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Virginia · 2026 Regular Session

HB778 Pop-up events; local enhanced enforcement actions.

Direction

Firearms preemption sanctuaryAI label

Restricts gun access model confidence 80%

Allows localities to declare pop-up event zones as gun-free zones, enabling local restrictions on carrying firearms in those areas.

Declare the pop-up event zone a gun-free zone;

✓ Quote verified word for word in the bill text

  1. Filed (completed)
  2. Committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both
  5. Governor
  6. Law

Status: Died (session ended)

Last action
2026-02-06: Continued to next session in Counties, Cities and Towns (Voice Vote)
Filed
2026-01-13
Sponsor
Virgil Thornton D + 1 cosponsor (1 D)

Why the model tagged it this way: The bill adds authority for local governments to declare temporary pop-up event zones as gun-free zones (among other enforcement measures), which imposes new local restrictions on firearms in those areas. No other listed topics are substantively addressed.

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History (3 actions)
DateChamberAction
2026-02-06HContinued to next session in Counties, Cities and Towns (Voice Vote)
2026-01-13HReferred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
2026-01-13HPrefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101452D