---
type: "Bill"
title: "Law-enforcement officers, retired sworn; purchase of service handguns or other weapons."
description: "Purchase of service handguns or other weapons by retired sworn law-enforcement officers. Removes the requirement that a sworn law-enforcement officer be employed in a full-time capacity at the time of his retirement to purchase his service handgun. This bill is identical to SB 207."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1130"
citation: "Virginia HB 1130 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dan I. Helmer"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-01-12"
last_action: "2022-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7f22cfda-b7c5-453a-8e01-53278d3fc673"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB1130"
source_hash: "7ee7220c87cc723eef333d5167fafc1b9c4f758ddfb379195d88c7cc11db43a3"
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 1130 (2022) — Law-enforcement officers, retired sworn; purchase of service handguns or other weapons.

Purchase of service handguns or other weapons by retired sworn law-enforcement officers. Removes the requirement that a sworn law-enforcement officer be employed in a full-time capacity at the time of his retirement to purchase his service handgun. This bill is identical to SB 207.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0245** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0245)
2. **HB1130ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB1130ER)
3. **Presented and ordered printed 22103872D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB1130)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 1-N) — **9–1** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Judiciary (13-Y 1-N) — **13–1** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Public Safety (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dan I. Helmer — primary (person)
- Clinton L. Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
- Ronnie R. Campbell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-12** Presented and ordered printed 22103872D `introduction`
- **2022-01-12** Referred to Committee on Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-25** Impact statement from DPB (HB1130)
- **2022-02-01** Assigned PS sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-03** Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 1-N)
- **2022-02-04** Reported from Public Safety (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-08** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-09** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-02-10** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-10** VOTE: Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2022-02-11** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-21** Reported from Judiciary (13-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-22** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-23** Passed by for the day
- **2022-02-24** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-02-24** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-02-28** Enrolled
- **2022-02-28** Impact statement from DPB (HB1130ER)
- **2022-02-28** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-02-28** Signed by President
- **2022-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
- **2022-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 245 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7f22cfda-b7c5-453a-8e01-53278d3fc673`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).