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Importation, sale, manufacture, etc., of assault firearms and certain ammunition feeding devices prohibited; penalties. 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 with some exceptions, 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 with some exceptions. This bill is identical to SB 1181.
Introduced
Jan 3, 2025
Last Action
Apr 2, 2025
Session
VA 2025
Sponsors
1 primary · 24 co
House sustained Governor's veto (50-Y 46-N)
Requires 64 affirmative votes to override Governor's veto
Vetoed by Governor
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025
Signed by President
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1607)
Signed by Speaker
Enrolled
Passed Senate (21-Y 15-N)
Read third time
Rules suspended
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
Passed by for the day
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N)
Reported from Courts of Justice and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 6-N)
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
Read third time and passed House (52-Y 47-N)
Passed House (50-Y 48-N)
Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
Read second time and engrossed
Read first time
Reported from Public Safety (12-Y 9-N)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1607)
Referred to Committee on Public Safety
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25100326D
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Requires 64 affirmative votes to override Governor's veto
Dan I. Helmer
Paul E. Krizek
Adele Y. McClure
Atoosa R. Reaser
JJ Singh
Bonita G. Anthony
Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker
Betsy B. Carr
Debra D. Gardner
Rozia A. Henson, Jr.
Charniele L. Herring
Alfonso H. Lopez
Delores L. McQuinn
Marcia S. "Cia" Price
David A. Reid
Holly M. Seibold
Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr.
Kathy K.L. Tran
Jeion A. Ward
Vivian E. Watts