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Purchase, possession, or transportation of firearm; assault and battery of a family or household member or intimate partner; penalties. Adds to the definition of "family or household member," as such definition relates to juvenile and domestic relations district court, a person's intimate partner, defined in the bill as an individual who, within the previous 12 months, was in a romantic, dating, or sexual relationship with the person as determined by the length, nature, frequency, and type of interaction between the individuals involved in the relationship. The bill also adds to the definition of "family or household member," as such definition relates to a person's purchase, possession, or transportation of a firearm following an assault and battery of a family or household member, any individual who cohabits or who, within the previous 12 months, cohabitated with the person. Finally, the bill provides that any person who knowingly and intentionally purchases, possesses, or transports any firearm following a misdemeanor conviction for an offense that occurred on or after July 1, 2025, for the offense of assault and battery against an intimate partner or an offense substantially similar under the laws of any other state or of the United States is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. This bill is identical to SB 883.
Introduced
Jan 6, 2025
Last Action
Apr 2, 2025
Session
VA 2025
Sponsors
1 primary · 19 co
Requires 64 affirmative votes to override Governor's veto
House sustained Governor's veto (50-Y 46-N)
Vetoed by Governor
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1869)
Signed by President
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1869ER)
Signed by Speaker
Enrolled
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1869)
Senate substitute agreed to by House (53-Y 44-N)
Read third time
Passed Senate with substitute (22-Y 18-N)
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
Reading of substitute waived
Courts of Justice Substitute rejected
Read third time
Passed by for the day
Passed by for the day
Read third time
Passed by for the day
Rules suspended
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
Committee substitute printed 25107270D-S2
Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (10-Y 5-N)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1869)
Impact statement from VCSC (HB1869)
Committee substitute printed 25106997D-S1
Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 5-N)
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
Read third time and passed House 52-Y 46-N 0-A)
Read second time and engrossed
Read first time
Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
Reported from Appropriations (12-Y 9-N)
Assigned Approps sub: Transportation & Public Safety
Reported from Public Safety and referred to Appropriations (12-Y 10-N)
Subcommittee recommends reporting and referring to Appropriations (5-Y 3-N)
Assigned PS sub: Firearms
Impact statement from VCSC (HB1869)
Referred to Committee on Public Safety
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101355D
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Requires 64 affirmative votes to override Governor's veto
Adele Y. McClure
Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker
Nadarius E. Clark
Joshua G. Cole
Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler
Michael B. Feggans
Dan I. Helmer
Rozia A. Henson, Jr.
Patrick A. Hope
Michael J. Jones
Michelle Lopes Maldonado
Candi Mundon King
Marcia S. "Cia" Price
Holly M. Seibold
Vivian E. Watts