Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation HB1525
Legislation Overview
Title: Firearms, certain; possession or transportation by certain persons, penalty.
Description: Possession or transportation of certain firearms by certain persons; penalty. Prohibits persons younger than 18 years of age from possessing or transporting handguns or assault firearms anywhere in the Commonwealth, with certain exceptions. Current law prohibits persons younger than 18 years of age from possessing or transporting handguns or assault firearms. The bill also prohibits persons younger than 21 years of age from purchasing a handgun or assault firearm anywhere in the Commonwealth, with certain exceptions.
Session: 2026 Regular Regular Session
Last Action: Passed by for the day
Last Action Date: February 27, 2026
Sponsors
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5 sponsors: Garrett McGuire (D);Nadarius Clark (D); Laura Jane Cohen (D); Nicole Cole (D);Holly Seibold (D);
Percentage of House of Delegates sponsoring bill: 5% (5 of 100)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Feb 27, 2026 | Read third time |
| Senate | Feb 27, 2026 | Passed by for the day |
| Senate | Feb 26, 2026 | Rules suspended |
| House | Feb 26, 2026 | Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1525) |
| Senate | Feb 26, 2026 | Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) |
| Senate | Feb 26, 2026 | Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A) |
| Senate | Feb 25, 2026 | Committee substitute printed 26108455D-S1 |
| House | Feb 25, 2026 | Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (2/25/2026 12:44 pm) |
| Senate | Feb 25, 2026 | Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N) |
| Senate | Feb 23, 2026 | Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 5-N) |
| Senate | Feb 13, 2026 | Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) |
| Senate | Feb 13, 2026 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
| House | Feb 12, 2026 | Read third time and passed House (58-Y 37-N 0-A) |
| House | Feb 11, 2026 | Engrossed by House - committee substitute |
| House | Feb 11, 2026 | Read second time |
| House | Feb 11, 2026 | committee substitute agreed to |
| House | Feb 10, 2026 | Read first time |
| House | Feb 9, 2026 | Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1525) |
| House | Feb 6, 2026 | Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (2/6/2026 2:03 pm) |
| House | Feb 6, 2026 | Committee substitute printed 26107217D-H1 |
| House | Feb 6, 2026 | Reported from Public Safety with substitute (14-Y 8-N) |
| House | Feb 5, 2026 | House subcommittee offered |
| House | Feb 5, 2026 | Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 3-N) |
| House | Feb 3, 2026 | Assigned HMPPS sub: Firearms |
| House | Jan 29, 2026 | Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (1/29/2026 4:49 pm) |
| House | Jan 27, 2026 | Unanimous consent to introduce |
| House | Jan 27, 2026 | Referred to Committee on Public Safety |
| House | Jan 27, 2026 | Presented and ordered printed 26106114D |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Comm Sub | Feb 25, 2026 | state link | bill text |
| Comm Sub | Feb 6, 2026 | state link | bill text |
| Comm Sub | Feb 5, 2026 | state link | bill text |
| Introduced | Jan 27, 2026 | 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 Public Safety with substitute (14-Y 8-N) | 02/6/2026 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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| Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 3-N) | 02/5/2026 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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| Read third time and passed House (58-Y 37-N 0-A) | 02/12/2026 | 58 | 37 | 0 | 5 | Yes |
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| Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 5-N) | 02/23/2026 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | Yes |
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| Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N) | 02/25/2026 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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| Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A) | 02/26/2026 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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Link: link to state bill page
