2025 Regular SessionVirginia Legislature

HB1622: Firearm in unattended motor vehicle; civil penalty.

Legislative Summary

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.

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Bill History

1/3/2025
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101585D
House of Delegates
1/3/2025
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25101585D
House of Delegates
1/3/2025
Referred to Committee on Public Safety
House of Delegates
1/24/2025
Reported from Public Safety (13-Y 9-N)
House of Delegates
1/28/2025
Read first time
House of Delegates
1/29/2025
Read second time and engrossed
House of Delegates
1/30/2025
Read third time and passed House (51-Y 45-N)
House of Delegates
1/31/2025
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
Senate
1/31/2025
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
Senate
2/10/2025
Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (14-Y 1-N)
Senate

Roll Call Votes

Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (14-Y 1-N)
2/10/2025
14
Yea
1
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
Read third time and passed House (51-Y 45-N)
1/30/2025
51
Yea
45
Nay
0
Not Voting
4
Absent
Result: PASSED
Reported from Public Safety (13-Y 9-N)
1/24/2025
13
Yea
9
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED

Status Information

Current Status
Engrossed(1/29/2025)
Chamber
Senate

Documents

Introduced
Bill Text1/3/20255.1 KB
Fiscal Note/Analysis
Fiscal Note/Analysis1/13/202599.7 KB