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Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation HB158

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Legislation Overview

Title: Firearm locking device; required for sale or transfer of firearm.

Subject: Crimes and Offenses Generally: Children: Firearms

Description: 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.

Session: 2025 Regular Session

Last Action: Continued to 2025 in Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)

Last Action Date: February 28, 2024

Sponsors

Note: the first sponsor listed is normally the primary sponsor. If a sponsor's name is a hyperlink you can click on it to 'follow the money'.

24 sponsors: Adele McClure (D); Michael Jones (D); Alfonso Lopez (D); Bonita Anthony (D); Alex Askew (D); Elizabeth Bennett-Parker (D); Nadarius Clark (D); Laura Jane Cohen (D); Kelly Convirs-Fowler (D); Rae Cousins (D); Rozia Henson (D); Patrick Hope (D); Karen Keys-Gamarra (D); Amy Laufer (D); Michelle Maldonado (D); Marty Martinez (D); Candi Mundon King (D); Atoosa Reaser (D); Holly Seibold (D); Irene Shin (D); Marcus Simon (D); Shelly Simonds (D); Kathy Tran (D); Rodney Willett (D);

Percentage of House Of Delegates sponsoring bill: 24% (24 of 100)

History
Chamber Date Action
Senate Feb 28, 2024 Continued to 2025 in Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)
Senate Feb 2, 2024 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
Senate Feb 2, 2024 Constitutional reading dispensed
House Feb 1, 2024 Read third time and passed House (51-Y 49-N)
House Feb 1, 2024 VOTE: Passage (51-Y 49-N)
House Jan 31, 2024 Committee substitute agreed to 24106293D-H1
House Jan 31, 2024 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB158H1
House Jan 31, 2024 Read second time
House Jan 30, 2024 Read first time
House Jan 26, 2024 Committee substitute printed 24106293D-H1
House Jan 26, 2024 Reported from Public Safety with substitute (12-Y 10-N)
House Jan 26, 2024 Incorporates HB12 (Jones)
House Jan 25, 2024 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 4-N)
House Jan 16, 2024 Assigned PS sub: Firearms
House Jan 15, 2024 Referred from Courts of Justice by voice vote
House Jan 15, 2024 Referred to Committee on Public Safety
House Jan 2, 2024 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
House Jan 2, 2024 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101536D
Texts
Type Date State Link Text
Comm Sub Jan 26, 2024 state link bill text
Prefiled Jan 2, 2024 state link bill text
Amendments
Title Description Date State Link Text Adopted
There are no amendments to this bill at this time
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
Description Vote Date Yea Votes Nay Votes No Votes Absent Passed
01/25/2024 6 4 0 0 Yes
  • Clark, Nadarius (D) Yea
  • Cordoza, Aijalon (R) Nay
  • Cousins, Rae (D) Yea
  • Ennis, Baxter (R) Nay
  • Feggans, Michael (D) Yea
  • Helmer, Dan (D) Yea
  • Lopez, Alfonso (D) Yea
  • McClure, Adele (D) Yea
  • Owen, David (R) Nay
  • Taylor, Kim (R) Nay
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
01/26/2024 12 10 0 0 Yes
  • Batten, Amanda (R) Nay
  • Clark, Nadarius (D) Yea
  • Cordoza, Aijalon (R) Nay
  • Cousins, Rae (D) Yea
  • Ennis, Baxter (R) Nay
  • Feggans, Michael (D) Yea
  • Helmer, Dan (D) Yea
  • Hope, Patrick (D) Yea
  • Lopez, Alfonso (D) Yea
  • McClure, Adele (D) Yea
  • Mundon King, Candi (D) Yea
  • Oates, Delores (R) Nay
  • Obenshain, Joseph (R) Nay
  • Owen, David (R) Nay
  • Phillips, Eric (R) Nay
  • Rasoul, Sam (D) Yea
  • Seibold, Holly (D) Yea
