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SB749Introduced in the Senate

Assault firearms & certain ammunition feeding devices; purchase, sale, etc., prohibited, penalties.

Passed

Introduced by Saddam Salim, District 37

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Purchase, sale, transfer, etc., of assault firearms and certain ammunition feeding devices prohibited; penalties. Creates a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person who imports, sells, manufactures, purchases, or transfers an assault firearm, as that term is defined in the bill with some exceptions, and prohibits a person who has been convicted of such violation from purchasing, possessing, or transporting a firearm for a period of three years from the date of conviction. The bill provides that an assault firearm does not include any firearm that is an antique firearm, has been rendered permanently inoperable, or is manually operated by bolt, pump, lever, or slide action. The bill also prohibits the sale of a large capacity ammunition feeding device, as that term is defined in the bill. The bill provides that any person who willfully and intentionally (i) sells an assault firearm to another person or (ii) purchases an assault firearm from another person is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor and that any person who imports, sells, barters, transfers, or purchases a large capacity ammunition feeding device is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. This bill is identical to HB 217.

Where it stands

Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1107)

May 14, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

House of Delegates votes

2 recorded votes · each counted separately

Senate votes

6 recorded votes · each counted separately

SenateStage: Passed by for the day (21-Y 18-N 0-A) · April 22, 2026

21

Yes

18

No

1

Absent or Not Voting

40 senators recorded in this Senate vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

See how each senator voted

SenatorDistrictVote
Elizabeth Bennett-Parker5Yes
Michael Jones77Yes
Timmy French1No
Mark Obenshain2No
Chris Head3Absent
David Suetterlein4No
Travis Hackworth5No
Todd Pillion6No
William Stanley7No
Mark Peake8No

Bill history

  1. Presented and ordered printed 26100444D

  2. Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice

  3. Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (1/21/2026 11:10 am)

  4. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB749)

  5. Senate committee offered

  6. Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 5-N)

  7. Committee substitute printed 26106212D-S1

  8. Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (1/27/2026 1:49 pm)

  9. Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (10-Y 5-N)

  10. Rules suspended

  11. Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)

  12. Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)

  13. Committee substitute printed 26106501D-S2

  14. Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (2/5/2026 4:34 pm)

  15. Read second time

  16. Courts of Justice Substitute rejected

  17. Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to

  18. Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Voice Vote)

  19. Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A)

  20. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB749)

  21. Placed on Calendar

  22. Read first time

  23. Referred to Committee on Public Safety

  24. House committee offered

  25. Reported from Public Safety with substitute (14-Y 7-N)

  26. Committee substitute printed 26108724D-H1

  27. Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (2/27/2026 4:03 pm)

  28. Read second time

  29. Floor substitute printed 26109153D-H2 (Helmer)

  30. Floor offered Delegate Helmer Substitute

  31. Read third time

  32. committee substitute rejected

  33. Delegate Helmer Floor substitute agreed to

  34. Engrossed by House - floor substitute

  35. Passed House with substitute (59-Y 35-N 0-A)

  36. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB749)

  37. Passed by for the day

  38. Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (3/9/2026 10:46 am)

  39. House substitute agreed to by Senate

  40. Enrolled

  41. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB749ER)

  42. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB749)

  43. Signed by Speaker

  44. Signed by President

  45. Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026

  46. Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026

  47. Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (4/3/2026 1:29 pm)

  48. Governor's recommendation received by Senate

  49. Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (4/14/2026 4:35 pm)

  50. Passed by for the day (21-Y 18-N 0-A)

  51. Communicated to Governor

  52. Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., May 23, 2026

  53. Approved by Governor-Chapter 1107 (effective 7/1/2026)

  54. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1107)

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