HB 1947 Virginia House of Delegates · 2019 Regular Session

Elementary or secondary school, private or public; threats to bomb/damage, false info as to danger.

Summary
Provides that for any person who (i) makes and communicates to another by any means any threat to bomb, burn, destroy, or in any manner damage a private or public elementary or secondary school or (ii) communicates to another, by any means, information, knowing the same to be false, as to the existence of any peril of bombing, burning, destruction, or damage to a private or public elementary or secondary school the punishment includes a term of confinement of at least six months, five days of which is a mandatory minimum. Under current law, a person who is 15 or older is guilty of a Class 5 felony and a person who is under 15 is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor for such violation.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Feb 2019
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2019
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 6, 2019 Last action Feb 6, 2019
Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the House of Delegates by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
11
Key actions
3
Committee
5
Amendments
1
Feb 6, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
upper
Feb 5, 2019
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (61-Y 38-N)
lower
Feb 4, 2019
Lower · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1947H1
lower
Feb 4, 2019
Amended
Amendment by Delegate Levine rejected
lower
Feb 4, 2019
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 19106188D-H1
lower
Jan 18, 2019
Committee
Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
lower
Jan 6, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
lower
Jan 6, 2019
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103234D
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Photo of Jeffrey L. Campbell
Jeffrey L. Campbell
RRepublican
VA
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