  • Simon, Marcus (D) Yea
  • Taylor, Kim (R) Nay
  • Thomas, Joshua (D) Yea
  • Webert, Michael (R) Nay
  • Wilt, Tony (R) Nay
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
02/1/2024 51 49 0 0 Yes
  • Anthony, Bonita (D) Yea
  • Arnold, Jonathan (R) Nay
  • Askew, Alex (D) Yea
  • Austin, Terry (R) Nay
  • Ballard, Jason (R) Nay
  • Batten, Amanda (R) Nay
  • Bennett-Parker, Elizabeth (D) Yea
  • Bloxom, Robert (R) Nay
  • Bulova, David (D) Yea
  • Callsen, Katrina (D) Yea
  • Campbell, Ellen (R) Nay
  • Carr, Betsy (D) Yea
  • Cherry, Mike (R) Nay
  • Clark, Nadarius (D) Yea
  • Cohen, Laura Jane (D) Yea
  • Cole, Joshua (D) Yea
  • Convirs-Fowler, Kelly (D) Yea
  • Cordoza, Aijalon (R) Nay
  • Cousins, Rae (D) Yea
  • Coyner, Carrie (R) Nay
  • Davis, William (R) Nay
  • Delaney, Karrie (D) Yea
  • Earley, Mark (R) Nay
  • Ennis, Baxter (R) Nay
  • Feggans, Michael (D) Yea
  • Ferrell Tata, Anne (R) Nay
  • Fowler, Hyland (R) Nay
  • Freitas, Nicholas (R) Nay
  • Gardner, Debra (D) Yea
  • Garrett, Thomas (R) Nay
  • Gilbert, C. Todd (R) Nay
  • Glass, Jackie (D) Yea
  • Green, William (R) Nay
  • Griffin, Tim (R) Nay
  • Hayes, C.E. (D) Yea
  • Helmer, Dan (D) Yea
  • Henson, Rozia (D) Yea
  • Hernandez, Phil (D) Yea
  • Herring, Charniele (D) Yea
  • Higgins, Geary (R) Nay
  • Hodges, M. Keith (R) Nay
  • Hope, Patrick (D) Yea
  • Jones, Michael (D) Yea
  • Keys-Gamarra, Karen (D) Yea
  • Kilgore, Terry (R) Nay
  • Knight, Barry (R) Nay
  • Krizek, Paul (D) Yea
  • Laufer, Amy (D) Yea
  • LeVere Bolling, Destiny (D) Yea
  • Leftwich, James (R) Nay
  • Lopes-Maldonado, Michelle (D) Yea
  • Lopez, Alfonso (D) Yea
  • Lovejoy, Ian (R) Nay
  • Marshall, Daniel (R) Nay
  • Martinez, Fernando (D) Yea
  • McClure, Adele (D) Yea
  • McNamara, Joseph (R) Nay
  • McQuinn, Delores (D) Yea
  • Milde, Paul (R) Nay
  • Morefield, James (R) Nay
  • Mundon King, Candi (D) Yea
  • O'Quinn, Israel (R) Nay
  • Oates, Delores (R) Nay
  • Obenshain, Joseph (R) Nay
  • Orrock, Robert (R) Nay
  • Owen, David (R) Nay
  • Phillips, Eric (R) Nay
  • Price, Marcia (D) Yea
  • Pugh Kent, Hillary (R) Nay
  • Rasoul, Sam (D) Yea
  • Reaser, Atoosa (D) Yea
  • Reid, David (D) Yea
  • Runion, Chris (R) Nay
  • Scott, Don (D) Yea
  • Scott, Phillip (R) Nay
  • Seibold, Holly (D) Yea
  • Sewell, Briana (D) Yea
  • Shin, Irene (D) Yea
  • Sickles, Mark (D) Yea
  • Simon, Marcus (D) Yea
  • Simonds, Shelly (D) Yea
  • Srinivasan, Kannan (D) Yea
  • Sullivan, Richard (D) Yea
  • Taylor, Kim (R) Nay
  • Thomas, Joshua (D) Yea
  • Torian, Luke (D) Yea
  • Tran, Kathy (D) Yea
  • Wachsmann, H. Otto (R) Nay
  • Walker, Wendell (R) Nay
  • Ward, Jeion (D) Yea
  • Ware, Lee (R) Nay
  • Watts, Vivian (D) Yea
  • Webert, Michael (R) Nay
  • Wiley, Bill (R) Nay
  • Willett, Rodney (D) Yea
  • Williams, Wren (R) Nay
  • Wilt, Tony (R) Nay
  • Wright, Thomas (R) Nay
  • Wyatt, Scott (R) Nay
  • Zehr, Eric (R) Nay
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
02/28/2024 15 0 0 0 Yes
  • Aird, Lashrecse (D) Yea
  • Bagby, Lamont (D) Yea
  • Boysko, Jennifer (D) Yea
  • Brewer, Emily (R) Yea
  • Carroll Foy, Jennifer (D) Yea
  • Deeds, R. Creigh (D) Yea
  • McDougle, Ryan (R) Yea
  • Obenshain, Mark (R) Yea
  • Peake, Mark (R) Yea
  • Perry, Russet (D) Yea
  • Salim, Saddam (D) Yea
  • Stanley, William (R) Yea
  • Stuart, Richard (R) Yea
  • Subramanyam, Suhas (D) Yea
  • Surovell, Scott (D) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name

Link: link to state bill page

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