HB 1736 Virginia House of Delegates · 2025 Regular Session

Firearm Violence Intervention and Prevention, Va. Center for; created, etc.

Summary
Virginia Center for Firearm Violence Intervention and Prevention; creation. Creates the Virginia Center for Firearm Violence Intervention and Prevention within the Department of Criminal Justice Services. The bill states that the Center will serve as the primary resource for research, best practices, and strategies for the implementation of firearm violence intervention, community-based intervention, and group violence intervention programs designed to reduce violence in communities. The bill also requires that the Center evaluate state and community based violence intervention programs and policies that receive funding through the Center, apply for and accept federal grants, and provide technical assistance. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2026.
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
Mar 2025
Introduced Jan 4, 2025 Vetoed Mar 24, 2025
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Floor votes · Senate Feb 13, 2025 · House of Delegates Feb 4, 2025

How they voted

400
Passed
Total votes 40
Feb 13, 2025
D Democratic21
21 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican19
19 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
32
Key actions
9
Committee
7
Apr 2, 2025
Vetoed
House sustained Governor's veto
lower
Mar 24, 2025
Vetoed
Vetoed by Governor
executive
Feb 23, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Feb 20, 2025
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Feb 14, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate with substitute (20-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 with substitute (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
Read third time and passed House (54-Y 45-N)
lower
Jan 29, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported from Appropriations (13-Y 8-N)
lower
Jan 29, 2025
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
lower
Jan 11, 2025
Committee
Assigned Approps sub: Transportation & Public Safety
lower
Jan 4, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
lower
1 primary · 51 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Cia Price
Cia Price
DDemocratic
VA
85
Co
Photo of Adele McClure
Adele McClure
DDemocratic
VA
2
Co
Photo of Alex Askew
Alex Askew
DDemocratic
VA
95
Co
Photo of Alfonso Lopez
Alfonso Lopez
DDemocratic
VA
3
Co
Photo of Amy Laufer
Amy Laufer
DDemocratic
VA
55
Co
Photo of Atoosa Reaser
Atoosa Reaser
DDemocratic
VA
27
Co
Photo of Betsy Carr
Betsy Carr
DDemocratic
VA
78
Co
Photo of Bonita Anthony
Bonita Anthony
DDemocratic
VA
92
Co
Photo of Briana Sewell
Briana Sewell
DDemocratic
VA
25
Co
Photo of Candi King
Candi King
DDemocratic
VA
23
Co
Photo of Charniele Herring
Charniele Herring
DDemocratic
VA
4