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Bill	Minors; allowing access to firearms, Class 1 misdemeanor.	Allowing access to firearms by minors; penalty. Provides that any person who recklessly leaves a loaded, unsecured firearm in such a manner as to endanger the life or limb of any person under the age of 14 is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. Current law provides that any person who recklessly leaves a loaded, unsecured firearm in such a manner as to endanger the life or limb of any child under the age of 14 is guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor. This bill incorporates HB 72 and HB 463.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 1083	Virginia HB 1083 (2020)	bill		enacted	C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr.	5	39	6	2020-01-07	2020-04-06	openstates	ocd-bill/43a139e8-0621-42dd-90c2-faa07353da26	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1083	741bd746237193256717133e7125c464caf34ba623a0a7926d6c40899895dd53	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1083 (2020) — Minors; allowing access to firearms, Class 1 misdemeanor.

Allowing access to firearms by minors; penalty. Provides that any person who recklessly leaves a loaded, unsecured firearm in such a manner as to endanger the life or limb of any person under the age of 14 is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. Current law provides that any person who recklessly leaves a loaded, unsecured firearm in such a manner as to endanger the life or limb of any child under the age of 14 is guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor. This bill incorporates HB 72 and HB 463.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0742) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1083ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Impact statement from DPB (HB1083S1) (committee substitute) — source
4. Impact statement from VCSC (HB1083) (committee substitute) — source
5. Impact statement from VCSC (HB1083H1) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed Senate with substitute (22-Y 18-N) — 22–18 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Public Safety with substitute (13-Y 9-N) — 13–9 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Passage (54-Y 46-N) — 53–46 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Adoption (55-Y 43-N) — 54–43 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Judiciary with substitute (9-Y 6-N) — 9–6 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. — primary (person)
• Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
• Eileen Filler-Corn — cosponsor (person)
• Hala S. Ayala — cosponsor (person)
• Ibraheem S. Samirah — cosponsor (person)
• Jeffrey M. Bourne — cosponsor (person)
• Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
• Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102956D introduction
• 2020-01-07 Referred to Committee on Public Safety referral-committee
• 2020-01-08 Impact statement from VCSC (HB1083)
• 2020-01-15 Impact statement from DPB (HB1083)
• 2020-01-24 Reported from Public Safety with substitute (13-Y 9-N) committee-passage
• 2020-01-24 Committee substitute printed 20106627D-H1 substitution
• 2020-01-24 Incorporates HB463 (Hayes)
• 2020-01-24 Incorporates HB72 (Kory)
• 2020-01-28 Impact statement from VCSC (HB1083H1)
• 2020-01-28 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-01-29 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-01-29 Passed by temporarily
• 2020-01-29 Committee substitute agreed to 20106627D-H1
• 2020-01-29 Pending question ordered
• 2020-01-29 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1083H1
• 2020-01-30 Read third time and passed House (54-Y 46-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-01-30 VOTE: Passage (54-Y 46-N)
• 2020-01-31 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2020-01-31 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary referral-committee
• 2020-02-04 Impact statement from DPB (HB1083H1)
• 2020-02-24 Reported from Judiciary with substitute (9-Y 6-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-24 Committee substitute printed 20108859D-S1 substitution
• 2020-02-25 Impact statement from DPB (HB1083S1)
• 2020-02-25 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-26 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-26 Reading of substitute waived
• 2020-02-26 Committee substitute agreed to 20108859D-S1
• 2020-02-26 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1083S1
• 2020-02-26 Passed Senate with substitute (22-Y 18-N) passage
• 2020-02-28 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-02-28 Senate substitute agreed to by House 20108859D-S1 (55-Y 43-N)
• 2020-02-28 VOTE: Adoption (55-Y 43-N)
• 2020-03-05 Enrolled
• 2020-03-05 Impact statement from DPB (HB1083ER)
• 2020-03-06 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-03-06 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
• 2020-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 742 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/43a139e8-0621-42dd-90c2-faa07353da26. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).