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Virginia · 2026 Regular Session
HB21Firearm industry members; creates standards of responsible conduct, civil liability.
Direction
Firearmsindustry liabilityAI label
↓Restricts gun accessmodel confidence 90%
Creates new standards of responsible conduct for firearm industry members and allows the Attorney General, local attorneys, and injured persons to sue for public nuisance, injunctions, damages, and other relief based on sales, marketing, or distribution practices, so more civil liability for the gun
A firearm industry member, by conduct unlawful in itself or unreasonable under all the circumstances, may not knowingly create, maintain, or contribute to a public nuisance through the sale, manufacture, importation, or marketing of a firearm-related product.
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Firearmsweapon accessory restrictionsAI label
↓Restricts gun accessmodel confidence 70%
Defines and includes unfinished frames or receivers and firearm accessories that alter firing capabilities, lethality, or usability within the regulated firearm-related products subject to the new industry standards and liability, so more restrictions on such items
"Unfinished frame or receiver" means a forging, casting, printing, extrusion, machined body, or similar item that (i) is designed to or may readily be completed, assembled, or otherwise converted to function as a frame or receiver or (ii) is marketed or sold to the public to become or be used as the frame or receiver of a functional firearm once completed, assembled, or otherwise converted.
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Filed (completed)
Committee (completed)
Passed one chamber (completed)
Passed both (completed)
Governor (completed)
Law
Stage: Law · step 6 of 6
Last action
2026-04-10: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0529)
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill creates new civil liability standards and requirements specifically for firearm industry members regarding sales, marketing, distribution, and controls over firearm-related products (including accessories and unfinished frames/receivers), expanding the scope of potential lawsuits and regulatory obligations on the industry. This fits firearms/industry-liability as restricts and touches weapon-accessory-restrictions due to the explicit definitions and controls. No other listed topics are substantively addressed.
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
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
Hearings and calendar
2026-01-29 16:00 · Hearing · House Public Safety: Firearms Hearing House North Subcommittee Room - 200
2026-01-30 08:00 · Hearing · House Public Safety Hearing House Committee Room A - 008
2026-02-23 08:00 · Hearing · Senate Courts of Justice Hearing Senate Room A, Room 305, General Assembly Building
2026-02-25 09:00 · Hearing · Senate Finance and Appropriations Hearing Senate Room A, Room 305, General Assembly Building
Votes
Date
Chamber
Motion
Yea-Nay
2026-01-30
H
Reported from Public Safety with substitute (15-Y 6-N)
15-6
Passed
2026-01-29
H
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 3-N)
7-3
Passed
2026-02-05
H
Read third time and passed House (62-Y 35-N 0-A)
62-35
Passed
2026-02-23
S
Reported from Courts of Justice and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 5-N)
9-5
Passed
2026-02-25
S
Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (10-Y 5-N)