Virginia · 2025 Regular Session

HB1869 Firearms; purchase, etc., assault and battery of family member or intimate partner, penalties.

Direction

Firearms purchase background checksAI label

Restricts gun access model confidence 90%

Expands the list of misdemeanor convictions that prohibit purchasing, possessing or transporting a firearm for three years, so more restrictions on firearm access for those with such convictions.

Any person who knowingly and intentionally purchases, possesses, or transports any firearm following a misdemeanor conviction for an offense that occurred on or after July 1, 2025, for (i) the offense of assault and battery against an intimate partner or (ii) an offense substantially similar to clause (i) under the laws of any other state or of the United States is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.

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Firearms otherAI label

Restricts gun access model confidence 90%

Creates a three-year prohibition on purchasing, possessing or transporting a firearm after certain misdemeanor assault convictions (with restoration afterward unless further disqualifying events), so more restrictions on firearm access for those with such convictions.

Any person prohibited from purchasing, possessing, or transporting a firearm pursuant to subsection A shall be prohibited from purchasing, possessing, or transporting a firearm for three years following the date of the conviction at which point the person convicted of such offense shall no longer be prohibited from purchasing, possessing, or transporting a firearm pursuant to subsection A.

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Status: Vetoed

Last action: 2025-04-02: Requires 64 affirmative votes to override Governor's veto
Filed: 2025-01-06
Sponsor: Adele McClure D + 19 cosponsors (19 D)

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Why the model tagged it this way: The bill amends § 18.2-308.1:8 to expand firearm prohibitions to cover misdemeanor convictions for assault and battery against an intimate partner (in addition to family/household members), with a three-year ban on purchase/possession/transport followed by restoration of rights unless other disqualifiers apply. It also updates the definition of intimate partner by reference to § 16.1-228. This is a firearms restriction via expanded disqualifying misdemeanors; no other listed topics are substantively addressed.

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Hearings and calendar

2025-01-17 08:00 · Hearing · House Public Safety Committee Hearing House Committee Room A - 008
2025-01-23 16:00 · Hearing · House Public Safety - Firearms Committee Hearing House North Subcommittee Room - 200
2025-01-24 07:30 · Hearing · House Public Safety Committee Hearing House Committee Room A - 008
2025-01-29 00:00 · Hearing · House Appropriations - Transportation and Public Safety Subcommittee Hearing House Appropriations Committee Room - 1200
2025-01-29 00:00 · Hearing · House Appropriations Committee Hearing House Appropriations Committee Room - 1200
2025-02-06 16:00 · Hearing · House Public Safety - Firearms Committee Hearing House North Subcommittee Room - 200
2025-02-07 07:30 · Hearing · House Public Safety Committee Hearing House Committee Room A - 008
2025-02-10 08:00 · Hearing · Senate Courts of Justice Hearing Senate Room A, Room 305, General Assembly Building
2025-02-12 09:00 · Hearing · Senate Finance and Appropriations Hearing Senate Room A, Room 305, General Assembly Building
2025-02-17 07:00 · Hearing · House Rules Committee Hearing House Committee Room B - 205

Votes

Date	Chamber	Motion	Yea-Nay
2025-01-23	H	Subcommittee recommends reporting and referring to Appropriations (5-Y 3-N)	5-3	Passed
2025-01-24	H	Reported from Public Safety and referred to Appropriations (12-Y 10-N)	12-10	Passed
2025-01-29	H	Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)	5-3	Passed
2025-01-29	H	Reported from Appropriations (12-Y 9-N)	12-9	Passed
2025-02-04	H	Read third time and passed House 52-Y 46-N 0-A)	52-46	Passed
2025-02-10	S	Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 5-N)	9-5	Passed
2025-02-12	S	Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (10-Y 5-N)	10-5	Passed
2025-02-13	S	Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)	40-0	Passed
2025-02-18	S	Passed Senate with substitute (22-Y 18-N)	22-18	Passed
2025-02-19	H	Senate substitute agreed to by House (53-Y 44-N)	53-44	Passed
2025-04-02	H	House sustained Governor's veto (50-Y 46-N)	50-46	Passed

Text versions

Introduced 2025-01-06
Comm Sub 2025-02-11
Comm Sub 2025-02-13
Comm Sub 2025-02-13
Enrolled 2025-03-07

History (45 actions)

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-04-02	H	Requires 64 affirmative votes to override Governor's veto
2025-04-02	H	House sustained Governor's veto (50-Y 46-N)
2025-03-24		Vetoed by Governor
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 (HB1869)
2025-03-07	H	Signed by Speaker
2025-03-07	H	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1869ER)
2025-03-07	H	Enrolled
2025-02-19	H	Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1869)
2025-02-19	H	Senate substitute agreed to by House (53-Y 44-N)
2025-02-18	S	Passed Senate with substitute (22-Y 18-N)
2025-02-18	S	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
2025-02-18	S	Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
2025-02-18	S	Reading of substitute waived
2025-02-18	S	Courts of Justice Substitute rejected
2025-02-18	S	Read third time
2025-02-17	S	Passed by for the day
2025-02-17	S	Read third time
2025-02-14	S	Passed by for the day
2025-02-14	S	Read third time
2025-02-13	S	Passed by for the day
2025-02-13	S	Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
2025-02-13	S	Rules suspended
2025-02-12	S	Committee substitute printed 25107270D-S2
2025-02-12	S	Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (10-Y 5-N)
2025-02-12	H	Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1869)
2025-02-11	H	Impact statement from VCSC (HB1869)
2025-02-11	S	Committee substitute printed 25106997D-S1
2025-02-10	S	Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 5-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	Read third time and passed House 52-Y 46-N 0-A)
2025-02-03	H	Read second time and engrossed
2025-01-31	H	Read first time
2025-01-29	H	Reported from Appropriations (12-Y 9-N)
2025-01-29	H	Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
2025-01-25	H	Assigned Approps sub: Transportation & Public Safety
2025-01-24	H	Reported from Public Safety and referred to Appropriations (12-Y 10-N)
2025-01-23	H	Subcommittee recommends reporting and referring to Appropriations (5-Y 3-N)
2025-01-21	H	Assigned PS sub: Firearms
2025-01-07	H	Impact statement from VCSC (HB1869)
2025-01-06	H	Referred to Committee on Public Safety
2025-01-06	H	Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101355D