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Virginia · 2026 Regular Session
SB27Firearm 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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FirearmsotherAI label
↓Restricts gun accessmodel confidence 80%
Defines and prohibits installation/use of auto sears on firearm-related products as part of required reasonable controls, and includes unfinished frames/receivers in the definition of firearm-related products subject to the new standards and liability, so additional restrictions on certain firearm
prevent the installation and use of an auto sear, as defined in § 18.2-308.5:1, on firearm-related products;
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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 (CHAP0530)
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill creates new civil liability standards and remedies specifically for firearm industry members based on their sales, marketing, and distribution practices, including requirements to prevent sales to prohibited persons or those at risk of harm and to avoid promoting unlawful use. It also addresses auto sears and unfinished frames/receivers within the new regulatory framework for the industry.
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
HB21Firearm industry members; creates standards of responsible conduct, civil liability.↓Restricts gun access↓Restricts gun access Law
SB763Retail Sales and Use Tax; definitions, imposes firearm and ammunition tax.↓Restricts gun access↓Restricts gun access Died (session ended)
Hearings and calendar
2026-01-26 08:00 · Hearing · Senate Courts of Justice Hearing Senate Room A, Room 305, General Assembly Building
2026-01-28 19:00 · Hearing · Senate Courts of Justice Hearing Senate Room A, Room 305, General Assembly Building
2026-02-04 09:00 · Hearing · Senate Finance and Appropriations Hearing Senate Room A, Room 305, General Assembly Building
2026-02-13 08:00 · Hearing · House Public Safety Hearing House Committee Room A - 008
Votes
Date
Chamber
Motion
Yea-Nay
2026-01-28
S
Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 6-N)
9-6
Passed
2026-02-04
S
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N)