Restricts gun access model confidence 90%
Adds 'discharge a firearm within or at' to the list of prohibited threats regarding buildings and means of transportation, expanding the scope of criminalized threats involving firearms.
threat to bomb, burn, destroy, discharge a firearm within or at, or in any manner damage any place of assembly, building or other structure
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Stage: Law · step 6 of 6
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill amends an existing statute on threats to bomb or damage by adding specific language about threats to discharge a firearm within or at buildings/structures/transport, and by raising the juvenile age threshold for felony treatment from under 15 to under 18. Both changes increase the scope and severity of criminal penalties for firearm-related threats, which restricts the firearms topic under 'other' (general violent-crime penalties mentioning firearms). No other listed topics are substantively addressed.
| Date | Chamber | Motion | Yea-Nay | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-31 | H | Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) | 8-0 | Passed |
| 2025-01-31 | H | Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N) | 20-0 | Passed |
| 2025-02-04 | H | Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) | 97-0 | Passed |
| 2025-02-04 | H | Passed House (99-Y 0-N) | 99-0 | Passed |
| 2025-02-12 | S | Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) | 15-0 | Passed |
| 2025-02-14 | S | Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) | 14-0 | Passed |
| 2025-02-17 | S | Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N) | 39-0 | Passed |
| 2025-02-18 | S | Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) | 40-0 | Passed |
| 2025-02-19 | H | Senate substitute rejected by House (2-Y 95-N) | 2-95 | Failed |
| 2025-02-20 | S | Senate insisted on substitute (39-Y 0-N) | 39-0 | Passed |
| 2025-02-22 | H | Conference report agreed to by House (99-Y 0-N) | 99-0 | Passed |
| 2025-02-22 | S | Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) | 40-0 | Passed |
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-03-24 | Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0368) | |
| 2025-03-24 | Approved by Governor-Chapter 368 (Effective 07/01/25) | |
| 2025-03-11 | Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 | |
| 2025-03-11 | H | Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 |
| 2025-03-10 | S | Signed by President |
| 2025-03-10 | H | Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1583) |
| 2025-03-07 | H | Signed by Speaker |
| 2025-03-07 | H | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1583ER) |
| 2025-03-07 | H | Enrolled |
| 2025-02-22 | H | Conference report agreed to by House (99-Y 0-N) |
| 2025-02-22 | S | Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) |
| 2025-02-22 | Amended by conference committee | |
| 2025-02-20 | H | Delegates: Simon, Feggans, Ballard |
| 2025-02-20 | H | Conferees appointed by House |
| 2025-02-20 | S | Senators: Perry, Salim, McDougle |
| 2025-02-20 | S | Conferees appointed by Senate |
| 2025-02-20 | H | House acceded to request |
| 2025-02-20 | S | Senate requested conference committee |
| 2025-02-20 | S | Senate insisted on substitute (39-Y 0-N) |
| 2025-02-19 | H | Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1583) |
| 2025-02-19 | H | Senate substitute rejected by House (2-Y 95-N) |
| 2025-02-18 | S | Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) |
| 2025-02-18 | S | Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute |
| 2025-02-18 | S | Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to |
| 2025-02-18 | S | Reading of substitute waived |
| 2025-02-18 | S | Read third time |
| 2025-02-17 | S | Passed by for the day |
| 2025-02-17 | S | Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N) |
| 2025-02-17 | S | Rules suspended |
| 2025-02-14 | S | Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) |
| 2025-02-13 | H | Impact statement from VCSC (HB1583) |
| 2025-02-12 | S | Committee substitute printed 25107383D-S1 |
| 2025-02-12 | S | Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) |
| 2025-02-05 | S | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
| 2025-02-05 | S | Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) |
| 2025-02-04 | H | Passed House (99-Y 0-N) |
| 2025-02-04 | H | Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House |
| 2025-02-04 | H | Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) |
| 2025-02-03 | H | Read second time and engrossed |
| 2025-02-02 | H | Read first time |
| 2025-01-31 | H | Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N) |
| 2025-01-31 | H | Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) |
| 2025-01-29 | H | Assigned Courts sub: Criminal |
| 2025-01-09 | H | Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1583) |
| 2025-01-01 | H | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
| 2025-01-01 | H | Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25103755D |