Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation SB755
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: Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (9-Y 6-N)
Last Action Date: January 23, 2025
Sponsors
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1 sponsors: Tammy Brankley Mulchi (R);
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 3% (1 of 40)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Jan 23, 2025 | Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (9-Y 6-N) |
| Senate | Jan 16, 2025 | Assigned Education sub: Public Education |
| Senate | Jan 9, 2025 | Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB755) |
| Senate | Dec 10, 2024 | Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101399D |
| Senate | Dec 10, 2024 | Referred to Committee on Education and Health |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | Dec 10, 2024 | 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 |
| Passed by indefinitely in Education and Health (9-Y 6-N) | 01/23/2025 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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Link: link to state bill page
