Virginia · 2025 Regular Session

SB883 Firearms; purchase, etc., assault and battery of family member or intimate partner, penalties.

Direction

Firearms purchase background checksAI label

Restricts gun access model confidence 90%

Extends the prohibition on purchasing, possessing, or transporting firearms to cover convictions for assault and battery against an intimate partner (in addition to family/household members), so more people are barred from firearm access.

Any person who knowingly and intentionally purchases, possesses, or transports any firearm following a misdemeanor conviction for an offense that occurred on or after July 1, 2025, for (i) the offense of assault and battery against an intimate partner or (ii) an offense substantially similar to clause (i) under the laws of any other state or of the United States is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.

✓ Quote verified word for word in the bill text

Firearms otherAI label

Restricts gun access model confidence 85%

Creates a three-year prohibition on purchasing, possessing, or transporting firearms after qualifying misdemeanor convictions for assault and battery of a family/household member or intimate partner, after which rights are restored unless further disqualifying events occur, so more people face a new

Any person prohibited from purchasing, possessing, or transporting a firearm pursuant to subsection A shall be prohibited from purchasing, possessing, or transporting a firearm for three years following the date of the conviction at which point the person convicted of such offense shall no longer be prohibited from purchasing, possessing, or transporting a firearm pursuant to subsection A.

✓ Quote verified word for word in the bill text

Filed (completed)
Committee (completed)
Passed one chamber (completed)
Passed both (completed)
Governor
Law

Status: Vetoed

Last action: 2025-04-02: Senate sustained Governor's veto
Filed: 2025-01-03
Sponsor: Russet Perry D

Read official text (Enrolled)Legislature page LegiScan

Why the model tagged it this way: The bill expands the scope of firearm prohibitions after misdemeanor domestic violence convictions by adding 'intimate partner' offenses (effective 2025) to existing family/household member offenses (effective 2021), imposes a three-year ban with restoration thereafter, and updates related definitions; this restricts the firearms axis with no provisions on other listed topics.

Related bills

HB217 Assault firearms & certain ammunition feeding devices; purchase, sale, etc., prohibited, penalties.Restricts gun access Restricts gun access Law
SB749 Assault firearms & certain ammunition feeding devices; purchase, sale, etc., prohibited, penalties.Restricts gun access Restricts gun access Law
HB1015 Firearms, etc.; carrying concealed weapon by persons convicted of misdemeanor hate crime prohibited.Restricts gun access Restricts gun access Law
HB1525 Firearms, certain; definitions, possession, transportation, or purchase by certain persons, penalty.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
2025-01-23 16:00 · Hearing · House Public Safety - Firearms Committee Hearing House North Subcommittee Room - 200
2025-01-24 07:30 · Hearing · House Public Safety Committee Hearing House Committee Room A - 008
2025-01-29 00:00 · Hearing · House Appropriations - Transportation and Public Safety Subcommittee Hearing House Appropriations Committee Room - 1200
2025-01-29 00:00 · Hearing · House Appropriations Committee Hearing House Appropriations Committee Room - 1200
2025-02-06 16:00 · Hearing · House Public Safety - Firearms Committee Hearing House North Subcommittee Room - 200
2025-02-07 07:30 · Hearing · House Public Safety Committee Hearing House Committee Room A - 008
2025-02-17 07:00 · Hearing · House Rules Committee Hearing House Committee Room B - 205

