Subcommittee Agenda

Public Safety - Firearms Subcommittee Agenda

Chair: Clark, Nadarius

Meeting Date & Time: 01/29/2026 04:00 PM Add to Calendar

Location: House North Subcommittee Room - 200

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Active item: Meeting Adjourned

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Committee Clerk: (804) 698-1548 (Teague)

DLS Contact: Anthony Sargent, asargent@dls.virginia.gov

Block 1

Bill(s)	Patron	Title
HB19	McClure	Firearms; purchase, etc., after assault & battery of family or household member or intimate partner.
Summary: A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 16.1-228 and 18.2-308.1:8 of the Code of Virginia, relating to purchase, possession, or transportation of firearm; assault and battery of a family or household member or intimate partner; penalties. Fiscal Impact Subcommittee recommends reporting and referring to Appropriations (7-Y 3-N) Yeas (7): Clark, Lopez, Helmer, McClure, Feggans, Gardner, Simon Nays (3): Wilt, Oates, Zehr Not Voting (1): Pope Adams Related Bills: SB160 (Perry - Firearms; purchase, etc., after assault & battery of family or household member or intimate partner.) Firearms Subcommittee recommends reporting and referring to Appropriations (7-Y 3-N)
HB21	Helmer	Firearm industry members; creates standards of responsible conduct, civil liability.
Summary: A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Title 59.1 a chapter numbered 60, consisting of sections numbered 59.1-614, 59.1-615, and 59.1-616, relating to firearm industry members; standards of responsible conduct; civil liability. Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 3-N) Yeas (7): Clark, Lopez, Helmer, McClure, Feggans, Gardner, Simon Nays (3): Wilt, Oates, Zehr Not Voting (1): Pope Adams Firearms Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 3-N)
HB40	Simon	Plastic firearms or receivers, unserialized firearms, etc.; transfer, etc., prohibited, penalties.
Summary: A BILL to amend and reenact § 18.2-308.5 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 18.2-308.5:2, relating to manufacture, import, sale, transfer, or possession of plastic firearms and unfinished frames or receivers and unserialized firearms prohibited; penalties. Fiscal Impact Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 3-N) Yeas (7): Clark, Lopez, Helmer, McClure, Feggans, Gardner, Simon Nays (3): Wilt, Oates, Zehr Not Voting (1): Pope Adams Firearms Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 3-N)
HB93	Bennett-Parker	Firearms; transfers to another person from a prohibited person.
Summary: A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 18.2-308.1:4 and 18.2-308.1:8 of the Code of Virginia, relating to firearm transfers to another person from a prohibited person. Fiscal Impact Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 3-N) Yeas (7): Clark, Lopez, Helmer, McClure, Feggans, Gardner, Pope Adams Nays (3): Wilt, Oates, Zehr Related Bills: SB38 (Favola - Firearms; transfers to another person from a prohibited person.) Firearms Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 3-N)
HB110	Laufer	Firearm in unattended motor vehicle; civil penalty.
Summary: A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 2 of Chapter 12 of Title 46.2 a section numbered 46.2-1215.1, relating to firearm in unattended motor vehicle; civil penalty. Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 3-N) Yeas (7): Clark, Lopez, Helmer, McClure, Feggans, Gardner, Pope Adams Nays (3): Wilt, Oates, Zehr Firearms Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 3-N)
HB217	Helmer	Assault firearms and certain ammunition feeding devices; importation, sale, etc., prohibited.
Summary: A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 15.2-915.5, 18.2-308.09, 18.2-308.2:1, 18.2-308.2:2, 18.2-308.2:3, 18.2-308.2:5, 18.2-308.7, and 19.2-386.28 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding sections numbered 18.2-287.4:1, 18.2-287.4:2, 18.2-308.1:9, and 18.2-309.1, relating to purchase, possession, sale, transfer, etc., of assault firearms and certain ammunition feeding devices prohibited; penalties. Fiscal Impact Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 3-N) Yeas (7): Clark, Lopez, Helmer, McClure, Feggans, Gardner, Simon Nays (3): Wilt, Oates, Zehr Not Voting (1): Pope Adams Firearms Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 3-N)
HB229	Hernandez	Weapons; possession prohibited in hospital that provides mental health or developmental services.
