Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation SB880
Legislation Overview
Title: Assault firearms; carrying in public areas prohibited, penalty.
Description: Carrying assault firearms in public areas prohibited; penalty. Prohibits the carrying of certain semi-automatic center-fire rifles and shotguns on any public street, road, alley, sidewalk, or public right-of-way or in any public park or any other place of whatever nature that is open to the public, with certain exceptions. Under current law, the current prohibition on carrying certain shotguns and semi-automatic center-fire rifles and pistols applies to a narrower range of firearms, only in certain localities, and only when such firearms are loaded.
Session: 2025 Regular Session
Last Action: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
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'.
1 sponsors: Adam Ebbin (D);
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 3% (1 of 40)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Feb 20, 2025 | Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB880) |
| Feb 20, 2025 | Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 | |
| House | Feb 20, 2025 | Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 20, 2025 |
| Senate | Feb 20, 2025 | Signed by President |
| Senate | Feb 17, 2025 | Enrolled |
| House | Feb 17, 2025 | Signed by Speaker |
| Senate | Feb 17, 2025 | Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB880ER) |
| House | Feb 12, 2025 | Passed House (50-Y 47-N) |
| House | Feb 12, 2025 | Read third time |
| House | Feb 11, 2025 | Read second time |
| House | Feb 7, 2025 | Reported from Public Safety (11-Y 10-N) |
| House | Feb 3, 2025 | Placed on Calendar |
| House | Feb 3, 2025 | Referred to Committee on Public Safety |
| House | Feb 3, 2025 | Read first time |
| Senate | Jan 28, 2025 | Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 18-N) |
| Senate | Jan 27, 2025 | Passed by for the day |
| Senate | Jan 27, 2025 | Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB880) |
| 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 | Rules suspended |
| Senate | Jan 23, 2025 | Passed by for the day |
| Senate | Jan 23, 2025 | Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N) |
| Senate | Jan 22, 2025 | Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N) |
| Senate | Jan 21, 2025 | Impact statement from VCSC (SB880) |
| Senate | Jan 20, 2025 | Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB880) |
| Senate | Jan 17, 2025 | Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 6-N) |
| Senate | Jan 17, 2025 | Committee substitute printed 25105354D-S1 |
| Senate | Jan 9, 2025 | Impact statement from VCSC (SB880) |
| Senate | Jan 3, 2025 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
| Senate | Jan 3, 2025 | Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25100408D |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Enrolled | Feb 17, 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 3, 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 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 (21-Y 18-N) | 01/28/2025 | 21 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 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 (50-Y 47-N) | 02/12/2025 | 50 | 47 | 0 | 3 | Yes |
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Link: link to state bill page
