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Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation SB1181

  this is an anti-gun bill
Legislation Overview

Title: Assault firearms/certain ammunition feeding devices; purchase, etc., prohibited, exception, penalty.

Description: Purchase, possession, sale, transfer, etc., of assault firearms and certain ammunition feeding devices prohibited; penalty. Creates a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person who imports, sells, manufactures, purchases, possesses, transports, or transfers an assault firearm, as that term is defined in the bill, 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. 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.

Session: 2025 Regular Session

Last Action: Read third time and passed Senate (20-Y 18-N)

Last Action Date: January 27, 2025

Sponsors

Note: the first sponsor listed is normally the primary sponsor. If a sponsor's name is a hyperlink you can click on it to 'follow the money'.

8 sponsors: Creigh Deeds (D); Saddam Salim (D); Lamont Bagby (D); Jennifer Boysko (D); Barbara Favola (D); Ghazala Hashmi (D); Mamie Locke (D); Scott Surovell (D);

Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 20% (8 of 40)

History
Chamber Date Action
Senate Jan 27, 2025 Read third time and passed Senate (20-Y 18-N)
Senate Jan 26, 2025 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1181)
Senate Jan 24, 2025 Read second time
Senate Jan 24, 2025 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
Senate Jan 24, 2025 Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to
Senate Jan 24, 2025 Reading of substitute waived
Senate Jan 23, 2025 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N)
Senate Jan 23, 2025 Rules suspended
Senate Jan 23, 2025 Passed by for the day
Senate Jan 22, 2025 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 4-N)
Senate Jan 21, 2025 Impact statement from VCSC (SB1181)
Senate Jan 17, 2025 Committee substitute printed 25105212D-S1
Senate Jan 17, 2025 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 6-N)
Senate Jan 10, 2025 Impact statement from VCSC (SB1181)
Senate Jan 8, 2025 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25100426D
Senate Jan 8, 2025 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
Texts
Type Date State Link Text
Comm Sub Jan 20, 2025 state link bill text
Comm Sub Jan 17, 2025 state link bill text
Introduced Jan 8, 2025 state link bill text
Amendments
Title Description Date State Link Text Adopted
There are no amendments to this bill at this time
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
Description Vote Date Yea Votes Nay Votes No Votes Absent Passed
01/22/2025 10 4 0 1 Yes
  • Boysko, Jennifer (D) Yea
  • Deeds, R. Creigh (D) Yea
  • Ebbin, Adam (D) Yea
  • Favola, Barbara (D) Yea
  • Hashmi, Ghazala (D) Yea
  • Locke, Mamie (D) Yea
  • Lucas, L. Louise (D) Yea
  • Marsden, Dave (D) Yea
  • McDougle, Ryan (R) Nay
  • McPike, Jeremy (D) Yea
  • Obenshain, Mark (R) Absent
  • Pillion, Todd (R) Nay
  • Reeves, Bryce (R) Nay
  • Stuart, Richard (R) Nay
  • Surovell, Scott (D) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
01/17/2025 9 6 0 0 Yes
  • Aird, Lashrecse (D) Yea
  • Bagby, Lamont (D) Yea
  • Boysko, Jennifer (D) Yea
  • Brewer, Emily (R) Nay
  • Carroll Foy, Jennifer (D) Yea
  • Deeds, R. Creigh (D) Yea
  • Favola, Barbara (D) Yea
  • McDougle, Ryan (R) Nay
  • Obenshain, Mark (R) Nay
  • Peake, Mark (R) Nay
  • Perry, Russet (D) Yea
  • Salim, Saddam (D) Yea
  • Stanley, William (R) Nay
  • Stuart, Richard (R) Nay
  • Surovell, Scott (D) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
01/23/2025 39 0 0 1 Yes
  • Aird, Lashrecse (D) Yea
  • Bagby, Lamont (D) Yea
  • Boysko, Jennifer (D) Absent
  • Brankley Mulchi, Tammy (R) Yea
  • Brewer, Emily (R) Yea
  • Carroll Foy, Jennifer (D) Yea
  • Cifers, Luther (R) Yea
  • DeSteph, Bill (R) Yea
  • Deeds, R. Creigh (D) Yea
  • Diggs, J.D. (R) Yea
  • Durant, Tara (R) Yea
  • Ebbin, Adam (D) Yea
  • Favola, Barbara (D) Yea
  • French, Timmy (R) Yea
  • Hackworth, Travis (R) Yea
  • Hashmi, Ghazala (D) Yea
  • Head, Chris (R) Yea
  • Locke, Mamie (D) Yea
  • Lucas, L. Louise (D) Yea
  • Marsden, Dave (D) Yea
  • McDougle, Ryan (R) Yea
  • McPike, Jeremy (D) Yea
  • New Craig, Christie (R) Yea
  • Obenshain, Mark (R) Yea
  • Peake, Mark (R) Yea
  • Pekarsky, Stella (D) Yea
  • Perry, Russet (D) Yea
  • Pillion, Todd (R) Yea
  • Reeves, Bryce (R) Yea
  • Roem, Danica (D) Yea
  • Rouse, Aaron (D) Yea
  • Salim, Saddam (D) Yea
  • Srinivasan, Kannan (D) Yea
  • Stanley, William (R) Yea
  • Stuart, Richard (R) Yea
  • Sturtevant, Glen (R) Yea
  • Suetterlein, David (R) Yea
  • Surovell, Scott (D) Yea
  • VanValkenburg, Schuyler (D) Yea
  • Williams Graves, Angelia (D) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
01/27/2025 20 18 0 2 Yes
  • Aird, Lashrecse (D) Yea
  • Bagby, Lamont (D) Yea
  • Boysko, Jennifer (D) Absent
  • Brankley Mulchi, Tammy (R) Nay
  • Brewer, Emily (R) Nay
  • Carroll Foy, Jennifer (D) Yea
  • Cifers, Luther (R) Nay
  • DeSteph, Bill (R) Nay
  • Deeds, R. Creigh (D) Yea
  • Diggs, J.D. (R) Nay
  • Durant, Tara (R) Nay
  • Ebbin, Adam (D) Yea
  • Favola, Barbara (D) Yea
  • French, Timmy (R) Nay
  • Hackworth, Travis (R) Nay
  • Hashmi, Ghazala (D) Yea
  • Head, Chris (R) Nay
  • Locke, Mamie (D) Yea
  • Lucas, L. Louise (D) Yea
  • Marsden, Dave (D) Yea
  • McDougle, Ryan (R) Nay
  • McPike, Jeremy (D) Yea
  • New Craig, Christie (R) Nay
  • Obenshain, Mark (R) Nay
  • Peake, Mark (R) Nay
  • Pekarsky, Stella (D) Yea
  • Perry, Russet (D) Yea
  • Pillion, Todd (R) Absent
  • Reeves, Bryce (R) Nay
  • Roem, Danica (D) Yea
  • Rouse, Aaron (D) Yea
  • Salim, Saddam (D) Yea
  • Srinivasan, Kannan (D) Yea
  • Stanley, William (R) Nay
  • Stuart, Richard (R) Nay
  • Sturtevant, Glen (R) Nay
  • Suetterlein, David (R) Nay
  • Surovell, Scott (D) Yea
  • VanValkenburg, Schuyler (D) Yea
  • Williams Graves, Angelia (D) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name

Link: link to state bill page

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