Votes

Date	Chamber	Motion	Yea-Nay
2025-01-17	S	Reported from Courts of Justice and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (8-Y 6-N 1-A)	8-6	Passed
2025-01-22	S	Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N)	10-5	Passed
2025-01-23	S	Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N)	39-0	Passed
2025-01-28	S	Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 17-N)	21-17	Passed
2025-01-28	S	Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)	39-0	Passed
2025-01-28	S	Passed Senate (23-Y 16-N)	23-16	Passed
2025-02-06	H	Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referring to Appropriations (6-Y 4-N)	6-4	Passed
2025-02-07	H	Reported from Public Safety with substitute (11-Y 10-N)	11-10	Passed
2025-02-17	H	Reported from Rules (13-Y 5-N)	13-5	Passed
2025-02-20	S	House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 39-N)	0-39	Failed
2025-02-20	S	Senate acceded to request (37-Y 0-N)	37-0	Passed
2025-02-20	H	Passed House with substitute (52-Y 46-N)	52-46	Passed
2025-02-21	S	Conference report agreed to by Senate (22-Y 18-N)	22-18	Passed
2025-02-21	H	Conference report agreed to by House (51-Y 45-N)	51-45	Passed

Text versions

Introduced 2025-01-03
Comm Sub 2025-01-27
Comm Sub 2025-02-07
Comm Sub 2025-02-07
Comm Sub 2025-02-21
Enrolled 2025-03-07

History (61 actions)

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-04-02	S	Senate sustained Governor's veto
2025-04-02	S	Passed by for the day
2025-03-24		Vetoed by Governor
2025-03-12	S	Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB883)
2025-03-11		Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
2025-03-11	S	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025
2025-03-10	S	Signed by President
2025-03-07	H	Signed by Speaker
2025-03-07	S	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB883ER)
2025-03-07	S	Enrolled
2025-02-26	S	Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB883)
2025-02-21	S	Conference report agreed to by Senate (22-Y 18-N)
2025-02-21	H	Conference report agreed to by House (51-Y 45-N)
2025-02-21	S	Conference substitute printed 25107929D-S2
2025-02-21		Amended by conference committee
2025-02-20	H	Delegates: McClure, Simon, Ennis
2025-02-20	H	Conferees appointed by House
2025-02-20	S	Senators: Perry, Salim, Mulchi
2025-02-20	S	Conferees appointed by Senate
2025-02-20	S	Senate acceded to request (37-Y 0-N)
2025-02-20	H	House requested conference committee
2025-02-20	H	House insisted on substitute
2025-02-20	S	House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 39-N)
2025-02-20	H	Passed House with substitute (52-Y 46-N)
2025-02-20	H	Engrossed by House - committee substitute
2025-02-20	H	Public Safety Substitute agreed to
2025-02-20	H	Read third time
2025-02-19	H	Read second time
2025-02-17	H	Reported from Rules (13-Y 5-N)
2025-02-11	H	Referred to Committee on Rules
2025-02-11	H	Motion to refer to Rules agreed to
2025-02-11	S	Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB883)
2025-02-07	S	Impact statement from VCSC (SB883)
2025-02-07	H	Reported from Public Safety with substitute (11-Y 10-N)
2025-02-07	H	Committee substitute printed 25106904D-H1
2025-02-06	H	Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referring to Appropriations (6-Y 4-N)
2025-02-04	H	Assigned PS sub: Firearms
2025-02-03	H	Referred to Committee on Public Safety
2025-02-03	H	Read first time
2025-02-03	H	Placed on Calendar
2025-01-31	S	Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB883)
2025-01-28	S	Passed Senate (23-Y 16-N)
2025-01-28	S	Reconsideration of (39-Y 0-N)
2025-01-28	S	Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 17-N)
2025-01-28	S	Impact statement from VCSC (SB883)
2025-01-27	S	Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute
2025-01-27	S	Senator Perry, Russet Substitute agreed to
2025-01-27	S	Reading of substitute waived
2025-01-27	S	Read second time
2025-01-27	S	Floor substitute printed 25106134D-S1 (Perry)
2025-01-24	S	Passed by for the day
2025-01-24	S	Read second time
2025-01-23	S	Passed by for the day
2025-01-23	S	Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N)
2025-01-23	S	Rules suspended
2025-01-22	S	Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N)
2025-01-20	S	Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB883)
2025-01-17	S	Reported from Courts of Justice and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (8-Y 6-N 1-A)
2025-01-09	S	Impact statement from VCSC (SB883)
2025-01-03	S	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2025-01-03	S	Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25100381D