HB 1524 VA

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Carrying assault firearms in public areas prohibited; penalty. Prohibits the carrying of certain semi-automatic center-fire rifles, pistols, and shotguns or any firearm modified to be operable as an assault firearm on any public street, road, alley, sidewalk, or public right-of-way or in any public park or any other place of whatever nature that is open to the public, with certain exceptions. Under current law, the prohibition on carrying certain shotguns and semi-automatic center-fire rifles and pistols applies to a narrower range of firearms, only in certain localities, and only when such firearms are loaded. A violation of this prohibition is a Class 1 misdemeanor.

• Garrett McGuire Democratic · primary

1. Jan 27, 2026 Presented and ordered printed 26105949D · lower
2. Jan 27, 2026 Unanimous consent to introduce · lower
3. Jan 27, 2026 Referred to Committee on Public Safety · lower
4. Jan 28, 2026 Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (1/28/2026 9:43 am) · lower
5. Jan 28, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1524) · lower
6. Feb 3, 2026 Assigned HMPPS sub: Firearms · lower
7. Feb 13, 2026 Reported from Public Safety (13-Y 7-N) · lower
8. Feb 15, 2026 Read first time · lower
9. Feb 16, 2026 Read second time and engrossed · lower
10. Feb 17, 2026 Read third time and passed House (54-Y 41-N 0-A) · lower
11. Feb 18, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) · upper
12. Feb 18, 2026 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice · upper
13. Feb 23, 2026 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 5-N) · upper
14. Feb 25, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26108452D-S1 · upper
15. Feb 25, 2026 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N) · upper
16. Feb 25, 2026 Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (2/25/2026 12:55 pm) · lower
17. Feb 26, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
18. Feb 26, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
19. Feb 26, 2026 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
20. Feb 26, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1524) · lower
21. Feb 27, 2026 Read third time · upper
22. Feb 27, 2026 Passed by for the day · upper
23. Mar 2, 2026 Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to · upper
24. Mar 2, 2026 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute · upper
25. Mar 2, 2026 Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N 0-A) · upper
26. Mar 4, 2026 Senate substitute rejected by House (0-Y 95-N 0-A) · lower
27. Mar 6, 2026 Senate insisted on amendments (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
28. Mar 6, 2026 Senate requested conference committee · upper
29. Mar 9, 2026 House acceded to request · lower
30. Mar 10, 2026 Conferees appointed by Senate · upper
31. Mar 10, 2026 Senate Conferees: Jones, Surovell, Peake · upper
32. Mar 11, 2026 Conferees appointed by House · lower
33. Mar 11, 2026 House Conferees: McGuire, Simon, Wilt · lower
34. Mar 13, 2026 Conference Report released · legislature
35. Mar 13, 2026 Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (3/13/2026 1:57 pm) · lower
36. Mar 13, 2026 Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (3/13/2026 2:06 pm) · lower
37. Mar 13, 2026 Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (3/13/2026 2:57 pm) · lower
38. Mar 13, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1524) · lower
39. Mar 13, 2026 Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 18-N 0-A) · upper
40. Mar 13, 2026 Conference report agreed to by House (55-Y 38-N 0-A) · lower
41. Mar 18, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1524) · lower
42. Mar 30, 2026 Enrolled · lower
43. Mar 30, 2026 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1524ER) · lower
44. Mar 30, 2026 Signed by President · upper
45. Mar 31, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
46. Mar 31, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 · lower
47. Mar 31, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
48. Apr 1, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1524) · lower
49. Apr 11, 2026 Governor's recommendation received by House · executive
50. Apr 15, 2026 Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (4/15/2026 7:24 am) · 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
• Conference Report · HTML
• Conference Report Substitute · PDF
• Conference Report Substitute · HTML
• Courts of Justice Substitute · PDF
• Courts of Justice Substitute · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML