Fire alarms; maliciously activating, penalty. (SB1054)
Introduced By
Sen. Richard Stuart (R-Westmoreland) with support from co-patron Del. Mark Cole (R-Fredericksburg)
Progress
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Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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Became Law |
Description
Activation of fire alarms; reimbursement of expenses; penalty. Removes the condition that a building must be for public use in order for the Class 1 misdemeanor for maliciously activating a building's fire alarm to apply. The bill authorizes any locality to provide by ordinance that a person convicted of maliciously activating a fire alarm shall be liable for the reasonable expense in responding to such a fire alarm. Current law allows such an ordinance to impose liability for the reasonable expense of an emergency response to an imitation version of a weapon of terrorism, fire bomb, other explosive device, bomb threat, or incitement of a bomb threat. The bill increases the amount that a locality or volunteer emergency medical services agency may recover under such an ordinance from $1,000 to $2,500. Read the Bill »
Outcome
History
Date | Action |
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01/06/2017 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103161D |
01/06/2017 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
01/16/2017 | Impact statement from DHCD (SB1054) |
01/25/2017 | Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
01/27/2017 | Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
01/30/2017 | Read second time and engrossed |
01/31/2017 | Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/03/2017 | Placed on Calendar |
02/03/2017 | Read first time |
02/03/2017 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
02/08/2017 | Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law |
02/13/2017 | Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N) |
02/20/2017 | Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/21/2017 | Read second time |
02/22/2017 | Read third time |
02/22/2017 | Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) |
02/22/2017 | VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
03/07/2017 | Enrolled |
03/07/2017 | Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1054ER) |
03/07/2017 | Signed by Speaker |
03/10/2017 | Signed by President |
03/13/2017 | Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 3/13/17 |
03/13/2017 | G Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017 |
03/16/2017 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 519 (effective 7/1/17) |
03/16/2017 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0519) |