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Virginia · 2026 Regular Session
HB1427Handguns; limitation on purchases, exemption.
Direction
Firearmspurchase background checksAI label
↑Expands gun accessmodel confidence 90%
Removes the one-handgun-per-30-days limit (and its enhanced background check exception process) that had been in subsection R, so the background check requirement for handgun purchases is no longer tied to any purchase-frequency restriction.
[deleted: R. Except as provided in subdivisions 1 and 2, it shall be unlawful for any person who is not a licensed firearms dealer to purchase more than one handgun within any 30-day period. ...]
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FirearmsotherAI label
↑Expands gun accessmodel confidence 90%
Repeals the statutory prohibition on purchasing more than one handgun in a 30-day period (with listed exceptions), allowing unrestricted numbers of handgun purchases after a standard background check.
[deleted: R. Except as provided in subdivisions 1 and 2, it shall be unlawful for any person who is not a licensed firearms dealer to purchase more than one handgun within any 30-day period. For the purposes of this subsection, "purchase" does not include the exchange or replacement of a handgun by a seller for a handgun purchased from such seller by the same person seeking the exchange or replacement within the 30-day period immediately preceding the date of exchange or replacement. A violation of this subsection is punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor.]
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill strikes the entire former subsection R that imposed a one-handgun-per-30-days limit (with an enhanced-check exemption process and listed exceptions), thereby removing that restriction on handgun purchases while leaving the rest of the background-check regime for firearm transfers unchanged.
Related bills
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
HB1015Firearms, etc.; carrying concealed weapon by persons convicted of misdemeanor hate crime prohibited.↓Restricts gun access↓Restricts gun access Law
HB1525Firearms, certain; definitions, possession, transportation, or purchase by certain persons, penalty.↓Restricts gun access↓Restricts gun access Law
Hearings and calendar
2026-02-05 16:00 · Hearing · House Public Safety: Firearms Hearing House North Subcommittee Room - 200
Votes
Date
Chamber
Motion
Yea-Nay
2026-02-05
H
Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (7-Y 3-N)