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Virginia · 2025 Regular Session
SB1181Assault firearms and certain ammunition feeding devices; prohibits sale, transfer, etc.
Direction
Firearmsweapon accessory restrictionsAI label
↓Restricts gun accessmodel confidence 95%
Prohibits importation, sale, manufacture, purchase, possession, transport or transfer of assault firearms (including those manufactured before July 1, 2025 for those under 21) and certain large-capacity magazines or features, so fewer people can buy, own or carry these firearms and accessories.
Any person who imports, sells, manufactures, purchases, or transfers an assault firearm is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
✓ Quote verified word for word in the bill text
Firearmspurchase background checksAI label
↓Restricts gun accessmodel confidence 90%
Expands criminal-history background check requirement and age verification to transfers of assault firearms manufactured before July 1, 2025 and adds new disqualifier for concealed-handgun permits based on assault-firearm convictions, so more barriers to lawful purchase.
if such firearm is an assault firearm manufactured before July 1, 2025, such person purchasing such assault firearm shall be 21 years of age or older.
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FirearmsotherAI label
↓Restricts gun accessmodel confidence 85%
Creates new misdemeanor for purchasing, possessing or transporting any firearm after a conviction for assault-firearm violations and imposes a three-year prohibition on firearm rights (with restoration thereafter unless other disqualifiers apply), so additional restrictions on firearm access after a
Any person who knowingly and intentionally purchases, possesses, or transports any firearm following a misdemeanor conviction for a violation of § 18.2-287.4:1 or 18.2-287.4:2 is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill enacts bans on assault firearms and certain feeding devices/magazine capacities, raises the purchase/possession age for pre-2025 assault firearms to 21, expands background-check and disqualification provisions tied to these offenses, and adds post-conviction firearm prohibitions. All provisions increase restrictions on the ability to buy, own, carry or transfer the covered firearms and accessories; no provisions expand access or preempt local rules.
Related bills
HB926Outdoor shooting of firearm on property without reasonable care; prohibition, penalty.↓Restricts gun access=No change to gun access Committee
HB217Assault firearms & certain ammunition feeding devices; purchase, sale, etc., prohibited, penalties.↓Restricts gun access↓Restricts gun access Law
HB229Weapons; possession prohibited in hospital that provides mental health or developmental services.↓Restricts gun access↓Restricts gun access Law
SB173Weapons; possession prohibited in hospital that provides mental health or developmental services.↓Restricts gun access Law
Hearings and calendar
2025-01-17 00:00 · Hearing · Senate Courts of Justice Hearing Senate Room A, Room 305, General Assembly Building
2025-01-22 09:00 · Hearing · Senate Finance and Appropriations Hearing Senate Room A, Room 305, General Assembly Building
2025-02-07 07:30 · Hearing · House Public Safety Committee Hearing House Committee Room A - 008
Votes
Date
Chamber
Motion
Yea-Nay
2025-01-22
S
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 4-N)
10-4
Passed
2025-01-17
S
Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 6-N)
9-6
Passed
2025-01-23
S
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N)