VirginiaPurchase, sale, transfer, etc., of assault firearms and certain ammunition feeding devices prohibited; penalties.
What it does
Importation, sale, manufacture, etc., of assault firearms and certain ammunition feeding devices prohibited; penalties. Creates a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person who imports, sells, manufactures, purchases, or transfers an assault firearm, as that term is defined in the bill with some exceptions, and prohibits a person who has been convicted of such violation from purchasing, possessing, or transporting a firearm for a period of three years from the date of conviction. The bill provides that an assault firearm does not include any firearm that is an antique firearm, has been rendered permanently inoperable, is manually operated by bolt, pump, lever, or slide action, or was manufactured before July 1, 2025.
More detail
The bill also prohibits the sale of a large capacity ammunition feeding device, as that term is defined in the bill. The bill provides that any person who willfully and intentionally (i) sells an assault firearm to another person or (ii) purchases an assault firearm from another person is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor and that any person who imports, sells, barters, or transfers a large capacity ammunition feeding device is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill also makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person younger than 21 years of age to import, sell, manufacture, purchase, possess, transport, or transfer an assault firearm regardless of the date of manufacture of such assault firearm with some exceptions. This bill is identical to SB 1181.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- Apr 2Requires 64 affirmative votes to override Governor's vetoLatest
- Vote recorded House sustained Governor's veto (50-Y 46-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 2House sustained Governor's veto (50-Y 46-N)Minor
- Mar 24Vetoed by Governor Glenn YoungkinMajor
- Mar 3Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025To Governor
- Mar 3Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025Minor
- Feb 22Signed by PresidentMajor
- Feb 20Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1607)
- Feb 19EnrolledMinor
- Feb 19Signed by SpeakerMajor
- Feb 19EnrolledMinor
- Feb 14Passed Senate (21-Y 15-N)Major
- Vote recorded Passed Senate (21-Y 15-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 14Read third timeMinor
- Feb 13Passed by for the day
- Vote recorded Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 13Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- Feb 13Rules suspended
- Feb 12Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 10Reported from Courts of Justice and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 6-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Courts of Justice and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 6-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 5Referred to Committee for Courts of JusticeMinor
- Vote recorded Passed House (50-Y 48-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 5Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- Feb 4Passed House (50-Y 48-N)Passed Senate
- Vote recorded Read third time and passed House (52-Y 47-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 4Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- Feb 4Read third time and passed House (52-Y 47-N)Passed House
- Feb 3Read second time and engrossedMinor
- Feb 2Read first timeMinor
- Jan 31Reported from Public Safety (12-Y 9-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Public Safety (12-Y 9-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 9Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1607)
- Jan 3Referred to Committee on Public SafetyMinor
- Jan 3Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25100326DIntroduced
- Apr 2Requires 64 affirmative votes to override Governor's vetoLatest