---
type: "Bill"
title: "Firearms or other weapons; unauthorized to possess on school property."
description: "Firearms or other weapons on school property.Provides that no school board may authorize or designate anyperson to possess a firearm on school property other than those personsexpressly authorized by statute. The bill also clarifies that noexemption exists for a special conservator of the peace to possessa firearm or other weapon on school property."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1080"
citation: "Virginia HB 1080 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Patrick A. Hope"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-01-07"
last_action: "2020-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a9037d1a-2bc0-4946-aba0-fbd7dcd45b0c"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1080"
source_hash: "65a5b31e0cdc861daf09ff23ffb246829a3d87e7369794c9dafd0014c3ff5eec"
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 HB 1080 (2020) — Firearms or other weapons; unauthorized to possess on school property.

Firearms or other weapons on school property.Provides that no school board may authorize or designate anyperson to possess a firearm on school property other than those personsexpressly authorized by statute. The bill also clarifies that noexemption exists for a special conservator of the peace to possessa firearm or other weapon on school property.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1037)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP1037)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1080ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1080ER)
3. **Impact statement from DPB (HB1080)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1080)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Public Safety (13-Y 9-N) — **13–9** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (54-Y 46-N) — **53–46** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Judiciary (9-Y 5-N) — **9–5** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (21-Y 19-N) — **21–19** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Patrick A. Hope — primary (person)
- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2020-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104100D `introduction`
- **2020-01-07** Referred to Committee on Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-24** Impact statement from DPB (HB1080)
- **2020-02-07** Reported from Public Safety (13-Y 9-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-10** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-02-11** Read third time and passed House (54-Y 46-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-11** VOTE: Passage (54-Y 46-N)
- **2020-02-12** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-02-12** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-24** Reported from Judiciary (9-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-25** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-26** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-26** Passed Senate (21-Y 19-N) `passage`
- **2020-03-02** Enrolled
- **2020-03-02** Impact statement from DPB (HB1080ER)
- **2020-03-02** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-03** Signed by President
- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- **2020-04-10** Approved by Governor-Chapter 1037 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a9037d1a-2bc0-4946-aba0-fbd7dcd45b0c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).