Virginia SB 506: Firearms; control by localities.

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SENATE BILL NO. 506 

Offered January 8, 2020 

Prefiled January 7, 2020 

A BILL to amend and reenact �� 15.2-915 and 15.2-915.5 of the 
 Code of Virginia and to repeal � 15.2-915.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating 
 to control of firearms by localities. 
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Patron-- Edwards 

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Referred to Committee on the Judiciary 

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That �� 15.2-915 and 15.2-915.5 of the Code of Virginia 
 are amended and reenacted as follows:

� 15.2-915. Control of firearms by 
 localities.

A. No A locality shall may 
 adopt or enforce any ordinance, resolution, 
 or motion, as permitted by � 15.2-1425, and no agent of such locality 
 shall take any administrative action, governing the purchase, possession, transfer, ownership, 
 carrying, storage, or 
 transporting of firearms, ammunition, or components or combination thereof other than those expressly authorized by statute. 
 For purposes of this section, a statute that does not refer to firearms, 
 ammunition, or components or combination thereof, shall not be construed to 
 provide express authorization in such locality.

Nothing in this section shall 
 prohibit a locality from adopting workplace rules relating to terms and 
 conditions of employment of the workforce. However, no locality shall adopt any 
 workplace rule, other than for the purposes of a community services board or 
 behavioral health authority as defined in � 37.2-100, that prevents an employee 
 of that locality from storing at that locality's workplace a lawfully possessed 
 firearm and ammunition in a locked private motor vehicle. Nothing in this 
 section shall prohibit a law-enforcement officer, as defined in � 9.1-101, from 
 acting within the scope of his duties.

The provisions of this section 
 applicable to a locality shall also apply to any authority or to a local 
 governmental entity, including a department or agency, but not including any 
 local or regional jail, juvenile detention facility, or state-governed entity, 
 department, or agency.

B. Any local ordinance, 
 resolution or motion adopted prior to the effective date of this act governing 
 the purchase, possession, transfer, ownership, carrying or transporting of 
 firearms, ammunition, or components or combination thereof, other than those 
 expressly authorized by statute, is invalid.

C. In addition to any other 
 relief provided, the court may award reasonable attorney fees, expenses, and 
 court costs to any person, group, or entity that prevails in an action 
 challenging (i) an ordinance, resolution, or motion as being in conflict with 
 this section or (ii) an administrative action taken in bad faith as being in conflict 
 with this section.

D. For purposes of this 
 section, "workplace" means "workplace of the locality."

� 15.2-915.5. Disposition of firearms acquired by localities.

A. No locality or agen