republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-1080.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	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.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 1080	Virginia HB 1080 (2020)	bill		enacted	Patrick A. Hope	3	21	5	2020-01-07	2020-04-10	openstates	ocd-bill/a9037d1a-2bc0-4946-aba0-fbd7dcd45b0c	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1080	65a5b31e0cdc861daf09ff23ffb246829a3d87e7369794c9dafd0014c3ff5eec	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1080ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Impact statement from DPB (HB1080) (committee substitute) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/a9037d1a-2bc0-4946-aba0-fbd7dcd45b0c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).