Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation HB2257
Legislation Overview
Title: School safety; employment of school security officers, criteria.
Description: School safety; employment of school security officers; criteria. Modifies the criteria that an individual employed as a school security officer, as defined by applicable law, must satisfy in order to carry a firearm in the performance of his duties by eliminating the requirement that within 10 years immediately prior to being hired, he was either an active law-enforcement officer, as defined by applicable law, in the Commonwealth or was employed by a law-enforcement agency of the United States or any state or political subdivision thereof. The bill instead requires any such individual to be age 75 or younger at the time he is hired to be a school security officer, in addition to the other requirements set forth in applicable law, in order to carry a firearm in the performance of his duties.
Session: 2025 Regular Session
Last Action: Assigned PS sub: Firearms
Last Action Date: January 28, 2025
Sponsors
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1 sponsors: Hillary Pugh Kent (R);
Percentage of House Of Delegates sponsoring bill: 1% (1 of 100)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Jan 28, 2025 | Assigned PS sub: Firearms |
| House | Jan 23, 2025 | Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) |
| House | Jan 21, 2025 | Assigned PS sub: Public Safety |
| House | Jan 9, 2025 | Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2257) |
| House | Jan 7, 2025 | Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25104322D |
| House | Jan 7, 2025 | Referred to Committee on Public Safety |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | Jan 7, 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 |
| Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) | 01/23/2025 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Yes |
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Link: link to state bill page
