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Virginia · 2025 Regular Session
HB1818School Safety Firearm Detection Software Pilot Program; established.
Direction
FirearmsotherAI label
↓Restricts gun accessmodel confidence 90%
Establishes a pilot program and grants to purchase, install, and operate AI-based firearm detection software in school surveillance cameras, which notifies law enforcement and school personnel upon detection, so more tools for identifying firearms on school property.
"firearm detection software" means any technology software or system that (i) is provided by a vendor that is (a) headquartered in the Commonwealth, (b) has at least 10 years of experience in providing school safety technology to educational institutions, and (c) is a small business consisting of fewer than 100 employees and (ii) uses artificial intelligence to analyze video streams from surveillance cameras in real time for the detection of firearms and, upon detecting a firearm, immediately notifies local law enforcement, school security personnel, the school administration, and other
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Firearmsred flag erpoAI label
=No change to gun accessmodel confidence 80%
The bill funds and deploys real-time firearm detection in schools but creates no extreme-risk protection orders, reporting requirements to courts, or mechanisms to remove guns from at-risk individuals, so no change to red-flag processes.
uses artificial intelligence to analyze video streams from surveillance cameras in real time for the detection of firearms and, upon detecting a firearm, immediately notifies local law enforcement, school security personnel, the school administration, and other appropriate public safety authorities.
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill adds firearm detection software to the list of eligible security equipment under the Public School Security Equipment Grant Act, creates a pilot program to fund AI-based real-time firearm detection in Title I schools via grants, and sets vendor and privacy requirements. This directly addresses firearms by expanding use of detection technology in schools (tagged as firearms/other, direction restricts because it adds a tool that limits undetected firearms on campus). It does not create or modify extreme-risk orders, so a neutral tag for red-flag-erpo. No provisions address transgender,
Related bills
HB896Substantial Risk Order Training Program; established, delayed effective date, report.↑Expands gun access Law
HB901Substantial risk orders; eligible petitioners, court jurisdiction, constr. possession of firearms.↑Expands gun access Law
SB495Substantial risk orders; eligible petitioners, court jurisdiction, constr. possession of firearms.↑Expands gun access Law
HB93Firearms; transfers to another person from a prohibited person.↓Restricts gun access↓Restricts gun access Law
Hearings and calendar
2025-01-14 07:30 · Hearing · House Education - K-12 Subcommittee Hearing House Committee Room A - 008
2025-01-15 08:00 · Hearing · House Education Committee Hearing House Committee Room A - 008
2025-01-20 00:00 · Hearing · House Appropriations - Elementary and Secondary Subcommittee Hearing House Appropriations Committee Room - 1200
Votes
Date
Chamber
Motion
Yea-Nay
2025-01-14
H
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) and referred to Appropriations (8-Y 0-N)
8-0
Passed
2025-01-15
H
Reported from Education with amendment(s) and referred to Appropriations (21-Y 0-N)
21-0
Passed
2025-01-20
H
Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (8-Y 0-N)