Topic and direction labels are AI-assisted, and each one quotes the bill text it is based on.
How labels work
Virginia · 2025 Regular Session
SB1450Firearm industry members; standards of responsible conduct, civil liability.
Direction
Firearmsindustry liabilityAI label
↓Restricts gun accessmodel confidence 90%
Creates new civil causes of action and remedies against firearm industry members for public nuisances and failure to implement reasonable controls on sales and marketing, making lawsuits against the industry easier and more likely to succeed.
A firearm industry member, by conduct unlawful in itself or unreasonable under all the circumstances, may not knowingly or recklessly create, maintain, or contribute to a public nuisance through the sale, manufacturing, importing, or marketing of a firearm-related product.
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill creates a new chapter imposing standards of responsible conduct on firearm industry members, requiring reasonable controls to prevent sales to prohibited or high-risk persons and prohibiting creation of public nuisances via sales/marketing. It authorizes civil actions by the Attorney General, local attorneys, and injured persons for injunctions, damages, abatement, and attorney fees, with relaxed causation and intent requirements. This expands civil liability exposure for the industry and restricts their ability to sell or market without such controls. Definitions broaden covered 'gun
Related bills
HB919Retail Sales and Use Tax; impose firearm and ammunition tax.↓Restricts gun access↓Restricts gun access Committee
SB763Retail Sales and Use Tax; definitions, imposes firearm and ammunition tax.↓Restricts gun access↓Restricts gun access Passed one chamber
HB21Firearm industry members; creates standards of responsible conduct, civil liability.↓Restricts gun access↓Restricts gun access Law
SB27Firearm industry members; creates standards of responsible conduct, civil liability.↓Restricts gun access↓Restricts gun access Law
Hearings and calendar
2025-01-27 08:00 · Hearing · Senate Courts of Justice Hearing Senate Room A, Room 305, General Assembly Building
2025-01-29 09:00 · Hearing · Senate Finance and Appropriations Hearing Senate Room A, Room 305, General Assembly Building
2025-02-14 08:00 · Hearing · House Public Safety Committee Hearing House Committee Room A - 008
Votes
Date
Chamber
Motion
Yea-Nay
2025-01-27
S
Reported from Courts of Justice and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (8-Y 6-N)
8-6
Passed
2025-01-29
S
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 4-N)
10-4
Passed
2025-01-30
S
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 1-A)
39-0
Passed
2025-02-03
S
Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N)
21-19
Passed
2025-02-14
H
Reported from Public Safety with substitute (11-Y 10-N)