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A good day in Virginia

Virginia Civil Defense League is reporting that today:

The following bills passed the Senate:

SB 334, Senator Hanger, restaurant ban repeal - 22 to 18

SB 408, Senator Vogel, non-CHP holder can have their loaded handgun in a locked compartment of container in a private vehicle or boat - 24 to 16

SB 3, Senator Smith, clarifies that a CHP can be renewed through the mail - 29 to 11

SB 533, Senator McDougle, clarifies that a new CHP applicant that is denied has the right to a hearing - 32 to 8

And the following bills passed the House of Delegates:

HB 49, Delegate Lingamfelter, repeals One Handgun a Month - 61 to 37

HB 854, Delegate Morefield, castle doctrine - 75 to 24

HB 52, Delegate Cole, makes it a $25 civil fine for not carrying a CHP while carrying concealed - 99 to 0

HB 26, Delegate Wright, limits what information must be supplied by a CHP applicant - 99 to 0

HB 1217, Delegate Lewis, lets school boards offer firearms safety classes - 99 to 0

HB 8, Delegate Carrico, clarifies that a CHP can be renewed through the mail - 75 to 24

HB 69, Delegate Carrico, Virginia Firearms Freedom, protection on guns made and sold in Virginia) - 70 to 29

HB 79, Delegate Ware, prohibits circuit courts from releasing CHP application information to the public - 87 to 10

HB 108, Delegate Cole, requires guns that localities get in a buy-up must be auctioned if possible - 75 to 24

HB 109, Delegate Cole, repeals law that allows localities to tax and register handguns - 80 to 18

HB 171, Delegate Pogge, prevents an employer and others from banning firearms in locked vehicles in a parking lot - 72 to 27

HB 236, Delegate Janis, allows for discharge close to a subdivision if done safely - 79 to 19

HB 490, Delegate Lingamfelter, authorizes the State Police to investigate a lifetime CHP - 78 to 20

HB 870, Delegate Cline, removes the authorization for a locality to fingerprint first time CHP applicants - 83 to 15

HB 871, Delegate Cline, clarifies that a new CHP applicant that is denied has the right to an ore tenus hearing - 92 to 7

HB 885, Delegate Athey, non-CHP holder can have their loaded handgun in an unlocked compartment of container in a private vehicle or boat - 74 to 25

HB 1070, Delegate Athey, CHP holder can carry in an emergency shelter - 74 to 24

HB 1191, Delegate Griffith, permits a judge to allow a circuit court clerk to issue CHPs if there are no problems with the applicant - 86 to 12

HB 1379, Delegate Sickles, requires that child-care facilities in Northern Virginia follow state law in regard to storage of firearms - 86 to 12

Sounds like a pretty good day!

Full post as published by Of Arms and the Law on February 16, 2010 (boomark / email).