Amy Laufer
- Democratic
- Delegate
- District 55
Primary
Firearm in unattended motor vehicle; civil penalty. Provides that no person shall leave, place, or store a handgun in an unattended motor vehicle, as defined in the bill, when such handgun is visible to any person who is outside such unattended motor vehicle. The bill provides that any person violating such prohibition is subject to a civil penalty of no more than $500 and that such unattended motor vehicle may be subject to removal for safekeeping.
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 2 of Chapter 12 of Title 46.2 a section numbered 46.2-1215.1, relating to firearm in unattended motor vehicle; civil penalty.
Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (14-Y 1-N)
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
Read third time and passed House (51-Y 45-N)
Read second time and engrossed
Read first time
Reported from Public Safety (13-Y 9-N)
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101585D
Referred to Committee on Public Safety
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