SB 353 Virginia Senate · 2021 Regular Session

Outdoor shooting ranges; prohibited adjacent to residential areas, exceptions, civil penalty.

Summary
Outdoor shooting ranges; prohibited adjacentto residential areas; exceptions; civil penalty. Prohibits theoperation of an outdoor shooting range, defined in the bill, within500 yards of any property zoned for residential use unless the RangeDesign Criteria developed by the U.S. Department of Energy, Officeof Health, Safety and Security have been met. The bill provides thatany person who violates the provisions of this section is subjectto a civil penalty of not less than $1,000 nor more than $100,000for the initial violation and $5,000 per day for each day of violationthereafter.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 6, 2020 Last action Dec 4, 2020
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Committee
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Jan 8, 2020
Upper · Passed
Moved from Courts of Justice to Judiciary due to a change of the committee name
upper
Jan 6, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
upper
Jan 6, 2020
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102617D
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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JB
John Bell
DDemocratic
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