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Firearm locking device required for sale or transfer of firearm; warning against accessibility to children; penalty. Makes it a Class 3 misdemeanor for any licensed manufacturer, licensed importer, or licensed dealer to sell, deliver, or transfer any firearm to any person other than a licensed manufacturer, licensed importer, or licensed dealer unless the transferee is provided with a locking device for that firearm and the firearm is accompanied by a warning, in conspicuous and legible type in capital letters printed on a separate sheet of paper included within the packaging enclosing the firearm, that firearms should be locked and kept away from children and that there may be civil and criminal liability for failing to do so. The bill provides exceptions for law-enforcement and governmental agencies.
Introduced
Jan 7, 2025
Last Action
Apr 2, 2025
Session
VA 2025
Sponsors
1 primary · 13 co
House sustained Governor's veto
Vetoed by Governor
Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2064)
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
Signed by President
Signed by Speaker
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2064ER)
Enrolled
Passed Senate (20-Y 19-N)
Read third time
Passed by for the day
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (36-Y 0-N)
Rules suspended
Passed by for the day
Reported from Courts of Justice (9-Y 6-N)
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
Read third time and passed House (50-Y 46-N)
Read second time and engrossed
Read first time
Reported from Public Safety (12-Y 10-N)
Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
Assigned PS sub: Firearms
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2064)
Referred to Committee on Public Safety
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25101354D
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House sustained Governor's veto
Adele Y. McClure
Bonita G. Anthony
Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker
Nadarius E. Clark
Rozia A. Henson, Jr.
Patrick A. Hope
Candi Mundon King
Kathy K.L. Tran