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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Firearm safety device tax credit; defines commercial retailer."
+description: "Firearm safety device tax credit; definitions. Redefines an \"eligible transaction\" for purposes of the firearm safety device tax credit as one in which a taxpayer purchases one or more firearm safety devices from a commercial retailer, as defined in the bill. Current law defines \"eligible transaction\" as one in which a taxpayer purchases one or more firearm safety devices from a federally licensed dealer. The provisions of the bill apply to taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2025. This bill is identical to HB 2595."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "SB 1389"
+citation: "Virginia SB 1389 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Kannan Srinivasan"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 31
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2025-01-13"
+last_action: "2025-03-21"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ff39bc80-2c9e-4a70-ac41-df3690b084b6"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB1389"
+source_hash: "e996c4ee562f95d22fd176c753906233e8063c0542e199cd0a67375667c1505c"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
+---
+
+# Virginia SB 1389 (2025) — Firearm safety device tax credit; defines commercial retailer.
+
+Firearm safety device tax credit; definitions. Redefines an "eligible transaction" for purposes of the firearm safety device tax credit as one in which a taxpayer purchases one or more firearm safety devices from a commercial retailer, as defined in the bill. Current law defines "eligible transaction" as one in which a taxpayer purchases one or more firearm safety devices from a federally licensed dealer. The provisions of the bill apply to taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2025. This bill is identical to HB 2595.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1019621.PDF)
+2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1072458.PDF)
+3. **Courts of Justice Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1026294.HTML)
+4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1034838.PDF)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1051147.PDF)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 3-N) — **12–3** (pass) · upper
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passed House (96-Y 0-N) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 1-N) — **10–1** (pass) · upper
+- Reported from Finance (20-Y 0-N) — **20–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Kannan Srinivasan — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25104924D `filing, introduction`
+- **2025-01-13** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-22** Impact statement from TAX (SB1389)
+- **2025-01-22** Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2025-01-28** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2025-01-29** Rules suspended
+- **2025-01-29** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (38-Y 0-N)
+- **2025-01-29** Passed by for the day
+- **2025-01-30** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2025-01-30** Reading of amendment waived
+- **2025-01-30** Courts of Justice Amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-01-30** Engrossed by Senate as amended
+- **2025-01-30** Printed as engrossed 25104924D-E
+- **2025-01-31** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-02-06** Placed on Calendar
+- **2025-02-06** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2025-02-06** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-06** Impact statement from TAX (SB1389)
+- **2025-02-10** Reported from Finance (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2025-02-12** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2025-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2025-02-13** Passed House (96-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2025-02-18** Enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2025-02-18** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1389ER) `passage`
+- **2025-02-18** Impact statement from TAX (SB1389)
+- **2025-02-18** Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2025-02-20** Signed by President `passage`
+- **2025-03-03** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025 `enrolled`
+- **2025-03-03** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-03-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 303 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
+- **2025-03-21** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0303)
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ff39bc80-2c9e-4a70-ac41-df3690b084b6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+