Virginia · 2025 Regular Session

HB2719 Firearms; adding court ordered outpatient mental health treatment as prohibition to ownership.

Direction

Firearms purchase background checksAI label

Restricts gun access model confidence 90%

Expands the list of people prohibited from purchasing, possessing, or transporting firearms to include those involuntarily ordered to outpatient mental health treatment after acquittal by reason of insanity on certain charges, so more restrictions on firearm access for this group.

adding court ordered outpatient mental health treatment as a prohibition to ownership of a firearm.

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Firearms otherAI label

Restricts gun access model confidence 85%

Adds court-ordered outpatient mental health treatment (after NGRI acquittal) as a new disqualifier for firearm ownership/possession/transport, with a restoration process via petition, so more restrictions on firearm access for this group.

It shall be unlawful for any person acquitted by reason of insanity and committed to the custody of the Commissioner of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services or involuntarily ordered to outpatient mental health treatment and prohibited from purchasing a firearm, pursuant to Chapter 11.1 (§ 19.2-182.2 et seq.) of Title 19.2, on a charge of treason, any felony or any offense punishable as a misdemeanor under Title 54.1 or a Class 1 or Class 2 misdemeanor under this title

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Status: Died (session ended)

Last action: 2025-02-05: Left in Public Safety
Filed: 2025-01-17
Committee: Public Safety
Sponsor: AC Cordoza R

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Why the model tagged it this way: The bill amends § 18.2-308.1:1 to explicitly add involuntary outpatient mental health treatment (following NGRI acquittal on specified charges) as a prohibition on purchasing, possessing, or transporting firearms, with an existing restoration petition process. This directly restricts firearm access under the firearms topic (primarily via the purchase-background-checks subtag for the prohibition mechanism, and other for the mental-health disqualification). No other listed topics are substantively addressed.

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Hearings and calendar

2025-01-30 16:00 · Hearing · House Public Safety - Firearms Committee Hearing House North Subcommittee Room - 200

Votes

Date	Chamber	Motion	Yea-Nay
2025-01-30	H	Subcommittee recommends striking from the docket (9-Y 0-N)	9-0	Passed

Text versions

Introduced 2025-01-17

History (6 actions)

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-02-05	H	Left in Public Safety
2025-01-30	H	Subcommittee recommends striking from the docket (9-Y 0-N)
2025-01-30	H	Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2719)
2025-01-24	H	Assigned PS sub: Firearms
2025-01-17	H	Referred to Committee on Public Safety
2025-01-17	H	Presented and ordered printed 25105264D