HB 1015 VA

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Possession or transportation of firearms, firearms ammunition, stun weapons, or explosives or carrying of concealed weapons by persons convicted of a misdemeanor hate crime prohibited; penalty. Prohibits any person who, on or after July 1, 2026, commits assault or assault and battery against a person he intentionally selected because of his race, religious conviction, gender, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, color, or ethnic or national origin and is subsequently adjudicated delinquent or convicted of such offense from knowingly and intentionally possessing or transporting any firearm or ammunition for a firearm, any stun weapon, or any explosive material or carrying a concealed weapon, a violation of which is a Class 1 misdemeanor.

• Kathy K.L. Tran Democratic · primary

1. Jan 14, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100294D · lower
2. Jan 14, 2026 Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (1/14/2026 6:26 pm) · lower
3. Jan 14, 2026 Referred to Committee on Public Safety · lower
4. Jan 29, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1015) · lower
5. Feb 3, 2026 Assigned HMPPS sub: Firearms · lower
6. Feb 5, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting and referring to Appropriations (7-Y 3-N) · lower
7. Feb 6, 2026 Reported from Public Safety and referred to Appropriations (15-Y 7-N) · lower
8. Feb 6, 2026 Assigned HAPP sub: Transportation & Public Safety · lower
9. Feb 11, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 2-N) · lower
10. Feb 11, 2026 Reported from Appropriations (15-Y 7-N) · lower
11. Feb 13, 2026 Read first time · lower
12. Feb 16, 2026 Read second time and engrossed · lower
13. Feb 17, 2026 Read third time and passed House (60-Y 35-N 0-A) · lower
14. Feb 18, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) · upper
15. Feb 18, 2026 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice · upper
16. Feb 25, 2026 Senate committee offered · upper
17. Feb 25, 2026 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 6-N) · upper
18. Feb 27, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26108667D-S1 · upper
19. Feb 27, 2026 Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (2/27/2026 3:41 pm) · lower
20. Feb 27, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1015) · lower
21. Mar 4, 2026 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N) · upper
22. Mar 5, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
23. Mar 5, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
24. Mar 5, 2026 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
25. Mar 6, 2026 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
26. Mar 9, 2026 Passed by for the day · upper
27. Mar 10, 2026 Read third time · upper
28. Mar 10, 2026 Passed by for the day · upper
29. Mar 11, 2026 Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to · upper
30. Mar 11, 2026 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute · upper
31. Mar 11, 2026 Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N 0-A) · upper
32. Mar 11, 2026 Read third time · upper
33. Mar 12, 2026 Senate substitute agreed to by House (60-Y 35-N 0-A) · lower
34. Mar 30, 2026 Enrolled · lower
35. Mar 30, 2026 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1015ER) · lower
36. Mar 30, 2026 Signed by President · upper
37. Mar 31, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
38. Mar 31, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 · lower
39. Mar 31, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
40. Apr 1, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1015) · lower
41. Apr 12, 2026 Governor's recommendation received by House · executive
42. Apr 14, 2026 Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (4/14/2026 12:45 pm) · lower

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

• Governor Substitute · PDF
• Governor Substitute · HTML
• Governor's Recommendation · HTML
• Enrolled · PDF
• Enrolled · HTML
• Courts of Justice Substitute · PDF
• Courts of Justice Substitute · HTML
• Courts of Justice Substitute · PDF
• Courts of Justice Substitute · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML