Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation SB848
Legislation Overview
Title: Firearms, certain; age requirement for purchase, penalty.
Description: Purchase of certain firearms; age requirement; penalty. Prohibits any person under 21 years of age from purchasing an assault firearm, with exceptions for the purchase of an assault firearm by a law-enforcement officer, correctional officer, jail officer, or member of the Armed Forces of the United States, the Virginia National Guard, or the National Guard of any other state. Accordingly, the bill prohibits a licensed dealer from selling, renting, trading, or transferring from his inventory an assault firearm to any person under 21 years of age. A violation of either prohibition is a Class 6 felony. The bill also expands the definition of assault firearm as the term applies to criminal history record information checks.
Session: 2025 Regular Session
Last Action: Impact statement from VCSC (SB848)
Last Action Date: January 9, 2025
Sponsors
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1 sponsors: Saddam Salim (D);
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 3% (1 of 40)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Jan 9, 2025 | Impact statement from VCSC (SB848) |
| Senate | Jan 2, 2025 | Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101315D |
| Senate | Jan 2, 2025 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | Jan 2, 2025 | 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
There have not been any votes on this bill
Link: link to state bill page
