SW Va. Higher Ed. Ctr. Bd. of Trustees; authority to permit campus officers to carry firearms.
Summary
Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center Board of Trustees; authority to permit campus security officers to carry firearms in performance of official duties; conditions. Authorizes the Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center Board of Trustees to permit campus security personnel employed in its campus security department to carry firearms in the performance of their official duties, provided that such campus security personnel are considered armed security officers, as such term is defined in relevant law, and comply with all relevant statutory and regulatory requirements attendant to such designation, including registration and training. This bill is identical to SB 1368.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
Signed into Law
Mar 2025
Introduced Jan 8, 2025
Signed Mar 19, 2025
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MINOR
This bill converts HB 2441 from an enrolled legislative bill to a chaptered act, formally enacting it into Virginia law. The substantive content of the law remains unchanged, with only formatting and layout adjustments made during the transition from draft to final published version.
TECHNICAL
Formatting and layout changes only; no substantive policy modifications were made to the bill's content regarding campus security officer firearm authority or registration requirements.
Floor votes · Senate Feb 19, 2025 · House of Delegates Feb 4, 2025
How they voted
40–0
Passed
Total votes 40
Feb 19, 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
32
Key actions
13
Committee
6
Amendments
4
Mar 19, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 174 (Effective 07/01/25)
executive
Mar 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Mar 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Mar 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2441ER)
lower
Feb 20, 2025
Lower · Passed
Senate Amendment agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 19, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 19, 2025
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended
upper
Feb 19, 2025
Upper · Passed
Courts of Justice Amendment agreed to
upper
Feb 19, 2025
Introduced
Reading of amendment waived
upper
Feb 18, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Feb 17, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 5, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
upper
Feb 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed House (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 29, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 23, 2025
Committee
Assigned Educ sub: K-12 Subcommittee
lower
Jan 8, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Israel O'Quinn
RRepublican
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