HB 1300 VA

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Purchase of handguns or other weapons of certain officers; Department of State Police. Provides that the Department of State Police may allow the immediate survivor of any law-enforcement officer formerly employed by the Department who had at least 10 years of service with the Department and who died while receiving long-term disability payments to purchase his service handgun, with the approval of the Superintendent of State Police, at a price of $1. This bill is identical to SB 86.

• Mitchell Cornett Republican · primary

1. Jan 15, 2026 Presented and ordered printed 26105506D · lower
2. Jan 15, 2026 Referred to Committee on Public Safety · lower
3. Jan 20, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1300) · lower
4. Jan 27, 2026 Assigned HMPPS sub: Firearms · lower
5. Jan 29, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N) · lower
6. Jan 30, 2026 Reported from Public Safety (21-Y 0-N) · lower
7. Feb 3, 2026 Read first time · lower
8. Feb 4, 2026 Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar · lower
9. Feb 4, 2026 Read second time and engrossed · lower
10. Feb 5, 2026 Motion to rerefer to committee agreed to (63-Y 34-N 0-A) · lower
11. Feb 5, 2026 Rereferred to Public Safety · lower
12. Feb 6, 2026 Reported from Public Safety (22-Y 0-N) · lower
13. Feb 10, 2026 Read first time · lower
14. Feb 11, 2026 Read second time and engrossed · lower
15. Feb 12, 2026 Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A) · lower
16. Feb 13, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) · upper
17. Feb 13, 2026 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice · upper
18. Feb 23, 2026 Reported from Courts of Justice (11-Y 0-N) · upper
19. Feb 24, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
20. Feb 24, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
21. Feb 24, 2026 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
22. Feb 25, 2026 Read third time · upper
23. Feb 25, 2026 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
24. Mar 2, 2026 Enrolled · lower
25. Mar 2, 2026 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1300ER) · lower
26. Mar 2, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
27. Mar 2, 2026 Signed by President · upper
28. Mar 2, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1300) · lower
29. Mar 10, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 · lower
30. Mar 10, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
31. Apr 6, 2026 Approved by Governor-Chapter 285 (effective 7/1/2026) · executive
32. Apr 6, 2026 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0285) · executive

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.

• Chaptered · PDF
• Chaptered · HTML
• Enrolled · PDF
• Enrolled · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML