HB 1525 VA

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Possession, transportation, or purchase of certain firearms by certain persons; penalty. Provides additional exceptions, outlined in the bill, for persons younger than 18 years of age to possess or transport handguns or assault firearms anywhere in the Commonwealth. The bill also makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for persons younger than 21 years of age to purchase a handgun or assault firearm anywhere in the Commonwealth.

• Garrett McGuire Democratic · primary

1. Jan 27, 2026 Presented and ordered printed 26106114D · lower
2. Jan 27, 2026 Unanimous consent to introduce · lower
3. Jan 27, 2026 Referred to Committee on Public Safety · lower
4. Jan 29, 2026 Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (1/29/2026 4:49 pm) · lower
5. Feb 3, 2026 Assigned HMPPS sub: Firearms · lower
6. Feb 5, 2026 House subcommittee offered · lower
7. Feb 5, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 3-N) · lower
8. Feb 6, 2026 Reported from Public Safety with substitute (14-Y 8-N) · lower
9. Feb 6, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26107217D-H1 · lower
10. Feb 6, 2026 Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (2/6/2026 2:03 pm) · lower
11. Feb 9, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1525) · lower
12. Feb 10, 2026 Read first time · lower
13. Feb 11, 2026 Read second time · lower
14. Feb 11, 2026 committee substitute agreed to · lower
15. Feb 11, 2026 Engrossed by House - committee substitute · lower
16. Feb 12, 2026 Read third time and passed House (58-Y 37-N 0-A) · lower
17. Feb 13, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) · upper
18. Feb 13, 2026 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice · upper
19. Feb 23, 2026 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 5-N) · upper
20. Feb 25, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26108455D-S1 · upper
21. Feb 25, 2026 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N) · upper
22. Feb 25, 2026 Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (2/25/2026 12:44 pm) · lower
23. Feb 26, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
24. Feb 26, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
25. Feb 26, 2026 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
26. Feb 26, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1525) · lower
27. Feb 27, 2026 Read third time · upper
28. Feb 27, 2026 Passed by for the day · upper
29. Mar 2, 2026 Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to · upper
30. Mar 2, 2026 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute · upper
31. Mar 2, 2026 Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N 0-A) · upper
32. Mar 4, 2026 Senate substitute rejected by House (0-Y 95-N 0-A) · lower
33. Mar 6, 2026 Senate insisted on amendments (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
34. Mar 6, 2026 Senate requested conference committee · upper
35. Mar 9, 2026 House acceded to request · lower
36. Mar 10, 2026 Conferees appointed by Senate · upper
37. Mar 10, 2026 Senate Conferees: Surovell, Deeds, Stanley · upper
38. Mar 11, 2026 Conferees appointed by House · lower
39. Mar 11, 2026 House Conferees: McGuire, Simon, Oates · lower
40. Mar 14, 2026 Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (3/14/2026 12:23 pm) · lower
41. Mar 14, 2026 Conference Report released · legislature
42. Mar 14, 2026 Conference report agreed to by House (60-Y 37-N 0-A) · lower
43. Mar 14, 2026 Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 18-N 0-A) · upper
44. Mar 17, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1525) · lower
45. Mar 30, 2026 Enrolled · lower
46. Mar 30, 2026 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1525ER) · lower
47. Mar 30, 2026 Signed by President · upper
48. Mar 31, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
49. Mar 31, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 · lower
50. Mar 31, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
51. Apr 3, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1525) · lower
52. Apr 7, 2026 Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (4/7/2026 1:37 pm) · lower
53. Apr 11, 2026 Governor's recommendation received by House · 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.

• Governor Substitute · PDF
• Governor Substitute · HTML
• Governor's Recommendation · HTML
• Enrolled · PDF
• Enrolled · HTML
• Conference Report · HTML
• Conference Report Substitute · PDF
• Conference Report Substitute · HTML
• Courts of Justice Substitute · PDF
• Courts of Justice Substitute · HTML
• Public Safety Substitute · PDF
• Public Safety Substitute · HTML
• Public Safety Substitute · PDF
• Public Safety Substitute · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML