Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation SB1181
Legislation Overview
Title: Assault firearms and certain ammunition feeding devices; prohibits sale, transfer, etc.
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, 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. This bill is identical to HB 1607.
Session: 2025 Regular Session
Last Action: Signed by President
Last Action Date: February 20, 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 | Feb 20, 2025 | Signed by President |
| Senate | Feb 20, 2025 | Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1181) |
| House | Feb 18, 2025 | Signed by Speaker |
| Senate | Feb 18, 2025 | Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1181ER) |
| Senate | Feb 18, 2025 | Enrolled |
| Senate | Feb 14, 2025 | House substitute agreed to by Senate (21-Y 15-N) |
| House | Feb 12, 2025 | Read third time |
| Senate | Feb 12, 2025 | Impact statement from VCSC (SB1181) |
| House | Feb 12, 2025 | Passed House with substitute (50-Y 47-N) |
| House | Feb 12, 2025 | Engrossed by House - floor substitute |
| House | Feb 12, 2025 | Delegate Simon Substitute agreed to |
| House | Feb 12, 2025 | Floor substitute printed 25107106D-H1 (Simon) |
| House | Feb 11, 2025 | Read second time |
| House | Feb 7, 2025 | Reported from Public Safety (11-Y 10-N) |
| House | Feb 4, 2025 | Placed on Calendar |
| House | Feb 4, 2025 | Read first time |
| House | Feb 4, 2025 | Referred to Committee on Public Safety |
| 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 | Passed by for the day |
| Senate | Jan 23, 2025 | Rules suspended |
| 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 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
| Senate | Jan 8, 2025 | Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25100426D |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Enrolled | Feb 18, 2025 | state link | bill text |
| Comm Sub | Feb 12, 2025 | state link | bill 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 |
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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 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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| Reported from Public Safety (11-Y 10-N) | 02/7/2025 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | Yes |
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| Passed House with substitute (50-Y 47-N) | 02/12/2025 | 50 | 47 | 0 | 3 | Yes |
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| House substitute agreed to by Senate (21-Y 15-N) | 02/14/2025 | 21 | 15 | 0 | 4 | Yes |
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Link: link to state bill page
