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Virginia · 2025 Regular Session
SB848Firearms, certain; age requirement for purchase, penalty.
Direction
Firearmspurchase background checksAI label
↓Restricts gun accessmodel confidence 90%
Adds a requirement that buyers of assault firearms (as newly defined with lower magazine thresholds and more features) must be 21 or older and that dealers must verify age before completing such sales, so more restrictions on who can buy these firearms.
if such firearm is an assault firearm as defined in this section, such person purchasing such assault firearm shall be 21 years of age or older.
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Firearmsweapon accessory restrictionsAI label
↓Restricts gun accessmodel confidence 90%
Redefines 'assault firearm' with a lower fixed-magazine threshold (over 10 rounds instead of over 20), adds many new prohibited features (folding stocks, pistol grips, threaded barrels, etc.) for semi-automatic rifles, pistols and shotguns, and applies the existing 21+ age requirement and dealer-ver
"Assault firearm" means [deleted: any]: 1. A semi-automatic center-fire rifle or pistol [deleted: which] that expels single or multiple projectiles by action of an explosion of a combustible material [deleted: and is equipped at the time of the offense with a magazine which will hold more than 20 rounds of ammunition or designed by the manufacturer to accommodate a silencer or equipped with a folding stock] with a fixed magazine capacity in excess of 10 rounds;
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill amends the criminal-history-check statute to impose a 21-year-old minimum age specifically for purchasing assault firearms (with dealers required to verify age) and substantially expands the definition of 'assault firearm' by lowering the magazine-capacity threshold, adding numerous new prohibited characteristics, and removing prior limiting language, thereby restricting access to a broader category of firearms.
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
SB749Assault 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
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 5-N)
10-5
Passed
2025-01-17
S
Reported from Courts of Justice 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)