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Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation SB1271

Legislation Overview

Title: Threats of death or bodily injury to a person or member of his family, etc.; penalty.

Description: Threats of death or discharge of a firearm on school property; penalties. Clarifies that for crimes involving communicating in writing a threat to kill or do bodily injury, regardless of whether the person who is the object of such threat actually receives such threat, an electronically transmitted communication producing a visual or electronic message includes an email, a text message, or a message or post on any social media platform. The bill adds oral threats of discharging a firearm within or on school property, at any school-sponsored event, or on a school bus and the threat would place the person who is the object of the threat, or is included in the threat, in reasonable apprehension of death or bodily harm is a Class 6 felony.

Session: 2025 Regular Session

Last Action: Delegates: Hope, Delaney, Williams

Last Action Date: February 20, 2025

History

Chamber	Date	Action
House	Feb 20, 2025	Delegates: Hope, Delaney, Williams
House	Feb 20, 2025	Conferees appointed by House
Senate	Feb 19, 2025	Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N)
Senate	Feb 19, 2025	Senators: Perry, Salim, McDougle
Senate	Feb 19, 2025	Conferees appointed by Senate
House	Feb 18, 2025	House insisted on substitute
House	Feb 18, 2025	House requested conference committee
Senate	Feb 17, 2025	House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 39-N)
House	Feb 13, 2025	Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to
House	Feb 13, 2025	Passed House with substitute (96-Y 0-N)
House	Feb 13, 2025	Engrossed by House - committee substitute
House	Feb 13, 2025	Read third time
House	Feb 12, 2025	Read second time
Senate	Feb 12, 2025	Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1271)
House	Feb 11, 2025	Committee substitute printed 25107005D-H1
Senate	Feb 11, 2025	Impact statement from VCSC (SB1271)
House	Feb 10, 2025	Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
House	Feb 6, 2025	Read first time
House	Feb 6, 2025	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
House	Feb 6, 2025	Placed on Calendar
Senate	Feb 3, 2025	Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
Senate	Feb 2, 2025	Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1271)
Senate	Jan 31, 2025	Impact statement from VCSC (SB1271)
Senate	Jan 31, 2025	Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute
Senate	Jan 31, 2025	Senator Perry, Russet Substitute agreed to
Senate	Jan 31, 2025	Reading of substitute waived
Senate	Jan 31, 2025	Courts of Justice Substitute rejected
Senate	Jan 31, 2025	Read second time
Senate	Jan 31, 2025	Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1271)
Senate	Jan 31, 2025	Floor substitute printed 25106455D-S2 (Perry)
Senate	Jan 30, 2025	Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 1-A)
Senate	Jan 30, 2025	Passed by for the day
Senate	Jan 30, 2025	Rules suspended
Senate	Jan 29, 2025	Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 0-N 2-A)
Senate	Jan 28, 2025	Impact statement from VCSC (SB1271)
Senate	Jan 27, 2025	Committee substitute printed 25106175D-S1
Senate	Jan 27, 2025	Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 1-N)
Senate	Jan 24, 2025	Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1271)
Senate	Jan 13, 2025	Impact statement from VCSC (SB1271)
Senate	Jan 8, 2025	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
Senate	Jan 8, 2025	Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25104285D

