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Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation HB1524

Legislation Overview

Title: Assault firearms; carrying in public areas prohibited, penalty.

Description: 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.

Session: 2026 Regular Regular Session

Last Action: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 5-N)

Last Action Date: February 23, 2026

History

Chamber	Date	Action
Senate	Feb 23, 2026	Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 5-N)
Senate	Feb 18, 2026	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
Senate	Feb 18, 2026	Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
House	Feb 17, 2026	Read third time and passed House (54-Y 41-N 0-A)
House	Feb 16, 2026	Read second time and engrossed
House	Feb 15, 2026	Read first time
House	Feb 13, 2026	Reported from Public Safety (13-Y 7-N)
House	Feb 3, 2026	Assigned HMPPS sub: Firearms
House	Jan 28, 2026	Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1524)
House	Jan 28, 2026	Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (1/28/2026 9:43 am)
House	Jan 27, 2026	Presented and ordered printed 26105949D
House	Jan 27, 2026	Referred to Committee on Public Safety
House	Jan 27, 2026	Unanimous consent to introduce

Texts

Type	Date	State Link	Text
Introduced	Jan 27, 2026	state link	bill text

Amendments

Title	Description	Date	State Link	Text	Adopted
There are no amendments to this bill at this time

Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call

Description	Vote Date	Yea Votes	Nay Votes	No Votes	Absent	Passed
Reported from Public Safety (13-Y 7-N)	02/13/2026	13	7	0	2	Yes
Adams, Kimberly Pope (D) Yea Anderson, Jessica (D) Yea Bennett-Parker, Elizabeth (D) Yea Clark, Nadarius (D) Absent Cornett, Mitchell (R) Nay Cousins, Rae (D) Yea Feggans, Michael (D) Yea Gardner, Debra (D) Yea Hamilton, Karen (R) Nay Helmer, Dan (D) Yea Hope, Patrick (D) Yea Lopez, Alfonso (D) Yea McClure, Adele (D) Yea Oates, Delores (R) Nay Phillips, Eric (R) Nay Rasoul, Sam (D) Yea Seibold, Holly (D) Absent Simon, Marcus (D) Yea Thomas, Joshua (D) Yea Webert, Michael (R) Nay Wilt, Tony (R) Nay Zehr, Eric (R) Nay
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
Read third time and passed House (54-Y 41-N 0-A)	02/17/2026	54	41	0	5	Yes
Adams, Kimberly Pope (D) Nay Anderson, Jessica (D) Nay Anthony, Bonita (D) Yea Askew, Alex (D) Yea Austin, Terry (R) Nay Ballard, Jason (R) Nay Bennett-Parker, Elizabeth (D) Yea Bloxom, Robert (R) Nay Bulova, Gretchen (D) Yea Callsen, Katrina (D) Yea Campbell, Ellen (R) Nay Carnegie, Karen (D) Yea Carr, Betsy (D) Yea Carroll, Stacey Annie (D) Nay Cherry, Mike (R) Nay Clark, Nadarius (D) Absent Cohen, Laura Jane (D) Yea Cole, Joshua (D) Yea Cole, Nicole (D) Nay Convirs-Fowler, Kelly (D) Yea Cornett, Mitchell (R) Nay Cousins, Rae (D) Yea Davis, William (R) Nay Delaney, Karrie (D) Absent Dougherty, Lindsey (D) Yea Downey, Mark (D) Yea Feggans, Michael (D) Yea Ferrell Tata, Anne (R) Nay Fowler, Hyland (R) Nay Franklin, Lily (D) Nay Franklin, Margaret (D) Yea Gardner, Debra (D) Yea Garrett, Thomas (R) Nay Glass, Jackie (D) Yea Griffin, Tim (R) Nay Guzman, Elizabeth (D) Yea Hamilton, Karen (R) Nay Hayes, C.E. (D) Yea Helmer, Dan (D) Yea Henson, Rozia (D) Absent Hernandez, Phil (D) Yea Herring, Charniele (D) Yea Hodges, M. Keith (R) Nay Hope, Patrick (D) Yea Keys-Gamarra, Karen (D) Yea Kilgore, Terry (R) Nay Knight, Barry (R) Absent Krizek, Paul (D) Yea Laufer, Amy (D) Yea LeVere Bolling, Destiny (D) Yea Leftwich, James (R) Nay Lopes-Maldonado, Michelle (D) Yea Lopez, Alfonso (D) Yea Martinez, Fernando (D) Yea McAuliff, John Chilton (D) Absent McClure, Adele (D) Yea McGuire, Garrett (D) Yea McNamara, Joseph (R) Nay McQuinn, Delores (D) Yea Mehta, Leslie Chambers (D) Yea Morefield, James (R) Nay Nivar, May (D) Yea O'Quinn, Israel (R) Nay Oates, Delores (R) Nay Pence, Justin (R) Nay Phillips, Eric (R) Nay Price, Marcia (D) Yea Pugh Kent, Hillary (R) Nay Rasoul, Sam (D) Yea Reaser, Atoosa (D) Yea Reid, David (D) Yea Runion, Chris (R) Nay Schmidt, Charlie (D) Yea Scott, Don (D) Yea Scott, Phillip (R) Nay Seibold, Holly (D) Yea Sewell, Briana (D) Yea Shin, Irene (D) Yea Simon, Marcus (D) Yea Simonds, Shelly (D) Yea Singh, J.J. (D) Yea Sullivan, Richard (D) Yea Thomas, Joshua (D) Yea Thornton, Virgil (D) Nay Torian, Luke (D) Yea Tran, Kathy (D) Yea Wachsmann, H. Otto (R) Nay Walker, Wendell (R) Nay Ward, Jeion (D) Yea Ware, Lee (R) Nay Watts, Vivian (D) Yea Webert, Michael (R) Nay Whittle, Madison (R) Nay Wiley, Bill (R) Nay Willett, Rodney (D) Yea Williams, Wren (R) Nay Wilt, Tony (R) Nay Wright, Thomas (R) Nay Wyatt, Scott (R) Nay Zehr, Eric (R) Nay
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 5-N)	02/23/2026	9	5	0	1	Yes
Boysko, Jennifer (D) Yea Carroll Foy, Jennifer (D) Yea Deeds, R. Creigh (D) Yea Favola, Barbara (D) Yea Jones, Michael (D) Yea McDougle, Ryan (R) Nay Obenshain, Mark (R) Nay Peake, Mark (R) Nay Perry, Russet (D) Yea Salim, Saddam (D) Yea Srinivasan, Kannan (D) Yea Stanley, William (R) Nay Stuart, Richard (R) Absent Sturtevant, Glen (R) Nay Surovell, Scott (D) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name

Link: link to state bill page

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