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Virginia · 2025 Regular Session
HB2241Firearms, etc.; possession, etc., by person convicted of hate crime.
Direction
Firearmspurchase background checksAI label
↓Restricts gun accessmodel confidence 90%
Adds a question about prior conviction for a misdemeanor hate crime (under § 18.2-57 with bias motivation) to the criminal history form that firearm dealers must use before transferring a firearm, so more people will be flagged and blocked from purchasing firearms.
(v) has the applicant ever been convicted of violating subsection A of § 18.2-57 and intentionally selected the person against whom the offense was committed because of his race, religious conviction, gender, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, color, or ethnic or national origin, whether such conviction or adjudication occurred under the laws of the Commonwealth, or any other state, the District of Columbia, or the United States or any territory thereof.
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FirearmsotherAI label
↓Restricts gun accessmodel confidence 90%
Creates a new prohibition on possessing, transporting, or carrying firearms (and related items) by anyone convicted on or after July 1, 2025, of a misdemeanor hate crime (assault under § 18.2-57 with bias motivation), with a Class 1 misdemeanor penalty for violation, so fewer such persons can have,
It is unlawful for any person who has been convicted, on or after July 1, 2025, of violating subsection A of § 18.2-57 if it is reflected on the sentencing order for such conviction or appears on the face of the warrant upon such conviction that such person intentionally selected the person against whom the offense was committed because of his race, religious conviction, gender, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, color, or ethnic or national origin, whether such conviction or adjudication occurred under the laws of the Commonwealth, or the substantially similar laws of any other
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill expands the list of disqualifying convictions that prohibit firearm possession/transport/carry (new subsection A1) and adds a corresponding question to the background-check consent form used by dealers (new clause (v) in § 18.2-308.2:2.A). Both changes restrict the firearms axis by barring a new class of people from acquiring or keeping firearms. No other listed topics are substantively addressed.
Related bills
HB217Assault firearms & certain ammunition feeding devices; purchase, sale, etc., prohibited, penalties.↓Restricts gun access↓Restricts gun access Law
SB749Assault firearms & certain ammunition feeding devices; purchase, sale, etc., prohibited, penalties.↓Restricts gun access↓Restricts gun access Law
HB1015Firearms, etc.; carrying concealed weapon by persons convicted of misdemeanor hate crime prohibited.↓Restricts gun access↓Restricts gun access Law
HB1525Firearms, certain; definitions, possession, transportation, or purchase by certain persons, penalty.↓Restricts gun access↓Restricts gun access Law
Hearings and calendar
2025-01-23 16:00 · Hearing · House Public Safety - Firearms Committee Hearing House North Subcommittee Room - 200
2025-01-31 08:00 · Hearing · House Public Safety Committee Hearing House Committee Room A - 008
2025-02-12 19:00 · Hearing · Senate Courts of Justice Hearing Senate Room A, Room 305, General Assembly Building
2025-02-14 19:00 · Hearing · Senate Finance and Appropriations Hearing Senate Room A, Room 305, General Assembly Building
Votes
Date
Chamber
Motion
Yea-Nay
2025-01-23
H
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N)
5-3
Passed
2025-01-31
H
Reported from Public Safety with substitute (12-Y 9-N)
12-9
Passed
2025-02-04
H
Read third time and passed House (50-Y 47-N)
50-47
Passed
2025-02-12
S
Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 6-N)
9-6
Passed
2025-02-14
S
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 4-N)
10-4
Passed
2025-02-17
S
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N)