Purchase, sale, transfer, etc., of assault firearms and certain ammunition feeding devices prohibited; penalties.
Summary
Importation, sale, manufacture, etc., of assault firearms and certain ammunition feeding devices prohibited; penalties. Creates a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person who imports, sells, manufactures, purchases, or transfers an assault firearm, as that term is defined in the bill with some exceptions, and prohibits a person who has been convicted of such violation from purchasing, possessing, or transporting a firearm 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. This bill is identical to SB 1181.
Bill status
vetoed
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Feb 2025
Vetoed
Apr 2025
Introduced Jan 3, 2025
Vetoed Apr 2, 2025
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Enrolled
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Feb 22, 2025
MINOR
This bill enrolls HB 1607, a Virginia gun control law that prohibits the importation, sale, manufacture, purchase, and transfer of assault firearms by anyone, with additional restrictions on persons under 21 years old. The bill also adds new disqualifications for concealed handgun permits and establishes criminal history record checks for firearm transactions. The enrolled version contains only formatting and layout changes from the introduced version, with no substantive policy modifications.
Scope change
The bill's substantive scope remains unchanged from introduction to enrollment; only formatting and presentation differences exist between the two versions.
TECHNICAL
The enrolled version contains only cosmetic formatting changes including spacing, line breaks, and layout adjustments compared to the introduced version. No substantive policy, eligibility, or enforcement provisions were modified.
Floor votes · Senate Feb 13, 2025 · House of Delegates Feb 4, 2025
How they voted
40–0
Passed
Total votes 40
Feb 13, 2025
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
27
Key actions
9
Committee
5
Apr 2, 2025
Vetoed
Requires 64 affirmative votes to override Governor's veto
lower
Apr 2, 2025
Vetoed
House sustained Governor's veto (50-Y 46-N)
lower
Mar 24, 2025
Vetoed
Vetoed by Governor
executive
Feb 22, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Feb 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Feb 14, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (21-Y 15-N)
upper
Feb 13, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Feb 12, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N)
upper
Feb 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 6-N)
upper
Feb 5, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
upper
Feb 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed House (50-Y 48-N)
lower
Feb 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (52-Y 47-N)
lower
Jan 31, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported from Public Safety (12-Y 9-N)
lower
Jan 3, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Public Safety
lower
1 primary · 24 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Dan Helmer
DDemocratic
Co
Adele McClure
DDemocratic
Co
Alfonso Lopez
DDemocratic
Co
Atoosa Reaser
DDemocratic
Co
Betsy Carr
DDemocratic
Co
Bonita Anthony
DDemocratic
Co
Charniele Herring
DDemocratic
Co
Cia Price
DDemocratic
Co
David Reid
DDemocratic
Co
Debra Gardner
DDemocratic
Co
Delores McQuinn
DDemocratic
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