Source: http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB1327
Timestamp: 2019-02-18 04:20:50
Document Index: 32050426

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 18', '§ 18', '§ 15', '§ 18', '§ 18', '§ 15', '§ 22', '§ 9']

18103983D
HOUSE BILL NO. 1327 Offered January 10, 2018 A BILL to amend and reenact § 18.2-308.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to pneumatic guns on school property; penalty. ---------- Patron-- Edmunds ---------- Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice ----------
1. That § 18.2-308.1 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
B. If any person knowingly possesses any firearm designed or intended to expel a projectile by action of an explosion of a combustible material or a pneumatic gun as defined in § 15.2-915.4 while such person is upon (i) any public, private or religious elementary, middle or high school, including buildings and grounds; (ii) that portion of any property open to the public and then exclusively used for school-sponsored functions or extracurricular activities while such functions or activities are taking place; or (iii) any school bus owned or operated by any such school, he is guilty of a Class 6 felony.
The exemptions set out in §§ 18.2-308 and 18.2-308.016 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the provisions of this section. The provisions of this section shall not apply to (i) persons who possess such weapon or weapons as a part of the school's curriculum or activities; (ii) a person possessing a knife customarily used for food preparation or service and using it for such purpose; (iii) persons who possess such weapon or weapons as a part of any program sponsored or facilitated by either the school or any organization authorized by the school to conduct its programs either on or off the school premises; (iv) any law-enforcement officer, or retired law-enforcement officer qualified pursuant to subsection C of § 18.2-308.016; (v) any person who possesses a knife or blade which he uses customarily in his trade; (vi) a person who possesses an unloaded firearm or pneumatic gun as defined in § 15.2-915.4 that is in a closed container, or a knife having a metal blade, in or upon a motor vehicle, or an unloaded shotgun or rifle in a firearms rack in or upon a motor vehicle; (vii) a person who has a valid concealed handgun permit and possesses a concealed handgun while in a motor vehicle in a parking lot, traffic circle, or other means of vehicular ingress or egress to the school; (viii) a school security officer authorized to carry a firearm pursuant to § 22.1-280.2:1; or (ix) an armed security officer, licensed pursuant to Article 4 (§ 9.1-138 et seq.) of Chapter 1 of Title 9.1, hired by a private or religious school for the protection of students and employees as authorized by such school. For the purposes of this paragraph, "weapon" includes a knife having a metal blade of three inches or longer and "closed container" includes a locked vehicle trunk.