Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation SB312
Legislation Overview
Title: Carrying assault firearms in public areas prohibited; penalty.
Description: Carrying assault firearms in public areas prohibited; penalty. Prohibits the carrying of certain semi-automatic center-fire rifles, pistols, and shotguns or any firearm modified to be operable as an assault firearm on any public street, road, alley, sidewalk, or public right-of-way or in any public park or any other place of whatever nature that is open to the public, with certain exceptions. Under current law, the prohibition on carrying certain shotguns and semi-automatic center-fire rifles and pistols applies to a narrower range of firearms, only in certain localities, and only when such firearms are loaded. A violation of this prohibition is a Class 1 misdemeanor.
Session: 2026 Regular Regular Session
Last Action: Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (1/15/2026 2:49 pm)
Last Action Date: January 15, 2026
Sponsors
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2 sponsors: Adam Ebbin (D); Scott Surovell (D);
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 5% (2 of 40)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Jan 15, 2026 | Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (1/15/2026 2:49 pm) |
| Senate | Jan 13, 2026 | Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101889D |
| Senate | Jan 13, 2026 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | Jan 13, 2026 | state link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
There have not been any votes on this bill
Link: link to state bill page