Texts

Type	Date	State Link	Text
Comm Sub	Feb 11, 2025	state link	bill text
Comm Sub	Jan 31, 2025	state link	bill text
Comm Sub	Jan 28, 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 Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 1-N)	01/27/2025	13	1	0	1	Yes
Aird, Lashrecse (D) Nay Bagby, Lamont (D) Yea Boysko, Jennifer (D) Absent Brewer, Emily (R) Yea Carroll Foy, Jennifer (D) Yea Deeds, R. Creigh (D) Yea Favola, Barbara (D) Yea McDougle, Ryan (R) Yea Obenshain, Mark (R) Yea Peake, Mark (R) Yea Perry, Russet (D) Yea Salim, Saddam (D) Yea Stanley, William (R) Yea Stuart, Richard (R) Yea Surovell, Scott (D) Yea
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Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 0-N 2-A)	01/29/2025	13	0	2	0	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) NV McPike, Jeremy (D) Yea Obenshain, Mark (R) Yea Pillion, Todd (R) Yea Reeves, Bryce (R) NV Stuart, Richard (R) Yea Surovell, Scott (D) Yea
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Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 1-A)	01/30/2025	39	0	1	0	Yes
Aird, Lashrecse (D) Yea Bagby, Lamont (D) Yea Boysko, Jennifer (D) NV 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
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Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)	02/3/2025	40	0	0	0	Yes
Aird, Lashrecse (D) Yea Bagby, Lamont (D) Yea Boysko, Jennifer (D) Yea 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
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Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N)	02/10/2025	22	0	0	0	Yes
Arnold, Jonathan (R) Yea Ballard, Jason (R) Yea Batten, Amanda (R) Yea Callsen, Katrina (D) Yea Cordoza, Aijalon (R) Yea Cousins, Rae (D) Yea Davis, William (R) Yea Delaney, Karrie (D) Yea Earley, Mark (R) Yea Hernandez, Phil (D) Yea Hope, Patrick (D) Yea Keys-Gamarra, Karen (D) Yea Kilgore, Terry (R) Yea Leftwich, James (R) Yea Lopes-Maldonado, Michelle (D) Yea Obenshain, Joseph (R) Yea Reaser, Atoosa (D) Yea Simon, Marcus (D) Yea Sullivan, Richard (D) Yea Thomas, Joshua (D) Yea Watts, Vivian (D) Yea Williams, Wren (R) Yea
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Passed House with substitute (96-Y 0-N)	02/13/2025	96	0	0	4	Yes
Anthony, Bonita (D) Yea Arnold, Jonathan (R) Yea Askew, Alex (D) Yea Austin, Terry (R) Yea Ballard, Jason (R) Yea Batten, Amanda (R) Yea Bennett-Parker, Elizabeth (D) Yea Bloxom, Robert (R) Yea Bulova, David (D) Yea Callsen, Katrina (D) Yea Campbell, Ellen (R) Absent Carr, Betsy (D) Yea Cherry, Mike (R) Yea Clark, Nadarius (D) Yea Cohen, Laura Jane (D) Yea Cole, Joshua (D) Yea Convirs-Fowler, Kelly (D) Yea Cordoza, Aijalon (R) Yea Cousins, Rae (D) Yea Coyner, Carrie (R) Yea Davis, William (R) Yea Delaney, Karrie (D) Yea Earley, Mark (R) Yea Ennis, Baxter (R) Yea Feggans, Michael (D) Yea Ferrell Tata, Anne (R) Yea Fowler, Hyland (R) Yea Freitas, Nicholas (R) Yea Gardner, Debra (D) Yea Garrett, Thomas (R) Yea Gilbert, C. Todd (R) Yea Glass, Jackie (D) Yea Green, William (R) Yea Griffin, Tim (R) Yea Hayes, C.E. (D) Yea Helmer, Dan (D) Yea Henson, Rozia (D) Yea Hernandez, Phil (D) Yea Herring, Charniele (D) Yea Higgins, Geary (R) Yea Hodges, M. Keith (R) Yea Hope, Patrick (D) Yea Jones, Michael (D) Yea Keys-Gamarra, Karen (D) Yea Kilgore, Terry (R) Yea Knight, Barry (R) Absent Krizek, Paul (D) Yea Laufer, Amy (D) Yea LeVere Bolling, Destiny (D) Yea Leftwich, James (R) Yea Lopes-Maldonado, Michelle (D) Yea Lopez, Alfonso (D) Yea Lovejoy, Ian (R) Yea Marshall, Daniel (R) Absent Martinez, Fernando (D) Yea McClure, Adele (D) Yea McNamara, Joseph (R) Yea McQuinn, Delores (D) Yea Milde, Paul (R) Yea Morefield, James (R) Yea Mundon King, Candi (D) Yea O'Quinn, Israel (R) Yea Oates, Delores (R) Yea Obenshain, Joseph (R) Yea Orrock, Robert (R) Yea Owen, David (R) Yea Phillips, Eric (R) Absent Price, Marcia (D) Yea Pugh Kent, Hillary (R) Yea Rasoul, Sam (D) Yea Reaser, Atoosa (D) Yea Reid, David (D) Yea Runion, Chris (R) Yea Scott, Don (D) Yea Scott, Phillip (R) Yea Seibold, Holly (D) Yea Sewell, Briana (D) Yea Shin, Irene (D) Yea Sickles, Mark (D) Yea Simon, Marcus (D) Yea Simonds, Shelly (D) Yea Singh, J.J. (D) Yea Sullivan, Richard (D) Yea Taylor, Kim (R) Yea Thomas, Joshua (D) Yea Torian, Luke (D) Yea Tran, Kathy (D) Yea Wachsmann, H. Otto (R) Yea Walker, Wendell (R) Yea Ward, Jeion (D) Yea Ware, Lee (R) Yea Watts, Vivian (D) Yea Webert, Michael (R) Yea Wiley, Bill (R) Yea Willett, Rodney (D) Yea Williams, Wren (R) Yea Wilt, Tony (R) Yea Wright, Thomas (R) Yea Wyatt, Scott (R) Yea Zehr, Eric (R) Yea
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House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 39-N)	02/17/2025	0	39	0	1	No
Aird, Lashrecse (D) Nay Bagby, Lamont (D) Nay Boysko, Jennifer (D) Nay Brankley Mulchi, Tammy (R) Nay Brewer, Emily (R) Nay Carroll Foy, Jennifer (D) Nay Cifers, Luther (R) Nay DeSteph, Bill (R) Nay Deeds, R. Creigh (D) Nay Diggs, J.D. (R) Nay Durant, Tara (R) Nay Ebbin, Adam (D) Nay Favola, Barbara (D) Nay French, Timmy (R) Nay Hackworth, Travis (R) Absent Hashmi, Ghazala (D) Nay Head, Chris (R) Nay Locke, Mamie (D) Nay Lucas, L. Louise (D) Nay Marsden, Dave (D) Nay McDougle, Ryan (R) Nay McPike, Jeremy (D) Nay New Craig, Christie (R) Nay Obenshain, Mark (R) Nay Peake, Mark (R) Nay Pekarsky, Stella (D) Nay Perry, Russet (D) Nay Pillion, Todd (R) Nay Reeves, Bryce (R) Nay Roem, Danica (D) Nay Rouse, Aaron (D) Nay Salim, Saddam (D) Nay Srinivasan, Kannan (D) Nay Stanley, William (R) Nay Stuart, Richard (R) Nay Sturtevant, Glen (R) Nay Suetterlein, David (R) Nay Surovell, Scott (D) Nay VanValkenburg, Schuyler (D) Nay Williams Graves, Angelia (D) Nay
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Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N)	02/19/2025	40	0	0	0	Yes
Aird, Lashrecse (D) Yea Bagby, Lamont (D) Yea Boysko, Jennifer (D) Yea 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
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