Status

Summary

Indoor shooting ranges; prohibited in buildings not owned or leased by the Commonwealth or federal government; exceptions; civil penalty. Prohibits the operation of an indoor shooting range, defined in the bill, in any building not owned or leased by the Commonwealth or federal government unless (i) fewer than 50 employees work in the building or (ii) (a) at least 90 percent of the users of the indoor shooting range are law-enforcement officers or federal law-enforcement officers, (b) the indoor shooting range maintains a log of each user's name, phone number, address, and the law-enforcement agency where such user is employed, and (c) the indoor shooting range verifies each user's identity and address by requiring all users to present a government-issued photo-identification card. The bill provides that any person that violates the provisions of this section is subject to a civil penalty of not less than $1,000 nor more than $100,000 for the initial violation and $5,000 per day for each day of violation thereafter.

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Title

Indoor shooting ranges; prohibited in buildings not owned or leased by the Commonwealth.

Sponsors

History

Date Chamber Action 2020-02-11 House Left in Public Safety 2020-01-06 House Referred to Committee on Public Safety 2020-01-06 House Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104806D

Code Citations

Chapter Article Section Citation Type Statute Text 18 2 511.2 (n/a) See Bill Text

Virginia State Sources

Type Source Summary https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB567&201+sum+HB567 Text http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB567+hil

Bill Comments