HB 1583

  • Virginia House Bill
  • 2025 Regular Session
  • Introduced in House Jan 01, 2025
  • Passed House Feb 04, 2025
  • Senate
  • Governor

Threats to discharge a firearm within or at buildings or means of transportation; penalties.

Abstract

Threats to discharge a firearm within or at buildings or means of transportation; penalties. Provides that any person (i) who makes and communicates to another by any means any threat to bomb, burn, destroy, discharge a firearm within or at, or in any manner damage any place of assembly, building or other structure, or means of transportation or (ii) who communicates to another, by any means, information, knowing the same to be false, as to the existence of any peril of bombing, burning, destruction, discharging of a firearm within or at, or damage to any such place of assembly, building or other structure, or means of transportation is guilty of a Class 5 felony, provided, however, that if such person is under 18 years of age, he is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. Under current law, any person 15 years of age or older (i) who makes and communicates to another by any means any threat to bomb, burn, destroy, or in any manner damage any place of assembly, building or other structure, or means of transportation or (ii) who communicates to another, by any means, information, knowing the same to be false, as to the existence of any peril of bombing, burning, destruction, or damage to any such place of assembly, building or other structure, or means of transportation is guilty of a Class 5 felony. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Criminal Justice Conference.

A BILL to amend and reenact ยง 18.2-83 of the Code of Virginia, relating to threats to discharge a firearm within or at buildings or means of transportation; penalties.

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Feb 05, 2025

Senate

Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice

Senate

Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)

Feb 04, 2025

House

Passed House (99-Y 0-N)

House

Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House

House

Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N)

Feb 03, 2025

House

Read second time and engrossed

Feb 02, 2025

House

Read first time

Jan 31, 2025

House

Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N)

House

Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)

Jan 29, 2025

House

Assigned Courts sub: Criminal

Jan 09, 2025

House

Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1583)

Jan 01, 2025

House

Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25103755D

House

Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice

Bill Text

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