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Storage of firearms in a residence where a minor or person prohibited from possessing a firearm is present; penalty. Provides that any person who possesses a firearm in a residence where such person knows that a minor or a person who is prohibited by law from possessing a firearm is present shall store such firearm and the ammunition for such firearm in a locked container, compartment, or cabinet that is inaccessible to such minor or prohibited person. Under the bill, any person who violates this provision is guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor. The bill also requires any dealer, as that term is defined in current law, to post a written notice informing the public of the penalty imposed for failure to comply with the bill's provisions. This bill is identical to SB 348.
Introduced
Jan 13, 2026
Last Action
Mar 14, 2026
Session
VA 2026
Sponsors
1 primary · 13 co
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026
Signed by Speaker
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB871ER)
Enrolled
Signed by President
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB871)
Senate substitute agreed to by House (60-Y 34-N 0-A)
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N 0-A)
Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to
Passed by for the day
Read third time
Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
Rules suspended
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB871)
Committee substitute printed 26108451D-S1
Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 5-N)
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
Read third time and passed House (60-Y 37-N 0-A)
Read second time and engrossed
Read first time
Reported from Public Safety (14-Y 7-N)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB871)
Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 4-N)
Reconsidered by Public Safety (Voice Vote)
Subcommittee failed to recommend reporting (3-Y 3-N)
Assigned HMPPS sub: Firearms
Referred to Committee on Public Safety
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101397D
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Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
Mark C. Downey
Nadarius E. Clark
Michael B. Feggans
Adele Y. McClure
Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker
Rozia A. Henson, Jr.
Michelle Lopes Maldonado
Marcia S. "Cia" Price
Kathy K.L. Tran