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Virginia · 2026 Regular Session
SB86State Police, Department of; purchase of handguns or other weapons of certain officers.
Direction
FirearmsotherAI label
↑Expands gun accessmodel confidence 90%
Expands the ability of retiring or former law-enforcement officers, survivors, and certain other personnel to purchase their service handguns or substitute weapons at a nominal $1 price or fair market value, including in more situations and for more categories of people than before.
The Department of State Police, the Department of Wildlife Resources, the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority, the Virginia Lottery, the Marine Resources Commission, the Capitol Police, the Department of Conservation and Recreation, the Department of Forestry, any sheriff, any regional jail board or authority, and any local police department may allow any sworn law-enforcement officer, deputy, or regional jail officer, a local fire department may allow any full-time sworn fire marshal, the Department of Motor Vehicles may allow any law-enforcement officer, any institution of higher教育
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Filed (completed)
Committee (completed)
Passed one chamber (completed)
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Governor (completed)
Law
Stage: Law · step 6 of 6
Last action
2026-04-06: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0286)
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill amends § 59.1-148.3 to expand eligibility and circumstances for law-enforcement officers, retirees, survivors, and related personnel to buy their issued service handguns (often at $1) or substitute weapons, plus other duty weapons meeting private-purchase criteria; this reduces restrictions on firearm ownership for these individuals.
Related bills
HB240Admission to bail; fixing terms of bail, mental health considerations.↓Restricts gun access Committee
HB623Forfeiture of certain weapons; petition for return by Commonwealth.↑Expands gun access Committee
HB778Pop-up events; local enhanced enforcement actions.↓Restricts gun access Committee
HB919Retail Sales and Use Tax; impose firearm and ammunition tax.↓Restricts gun access↓Restricts gun access Committee
Hearings and calendar
2026-01-19 08:00 · Hearing · Senate Courts of Justice 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
2026-01-19
S
Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)
15-0
Passed
2026-01-20
S
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)