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Virginia · 2025 Regular Session
HB2631Firearms; purchase, at least five day waiting period, penalty.
Direction
Firearmspurchase background checksAI label
↓Restricts gun accessmodel confidence 95%
Imposes a mandatory five-day waiting period between completing the consent form and completing a firearm purchase from a dealer (changing from prior law allowing completion as soon as the background check cleared), so fewer immediate firearm purchases.
(iii) at least five days have elapsed from the time the prospective purchaser completed the consent form specified in subsection A.
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill amends Virginia law to require a five-day waiting period after the consent form before a dealer may complete a firearm sale or transfer from inventory, even if the background check clears earlier; it also deletes "immediately" from the delayed-response clause to enforce the wait. This directly adds a temporal restriction on firearm purchases. 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
2025-01-31 08:00 · 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
Votes
Date
Chamber
Motion
Yea-Nay
2025-01-31
H
Reported from Public Safety (12-Y 9-N)
12-9
Passed
2025-02-04
H
Read third time and passed House (51-Y 47-N)
51-47
Passed
2025-02-10
S
Reported from Courts of Justice and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 4-N)
9-4
Passed
2025-02-12
S
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N)
10-5
Passed
2025-02-13
S
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)