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Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation SB173

Legislation Overview

Title: Weapons; possession prohibited in hospital that provides mental health or developmental services.

Description: Weapons; possession prohibited in a hospital that provides mental health services or developmental services; penalty. Makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person to knowingly and intentionally possess in the building of any hospital that provides mental health services or developmental services in the Commonwealth, including an emergency department or other facility rendering emergency medical care, a (i) firearm, (ii) knife with a blade over three and one-half inches, or (iii) other dangerous weapon, including explosives and stun weapons. The bill also provides that notice of such prohibitions shall be posted conspicuously at each public entrance of any hospital and that no person shall be convicted of the offense if such notice is not posted, unless such person had actual notice of the prohibitions. The bill provides that such firearm, knife, explosive, or weapon shall be subject to seizure by a law-enforcement officer and forfeited to the Commonwealth and specifies certain exceptions to the prohibition. This bill is identical to HB 229.

Session: 2026 Regular Regular Session

Last Action: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1109)

Last Action Date: May 14, 2026

History

Chamber	Date	Action
	May 14, 2026	Approved by Governor-Chapter 1109 (effective 7/1/2026)
	May 14, 2026	Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1109)
Senate	Apr 22, 2026	Passed by for the day (21-Y 18-N 0-A)
	Apr 22, 2026	Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., May 23, 2026
Senate	Apr 22, 2026	Communicated to Governor
Senate	Apr 13, 2026	Substitute bill reprinted 26110156D
	Apr 11, 2026	Governor's recommendation received by Senate
Senate	Mar 10, 2026	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026
	Mar 10, 2026	Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
Senate	Feb 18, 2026	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB173ER)
Senate	Feb 18, 2026	Signed by President
House	Feb 18, 2026	Signed by Speaker
Senate	Feb 18, 2026	Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB173)
Senate	Feb 18, 2026	Enrolled
House	Feb 16, 2026	Passed House (63-Y 35-N 0-A)
House	Feb 16, 2026	Read third time
House	Feb 15, 2026	Read second time
House	Feb 13, 2026	Reported from Public Safety (13-Y 7-N)
House	Feb 12, 2026	Referred to Committee on Public Safety
House	Feb 12, 2026	Placed on Calendar
House	Feb 12, 2026	Read first time
Senate	Feb 9, 2026	Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A)
Senate	Feb 6, 2026	Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB173)
Senate	Feb 6, 2026	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Voice Vote)
Senate	Feb 6, 2026	Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to
Senate	Feb 6, 2026	Read second time
Senate	Feb 5, 2026	Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
Senate	Feb 5, 2026	Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
Senate	Feb 5, 2026	Rules suspended
Senate	Feb 4, 2026	Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N)
Senate	Jan 30, 2026	Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (1/30/2026 1:45 pm)
Senate	Jan 28, 2026	Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB173)
Senate	Jan 28, 2026	Committee substitute printed 26106282D-S1
Senate	Jan 26, 2026	Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 5-N)
Senate	Jan 26, 2026	Senate committee offered
Senate	Jan 12, 2026	Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (1/12/2026 11:30 am)
Senate	Jan 8, 2026	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
Senate	Jan 8, 2026	Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26105103D

