Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation SB1181
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
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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 |
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 4-N) | 01/22/2025 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | Yes |
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Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 6-N) | 01/17/2025 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N) | 01/23/2025 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Yes |
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Read third time and passed Senate (20-Y 18-N) | 01/27/2025 | 20 | 18 | 0 | 2 | Yes |
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Link: link to state bill page