Marshall, Daniel W., III — Nay
Michael J. Webert — Nay
Miyares, Jason S. — Nay
Mullin, Michael P. — Nay
Murphy, Kathleen — Nay
Orrock, Robert D., Sr. — Nay
Patrick A. Hope — Nay
Paul E. Krizek — Nay
Plum, Kenneth R. — Nay
Poindexter, Charles D. — Nay
R. Lee Ware — Nay
Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. — Nay
Robert S. Bloxom, Jr. — Nay
Robinson, Roxann L. — Nay
Rush, Nick — Nay
Sam Rasoul — Nay
Sickles, Mark D. — Nay
Terry G. Kilgore — Nay
Terry L. Austin — Nay
Thomas A. Garrett, Jr. — Nay
Todd E. Pillion — Nay
Tony O. Wilt — Nay
Tyler, Roslyn C. — Nay
Vivian E. Watts — Nay

Official roll call →

Passed 66 Yea · 28 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 662800
Total 662800
% of votes cast 70%30%0%0%
How each member voted (94)
Member Party Vote
Albo — Yea
Cole — Nay
Fariss — Yea
Habeeb — Yea
Heretick — Yea
Ingram — Yea
James — Nay
Keam — Nay
Kory — Nay
Landes — Yea
LeMunyon — Yea
Levine — Nay
Orrock — Yea
Pogge — Yea
Poindexter — Yea
Villanueva — Yea
Bell, Richard P. — Yea
Bell, Robert B. — Yea
Cox — Yea
Jones — Yea
Marshall, D.W. — Yea
Marshall, R.G. — Yea
Miller — Yea
Bulova — Yea
Byron — Yea
Campbell — Yea
Cline — Yea
Dudenhefer — Yea
Edmunds — Yea
Farrell — Yea
Gilbert — Yea
Helsel — Yea
Holcomb — Yea
Hugo — Yea
LaRock — Yea
Lingamfelter — Yea
Loupassi — Yea
Massie — Yea
Minchew — Yea
Miyares — Yea
Morris — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Murphy — Yea
O'Bannon — Yea
Peace — Yea
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Bell, John J. — Nay
Filler-Corn — Nay
Hester — Nay
Lindsey — Nay
Plum — Nay
Ransone — Yea
Robinson — Yea
Rush — Yea
Stolle — Yea
Toscano — Nay
Tyler — Nay
Yancey — Yea
Yost — Yea
Alfonso H. Lopez — Nay
Barry D. Knight — Yea
Betsy B. Carr — Nay
C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. — Yea
Charniele L. Herring — Nay
Christopher T. Head — Yea
Delores L. McQuinn — Nay
Israel D. O'Quinn — Yea
James A. "Jay" Leftwich — Yea
Jeion A. Ward — Nay
Jennifer B. Boysko — Nay
Jessica L. Anderson — Yea
Kimberly Pope Adams — Yea
Lamont Bagby — Nay
Lashrecse D. Aird — Yea
Luke E. Torian — Nay
M. Keith Hodges — Yea
Marcia S. "Cia" Price — Nay
Marcus B. Simon — Nay
Mark D. Sickles — Nay
Michael J. Webert — Yea
Patrick A. Hope — Nay
Paul E. Krizek — Nay
R. Lee Ware — Yea
Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. — Nay
Robert S. Bloxom, Jr. — Yea
Sam Rasoul — Nay
Terry G. Kilgore — Yea
Terry L. Austin — Yea
Thomas A. Garrett, Jr. — Yea
Thomas C. Wright, Jr. — Yea
Todd E. Pillion — Yea
Tony O. Wilt — Yea
Vivian E. Watts — Nay
Will Davis — Yea

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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 1853 do?
Creates the Virginia Firearms Safety and Training for Sexual and Domestic Violence Victims Fund. The bill provides that the Department of Criminal Justice Services may distribute funds from the Fund to reimburse an entity that offers a firearms safety or training course or class approved by the Department free of charge to victims of domestic violence, sexual abuse, stalking, or family abuse. The Department would not be permitted to issue reimbursements in excess of the amount available in the Fund. The bill also requires that, upon the issuance of a protective order, the petitioner for the order be provided with a list of such approved courses or classes. This bill is identical to
Who sponsors HB 1853?
HB 1853 is sponsored by Rick L. Morris and Gilbert, C. Todd.
What is the current status of HB 1853?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 10, 2017. Enacted.
Where can I track HB 1853?
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