Summary: A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 18.2-283.3, relating to weapons; possession prohibited in a hospital that provides mental health services or developmental services; penalty. Fiscal Impact Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 3-N) Yeas (7): Clark, Lopez, Helmer, McClure, Feggans, Gardner, Pope Adams Nays (3): Wilt, Oates, Zehr Related Bills: SB173 (Williams Graves - Weapons; possession prohibited in hospital that provides mental health or developmental services.) Firearms Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 3-N)
HB626	Callsen	Firearm or explosive material; exemptions, carrying public institutions of higher education.
Summary: A BILL to amend and reenact § 18.2-283.2 of the Code of Virginia, relating to carrying a firearm or explosive material within Capitol Square or building owned or leased by the Commonwealth; exemptions; public institutions of higher education; penalty. Fiscal Impact Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 3-N) Yeas (7): Clark, Lopez, Helmer, McClure, Feggans, Gardner, Pope Adams Nays (3): Wilt, Oates, Zehr Related Bills: SB272 (Deeds - Firearm or explosive material; exemptions, carrying public institutions of higher education.) Firearms Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 3-N)
HB702	Cole, J.G.	Virginia Firearm Give-Back Program and Fund; established and created, report.
Summary: A BILL to direct local law-enforcement agencies to implement a firearm give-back program or a firearm buy-back program. Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referring to Appropriations (7-Y 3-N) Yeas (7): Clark, Lopez, Helmer, McClure, Feggans, Gardner, Pope Adams Nays (3): Wilt, Oates, Zehr Firearms Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referring to Appropriations (7-Y 3-N)
HB871	Downey	Firearms; storage residence where minor or person prohibited from possessing is present, penalty.
Summary: A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 18.2-308.7:1, relating to storage of firearms in a residence where a minor or person prohibited from possessing a firearm is present; penalty. Fiscal Impact Subcommittee failed to recommend reporting (3-Y 3-N) Yeas (3): Clark, Lopez, McClure Nays (3): Pope Adams, Oates, Zehr Not Voting (4): Helmer, Feggans, Gardner, Wilt Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 4-N) Yeas (3): Clark, Lopez, McClure Nays (3): Pope Adams, Oates, Zehr Not Voting (4): Helmer, Feggans, Gardner, Wilt Firearms Subcommittee failed to recommend reporting (3-Y 3-N); Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 4-N)
HB969	Price	Virginia Gun Violence Prevention Center; established.
Summary: A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Chapter 1 of Title 32.1 an article numbered 6, consisting of a section numbered 32.1-34.4, relating to the Virginia Gun Violence Prevention Center established. Fiscal Impact Firearms
HB1300	Cornett	State Police, Department of; purchase of handguns or other weapons of certain officers.
Summary: A BILL to amend and reenact § 59.1-148.3 of the Code of Virginia, relating to purchase of handguns or other weapons of certain officers; Department of State Police. Fiscal Impact Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N) Yeas (10): Clark, Lopez, Helmer, McClure, Feggans, Gardner, Pope Adams, Wilt, Oates, Zehr Related Bills: SB86 (Stanley - State Police, Department of; purchase of handguns or other weapons of certain officers.) Firearms Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
HB1303	Ware	Nonresident concealed handgun permits.
Summary: A BILL to amend and reenact § 18.2-308.06 of the Code of Virginia, relating to nonresident concealed handgun permits. Fiscal Impact Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (7-Y 3-N) Yeas (7): Clark, Lopez, Helmer, McClure, Feggans, Gardner, Pope Adams Nays (3): Wilt, Oates, Zehr Firearms Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (7-Y 3-N)
HB1359	Hope	Firearm purchase requirements; penalties.
Summary: A BILL to amend and reenact §§ 18.2-308.2:2 and 18.2-308.2:5 of the Code of Virginia and to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 18.2-308.2:6, relating to firearm purchase requirements; penalties. Fiscal Impact Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referring to Appropriations (6-Y 3-N) Yeas (6): Clark, Lopez, Helmer, McClure, Feggans, Gardner Nays (3): Wilt, Oates, Zehr Not Voting (1): Pope Adams Firearms Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referring to Appropriations (6-Y 3-N)

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