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Purchase, possession, or transportation of firearm; assault and battery of a family or household member or intimate partner; penalty. 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 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, 2026, 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 160.
Introduced
Dec 22, 2025
Last Action
Mar 14, 2026
Session
VA 2026
Sponsors
1 primary · 12 co
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026
Enrolled
Signed by President
Signed by Speaker
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB19ER)
Reconsideration of Recede from Senate substitute defeated by Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
Senate receded from substitute (22-Y 18-N 0-A)
Recede from Senate substitute defeated by Senate (18-Y 22-N 0-A)
Senate substitute rejected by House (2-Y 94-N 0-A)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB19)
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
Passed Senate with substitute (22-Y 18-N 0-A)
Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to
Passed by for the day
Read third time
Rules suspended
Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (2/25/2026 1:15 pm)
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N)
Committee substitute printed 26108353D-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 (61-Y 35-N 0-A)
Read second time and engrossed
Read first time
Reported from Appropriations (15-Y 7-N)
Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 2-N)
Assigned HAPP sub: Transportation & Public Safety
Reported from Public Safety and referred to Appropriations (15-Y 6-N)
Subcommittee recommends reporting and referring to Appropriations (7-Y 3-N)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB19)
Assigned HPS sub: Firearms
Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (12/29/2025 1:37 pm)
Referred to Committee on Public Safety
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100661D
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Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
Adele Y. McClure
Nadarius E. Clark
Amy J. Laufer
Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker
Dan I. Helmer
Rozia A. Henson, Jr.
Michelle Lopes Maldonado
Delores L. McQuinn
Holly M. Seibold
Jeion A. Ward