SB1181
Assault firearms and certain ammunition feeding devices; prohibits sale, transfer, etc.
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Importation, sale, possession, etc., of assault firearms and certain ammunition feeding devices prohibited; penalty.
Creates a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person who imports, sells, manufactures, purchases, possesses, transports, or transfers an assault firearm, as that term is defined in the bill and with some exceptions, and prohibits a person who has been convicted of such violation from purchasing, possessing, or transporting a firearm ... (More) for a period of three years from the date of conviction. The bill provides that an assault firearm does not include any firearm that is an antique firearm, has been rendered permanently inoperable, is manually operated by bolt, pump, lever, or slide action, or was manufactured before July 1, 2025. The bill also prohibits the sale of a large capacity ammunition feeding device, as that term is defined in the bill. The bill provides that any person who willfully and intentionally (i) sells an assault firearm to another person or (ii) purchases an assault firearm from another person is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor and that any person who imports, sells, barters, or transfers a large capacity ammunition feeding device is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill also makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person younger than 21 years of age to import, sell, manufacture, purchase, possess, transport, or transfer an assault firearm regardless of the date of manufacture of such assault firearm with some exceptions. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/08/2025 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25100426D
- 01/08/2025 - Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/10/2025 - Senate: Impact statement from VCSC (SB1181)
- 01/17/2025 - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 6-N)
- 01/17/2025 - Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 01/17/2025 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 25105212D-S1
- 01/21/2025 - Senate: Impact statement from VCSC (SB1181)
- 01/22/2025 - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 4-N)
- 01/23/2025 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 01/23/2025 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N)
- 01/23/2025 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 01/24/2025 - Senate: Read second time
- 01/24/2025 - Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 01/24/2025 - Senate: Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to
- 01/24/2025 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
- 01/26/2025 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1181)
- 01/27/2025 - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (20-Y 18-N) Close Floor Vote
- 02/04/2025 - House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/04/2025 - House: Read first time
- 02/04/2025 - House: Referred to Committee on Public Safety
- 02/04/2025 - House: Placed on Public Safety Agenda
- 02/07/2025 - House: Reported from Public Safety (11-Y 10-N)
- 02/11/2025 - House: Read second time
- 02/12/2025 - House: Floor substitute printed 25107106D-H1 (Simon)
- 02/12/2025 - House: Read third time
- 02/12/2025 - House: Delegate Simon Substitute agreed to
- 02/12/2025 - House: Engrossed by House - floor substitute
- 02/12/2025 - House: Passed House with substitute (50-Y 47-N) Close Floor Vote
- 02/12/2025 - Senate: Impact statement from VCSC (SB1181)
- 02/14/2025 - Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (21-Y 15-N) Close Floor Vote
- 02/18/2025 - Senate: Enrolled
- 02/18/2025 - Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1181ER)
- 02/18/2025 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/20/2025 - Senate: Signed by President
- 02/20/2025 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1181)
- 03/03/2025 - Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025
- 03/03/2025 - Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
- 03/24/2025 - Senate: Governor's Veto Received by Senate
- 03/24/2025 - Vetoed by Governor
- 04/02/2025 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 04/02/2025 - Senate: Senate sustained Governor's veto
