Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that prohibits firearms in mental healthcare facilities in Virginia.

Highlights:

• Prohibits the possession of a weapon in a hospital that provides mental health or developmental services (Sec. 1).

• Authorizes the carry of weapons in a hospital that provides mental health or developmental services while in the actual discharge of their official duties (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that this act is effective upon passage (Sec. 1).

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