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Virginia · 2026 Regular Session
HB40Plastic firearms or receivers, etc., transfer, etc., prohibited; penalties.
Direction
Firearmsweapon accessory restrictionsAI label
↓Restricts gun accessmodel confidence 90%
Prohibits manufacture, importation, sale, transfer, or possession of plastic or nondetectable firearms, and bans unfinished frames/receivers and unserialized firearms (with exceptions and serialization rules for licensees), so fewer such items can be made, bought, sold, or possessed.
It is unlawful to knowingly import, purchase, sell, offer for sale, or transfer ownership of any completed or unfinished frame or receiver, unless the completed or unfinished frame or receiver (i) is deemed to be a firearm pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 921 et seq. and regulations issued pursuant thereto and (ii) is imprinted with a valid serial number.
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FirearmsotherAI label
↓Restricts gun accessmodel confidence 80%
Requires federal firearms licensees to imprint specific serial numbers on firearms, frames, or receivers they serialize, retain records of such transactions, and keep additional records including buyer details, imposing new compliance obligations on the industry.
The federal firearms licensee shall retain a record concerning a firearm, frame, or receiver serialized by the licensee that complies with the requirements under federal law for the sale of a firearm. In addition to any record required by federal law, a federal firearms licensee that imprints a unique serial number on a firearm, frame, or receiver pursuant to this subsection shall make a record at the time of the transaction of each transaction involving serializing a firearm, frame, or receiver and keep that record.
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Governor (completed)
Law
Stage: Law · step 6 of 6
Last action
2026-04-10: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0531)
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill adds bans on plastic/nondetectable firearms, unfinished frames/receivers without serial numbers, and unserialized firearms (with penalties and exceptions), plus new serialization/recordkeeping rules for licensees; all provisions substantively restrict firearm access or impose new limits under the firearms topic (primarily weapon-accessory-restrictions and other subtags). No provisions address transgender, abortion, or immigration-enforcement topics.
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
HB229Weapons; possession prohibited in hospital that provides mental health or developmental services.↓Restricts gun access↓Restricts gun access Law
SB173Weapons; possession prohibited in hospital that provides mental health or developmental services.↓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 (15-Y 6-N)
15-6
Passed
2026-01-29
H
Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 3-N)
7-3
Passed
2026-02-05
H
Read third time and passed House (63-Y 34-N 0-A)
63-34
Passed
2026-02-23
S
Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 5-N)
9-5
Passed
2026-02-25
S
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N)