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: Impact statement from VCSC (SB880)
Last Action Date: January 9, 2025
Sponsors
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1 sponsors: Adam Ebbin (D);
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 3% (1 of 40)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Jan 9, 2025 | Impact statement from VCSC (SB880) |
| Senate | Jan 3, 2025 | Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25100408D |
| Senate | Jan 3, 2025 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | Jan 3, 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
There have not been any votes on this bill
Link: link to state bill page
