SB 89 Virginia Senate · 2020 Regular Session

Protective orders; violation of order while armed with firearm or other deadly weapon, etc.

Summary
Violation of protective order while armed withfirearm or other deadly weapon; mandatory minimum sentence; penalty.Provides for a three-year mandatory minimum sentence to be servedconsecutively with any other sentence upon a conviction for violationof a protective order while knowingly armed with a firearm or otherdeadly weapon. Current law does not specify a mandatory minimum sentence.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Nov 2019
Committee Review
Jan 2020
Senate Passage
Jan 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Governor
Introduced Nov 27, 2019 Last action Jan 22, 2020
Floor votes

How they voted

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

Actions timeline

Total actions
5
Key actions
2
Committee
2
Jan 22, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary (9-Y 6-N)
upper
Jan 8, 2020
Upper · Passed
Moved from Courts of Justice to Judiciary due to a change of the committee name
upper
Nov 27, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
upper
Nov 27, 2019
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101277D
upper
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors

Sponsors