Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation SB848
Legislation Overview
Title: Firearms, certain; age requirement for purchase, penalty.
Description: Purchase of certain firearms; age requirement; penalty. Prohibits any person under 21 years of age from purchasing an assault firearm, with exceptions for the purchase of an assault firearm by a law-enforcement officer, correctional officer, jail officer, or member of the Armed Forces of the United States, the Virginia National Guard, or the National Guard of any other state. Accordingly, the bill prohibits a licensed dealer from selling, renting, trading, or transferring from his inventory an assault firearm to any person under 21 years of age. A violation of either prohibition is a Class 6 felony. The bill also expands the definition of assault firearm as the term applies to criminal history record information checks.
Session: 2025 Regular Session
Last Action: Passed Senate (20-Y 18-N)
Last Action Date: January 27, 2025
Sponsors
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1 sponsors: Saddam Salim (D);
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 3% (1 of 40)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Jan 27, 2025 | Passed Senate (20-Y 18-N) |
| Senate | Jan 27, 2025 | Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate |
| Senate | Jan 27, 2025 | Read third time and passed Senate (19-Y 18-N) |
| Senate | Jan 24, 2025 | Read second time and engrossed |
| Senate | Jan 23, 2025 | Rules suspended |
| Senate | Jan 23, 2025 | Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N) |
| Senate | Jan 23, 2025 | Passed by for the day |
| Senate | Jan 22, 2025 | Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N) |
| Senate | Jan 21, 2025 | Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB848) |
| Senate | Jan 17, 2025 | Reported from Courts of Justice and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 6-N) |
| Senate | Jan 9, 2025 | Impact statement from VCSC (SB848) |
| Senate | Jan 2, 2025 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
| Senate | Jan 2, 2025 | Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101315D |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | Jan 2, 2025 | state link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
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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 5-N) | 01/22/2025 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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| Reported from Courts of Justice 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 (19-Y 18-N) | 01/27/2025 | 19 | 18 | 0 | 3 | Yes |
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| Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate | 01/27/2025 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Yes |
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| Passed Senate (20-Y 18-N) | 01/27/2025 | 20 | 18 | 0 | 2 | Yes |
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Link: link to state bill page
