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Virginia · 2025 Regular Session
HB2441SW Va. Higher Ed. Ctr. Bd. of Trustees; authority to permit campus officers to carry firearms.
Direction
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↑Expands gun accessmodel confidence 90%
Authorizes the board of a higher education center to permit its campus security officers to carry firearms while on duty if they meet state qualification standards, increasing the number of armed personnel allowed on campus.
the board may permit such campus security personnel to carry firearms in the performance of their official duties, provided that such campus security personnel are qualified in accordance with the provisions of § 9.1-139 to be employed as an armed security officer and are not otherwise prohibited by law from carrying a firearm.
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Law
Stage: Law · step 6 of 6
Last action
2025-03-19: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0174)
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill adds explicit authority for the Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center Board of Trustees to allow its campus security officers to carry firearms on duty (subject to existing qualification and registration rules under Title 9.1). This expands the carry axis for authorized personnel by removing a prior implied or statutory barrier to armed campus security at this specific institution.
Related bills
HB1035Public schools; school security and discipline, employment of school security officers, training.↑Expands gun access=No change to gun access Committee
HB229Weapons; possession prohibited in hospital that provides mental health or developmental services.↓Restricts gun access↓Restricts gun access Law
HB101Concealed handguns; alternate methods of submission of applications for permits.↑Expands gun access Law
HB1524Assault firearms; carrying in public areas prohibited, exceptions, penalty.↓Restricts gun access=No change to gun access Law
Hearings and calendar
2025-01-27 09:00 · Hearing · House Education - K-12 Subcommittee Hearing House Committee Room A - 008
2025-01-29 08:00 · Hearing · House Education Committee Hearing House Committee Room A - 008
2025-02-12 09:00 · Hearing · House Education Committee Hearing House Committee Room A - 008
2025-02-17 08:00 · Hearing · Senate Courts of Justice Hearing Senate Room A, Room 305, General Assembly Building
Votes
Date
Chamber
Motion
Yea-Nay
2025-01-27
H
Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
8-0
Passed
2025-01-29
H
Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N)
22-0
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
2025-02-17
S
Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (15-Y 0-N)
15-0
Passed
2025-02-18
S
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N)