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type: "Bill"
title: "Firearms, ammunition, etc.; control by localities by governing possession, etc., within locality."
description: "Control of firearms by localities. Authorizes any locality by ordinance to prohibit the possession or carrying of firearms, ammunition, or components or any combination thereof in (i) any building, or part thereof, owned or used by such locality for governmental purposes; (ii) any public park owned or operated by the locality; (iii) any recreation or community center facility; or (iv) any public street, road, alley, sidewalk or public right-of-way or any other place of whatever nature that is open to the public and is being used by or is adjacent to a permitted event or an event that would otherwise require a permit. Provisions limiting the authority of localities and state governmental entities to bring lawsuits against certain firearms manufacturers and others are also repealed. The bill also provides that any firearm received by the locality pursuant to a gun buy-back program shall be destroyed by the locality unless the person surrendering such firearm requests in writing that such surrendered firearm be sold. The provisions of the bill do not apply to the activities of a Senior Reserve Officers&#8217; Training Corps program operated at a public or private institution of higher education or (ii) any intercollegiate athletics program operated by a public or private institution of higher education and governed by the National Collegiate Athletic Association or any club sports team recognized by a public or private institution of higher education where the sport engaged in by such program or team involves the use of a firearm. The bill contains technical amendments. This bill is identical to SB 35."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 421"
citation: "Virginia HB 421 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Marcia S. \"Cia\" Price"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 44
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2020-01-03"
last_action: "2020-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dcf72bf7-0b97-41d5-9511-4037c494a16c"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB421"
source_hash: "c311d5bc7f590b7b1373ab9335a76b837b81dba473e1af09657d0056f4528f99"
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 421 (2020) — Firearms, ammunition, etc.; control by localities by governing possession, etc., within locality.
Control of firearms by localities. Authorizes any locality by ordinance to prohibit the possession or carrying of firearms, ammunition, or components or any combination thereof in (i) any building, or part thereof, owned or used by such locality for governmental purposes; (ii) any public park owned or operated by the locality; (iii) any recreation or community center facility; or (iv) any public street, road, alley, sidewalk or public right-of-way or any other place of whatever nature that is open to the public and is being used by or is adjacent to a permitted event or an event that would otherwise require a permit. Provisions limiting the authority of localities and state governmental entities to bring lawsuits against certain firearms manufacturers and others are also repealed. The bill also provides that any firearm received by the locality pursuant to a gun buy-back program shall be destroyed by the locality unless the person surrendering such firearm requests in writing that such surrendered firearm be sold. The provisions of the bill do not apply to the activities of a Senior Reserve Officers&#8217; Training Corps program operated at a public or private institution of higher education or (ii) any intercollegiate athletics program operated by a public or private institution of higher education and governed by the National Collegiate Athletic Association or any club sports team recognized by a public or private institution of higher education where the sport engaged in by such program or team involves the use of a firearm. The bill contains technical amendments. This bill is identical to SB 35.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1205)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP1205)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB421ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB421ER)
3. **Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment HB421S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB421S1)
4. **Impact statement from DHCD (HB421)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB421)
5. **Reenrolled bill text (HB421ER2)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB421ER2)
## Votes
- Reported from Public Safety (13-Y 9-N) — **13–9** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Engrossment (53-Y 46-N) — **52–46** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (54-Y 45-N) — **53–45** (pass) · lower
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (21-Y 19-N) — **21–19** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (50-Y 48-N) — **49–48** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Judiciary with substitute (9-Y 6-N) — **9–6** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate with substitute with amendment (22-Y 18-N) — **22–18** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: (48-Y 45-N) — **47–45** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — primary (person)
- Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
- Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
- Eileen Filler-Corn — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)
- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
- Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)
- Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-01-03** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100939D `introduction`
- **2020-01-03** Referred to Committee on Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-18** Impact statement from DHCD (HB421)
- **2020-01-24** Reported from Public Safety (13-Y 9-N) `committee-passage`
- **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** Pending question ordered
- **2020-01-29** Engrossed by House (53-Y 46-N)
- **2020-01-29** VOTE: Engrossment (53-Y 46-N)
- **2020-01-30** Read third time and passed House (50-Y 48-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-01-30** VOTE: Passage (50-Y 48-N)
- **2020-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-01-31** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-24** Reported from Judiciary with substitute (9-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-24** Committee substitute printed 20108858D-S1 `substitution`
- **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 20108858D-S1
- **2020-02-26** Reading of Floor amendment 1 waived
- **2020-02-26** Amendment 1 by Senator Norment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2020-02-26** Amendments 2 and 3 by Senator Norment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2020-02-26** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment HB421S1
- **2020-02-26** Passed Senate with substitute with amendment (22-Y 18-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-28** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-02-28** Senate substitute with amendment agreed to by House 20108858D-S1 (54-Y 45-N)
- **2020-02-28** VOTE: Adoption (54-Y 45-N)
- **2020-03-05** Enrolled
- **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
- **2020-04-11** Governor's recommendation received by House
- **2020-04-22** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-04-22** House concurred in Governor's recommendation (48-Y 45-N)
- **2020-04-22** VOTE: (48-Y 45-N)
- **2020-04-22** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (21-Y 19-N)
- **2020-04-22** Governor's recommendation adopted
- **2020-04-22** Reenrolled
- **2020-04-22** Reenrolled bill text (HB421ER2)
- **2020-04-22** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- **2020-04-22** Signed by President as reenrolled
- **2020-04-22** Enacted, Chapter 1205 (effective 7/1/20) `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dcf72bf7-0b97-41d5-9511-4037c494a16c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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