Texts

Type	Date	State Link	Text
Chaptered	May 14, 2026	state link	bill text
Comm Sub	Apr 13, 2026	state link	bill text
Comm Sub	Apr 13, 2026	state link	bill text
Enrolled	Feb 18, 2026	state link	bill text
Comm Sub	Jan 28, 2026	state link	bill text
Comm Sub	Jan 26, 2026	state link	bill text
Introduced	Jan 8, 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 Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 5-N)	01/26/2026	9	5	0	1	Yes
Aird, Lashrecse (D) Yea Bagby, Lamont (D) Yea Boysko, Jennifer (D) Yea Carroll Foy, Jennifer (D) Yea Deeds, R. Creigh (D) Yea Favola, Barbara (D) Yea McDougle, Ryan (R) Nay Obenshain, Mark (R) Nay Peake, Mark (R) Nay Perry, Russet (D) Yea Salim, Saddam (D) Yea Stanley, William (R) Nay Stuart, Richard (R) Absent Sturtevant, Glen (R) Nay Surovell, Scott (D) Yea
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Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N)	02/4/2026	10	5	0	0	Yes
Boysko, Jennifer (D) Yea Deeds, R. Creigh (D) Yea Ebbin, Adam (D) Yea Favola, Barbara (D) Yea Locke, Mamie (D) Yea Lucas, L. Louise (D) Yea Marsden, Dave (D) Yea McDougle, Ryan (R) Nay McPike, Jeremy (D) Yea Obenshain, Mark (R) Nay Pillion, Todd (R) Nay Reeves, Bryce (R) Nay Rouse, Aaron (D) Yea Stuart, Richard (R) Nay Surovell, Scott (D) Yea
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Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)	02/5/2026	40	0	0	0	Yes
Aird, Lashrecse (D) Yea Bagby, Lamont (D) Yea Boysko, Jennifer (D) Yea Brankley Mulchi, Tammy (R) Yea Brewer, Emily (R) Yea Carroll Foy, Jennifer (D) Yea Cifers, Luther (R) Yea DeSteph, Bill (R) Yea Deeds, R. Creigh (D) Yea Diggs, J.D. (R) Yea Durant, Tara (R) Yea Ebbin, Adam (D) Yea Favola, Barbara (D) Yea French, Timmy (R) Yea Hackworth, Travis (R) Yea Head, Chris (R) Yea Jones, Michael (D) Yea Locke, Mamie (D) Yea Lucas, L. Louise (D) Yea Marsden, Dave (D) Yea McDougle, Ryan (R) Yea McPike, Jeremy (D) Yea New Craig, Christie (R) Yea Obenshain, Mark (R) Yea Peake, Mark (R) Yea Pekarsky, Stella (D) Yea Perry, Russet (D) Yea Pillion, Todd (R) Yea Reeves, Bryce (R) Yea Roem, Danica (D) Yea Rouse, Aaron (D) Yea Salim, Saddam (D) Yea Srinivasan, Kannan (D) Yea Stanley, William (R) Yea Stuart, Richard (R) Yea Sturtevant, Glen (R) Yea Suetterlein, David (R) Yea Surovell, Scott (D) Yea VanValkenburg, Schuyler (D) Yea Williams Graves, Angelia (D) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A)	02/9/2026	21	19	0	0	Yes
Aird, Lashrecse (D) Yea Bagby, Lamont (D) Yea Boysko, Jennifer (D) Yea Brankley Mulchi, Tammy (R) Nay Brewer, Emily (R) Nay Carroll Foy, Jennifer (D) Yea Cifers, Luther (R) Nay DeSteph, Bill (R) Nay Deeds, R. Creigh (D) Yea Diggs, J.D. (R) Nay Durant, Tara (R) Nay Ebbin, Adam (D) Yea Favola, Barbara (D) Yea French, Timmy (R) Nay Hackworth, Travis (R) Nay Head, Chris (R) Nay Jones, Michael (D) Yea Locke, Mamie (D) Yea Lucas, L. Louise (D) Yea Marsden, Dave (D) Yea McDougle, Ryan (R) Nay McPike, Jeremy (D) Yea New Craig, Christie (R) Nay Obenshain, Mark (R) Nay Peake, Mark (R) Nay Pekarsky, Stella (D) Yea Perry, Russet (D) Yea Pillion, Todd (R) Nay Reeves, Bryce (R) Nay Roem, Danica (D) Yea Rouse, Aaron (D) Yea Salim, Saddam (D) Yea Srinivasan, Kannan (D) Yea Stanley, William (R) Nay Stuart, Richard (R) Nay Sturtevant, Glen (R) Nay Suetterlein, David (R) Nay Surovell, Scott (D) Yea VanValkenburg, Schuyler (D) Yea Williams Graves, Angelia (D) Yea
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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
Passed House (63-Y 35-N 0-A)	02/16/2026	63	35	0	2	Yes
Adams, Kimberly Pope (D) Yea Anderson, Jessica (D) Yea 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) Yea Cherry, Mike (R) Nay Clark, Nadarius (D) Absent Cohen, Laura Jane (D) Yea Cole, Joshua (D) Yea Cole, Nicole (D) Yea Convirs-Fowler, Kelly (D) Yea Cornett, Mitchell (R) Nay Cousins, Rae (D) Yea Davis, William (R) Nay Delaney, Karrie (D) Yea Dougherty, Lindsey (D) Yea Downey, Mark (D) Yea Feggans, Michael (D) Yea Ferrell Tata, Anne (R) Nay Fowler, Hyland (R) Nay Franklin, Lily (D) Yea 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) Yea 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) Yea 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) Yea 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
Passed by for the day (21-Y 18-N 0-A)	04/22/2026	21	18	0	1	Yes
Aird, Lashrecse (D) Yea Bagby, Lamont (D) Yea Bennett-Parker, Elizabeth (D) Yea Boysko, Jennifer (D) Yea Brankley Mulchi, Tammy (R) Nay Brewer, Emily (R) Nay Carroll Foy, Jennifer (D) Yea Cifers, Luther (R) Nay DeSteph, Bill (R) Nay Deeds, R. Creigh (D) Yea Diggs, J.D. (R) Nay Durant, Tara (R) Nay Favola, Barbara (D) Yea French, Timmy (R) Nay Hackworth, Travis (R) Nay Head, Chris (R) Absent Jones, Michael (D) Yea Locke, Mamie (D) Yea Lucas, L. Louise (D) Yea Marsden, Dave (D) Yea McDougle, Ryan (R) Nay McPike, Jeremy (D) Yea New Craig, Christie (R) Nay Obenshain, Mark (R) Nay Peake, Mark (R) Nay Pekarsky, Stella (D) Nay Perry, Russet (D) Yea Pillion, Todd (R) Nay Reeves, Bryce (R) Yea Roem, Danica (D) Yea Rouse, Aaron (D) Yea Salim, Saddam (D) Yea Srinivasan, Kannan (D) Yea Stanley, William (R) Nay Stuart, Richard (R) Nay Sturtevant, Glen (R) Nay Suetterlein, David (R) Nay Surovell, Scott (D) Yea VanValkenburg, Schuyler (D) Yea Williams Graves, Angelia (D) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name

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