HB 599

            
2020 SESSION

20104853D

HOUSE BILL NO. 599


Offered January 8, 2020


Prefiled January 6, 2020

A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section 
 numbered 18.2-283.2, relating to carrying weapon 
 into building owned or leased by the Commonwealth; penalty.
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Patron-- Murphy

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Referred to Committee on Public Safety

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia: 
 
 
1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section 
 numbered 18.2-283.2 as follows:
 
 
� 18.2-283.2. Carrying 
 weapon into building owned or leased by 
 the Commonwealth; penalty.
 
 
A. It is unlawful for any 
 person to possess in or transport into any building (i) owned or 
 leased by the Commonwealth or any 
 agency thereof and (ii) where 
 employees of the Commonwealth or agency thereof are 
 regularly present for the purpose of performing their official duties, any (a) 
 firearm or other weapon designed or intended to propel a missile or projectile 
 of any kind; (b) frame, receiver, 
 muffler, silencer, missile, projectile, or 
 ammunition designed for use with a dangerous weapon; or 
 (c) other dangerous weapon, including explosives, stun weapons as defined in � 
 18.2-308.1, and those weapons specified in subsection A of � 18.2-308. A 
 violation of this section is punishable as a Class 3 
 misdemeanor. Any 
 person, upon a third or 
 subsequent violation of this section, 
 is guilty of a misdemeanor 
 and may be confined in 
 jail not more than 30 days and fined not more than $500, either or both. 
 Any weapon or item 
 possessed or transported in violation of this section shall be 
 subject to seizure by a law-enforcement officer and forfeited 
 to the Commonwealth and disposed of as provided in � 19.2-386.28.
 
 
B. The 
 provisions of this section shall not apply to any law-enforcement 
 officer as defined in � 9.1-101, conservator of the 
 peace, magistrate, court officer, judge, city or county treasurer, commissioner 
 or deputy commissioner of the Virginia Workers Compensation Commission, 
 authorized security personnel, or active military personnel while in the 
 conduct of such persons official duties.
 
 
C. Notice of the 
 provisions of this section shall be posted 
 conspicuously at each public entrance to each building owned or leased by the Commonwealth 
 or any agency thereof and no person shall be convicted of an offense under 
 subsection A if such notice is not so posted at such building, unless such 
 person had actual notice of subsection A.