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Bill

Firearms, ammunition, etc.; control by localities by governing possession, etc., within locality.

Control of firearms by localities; permitted events. 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localities and state governmental entities to bring lawsuits against certain firearms manufacturers and others are also repealed.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’ 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 incorporates SB 450, SB 505, SB 506, and SB 615. This bill is identical to HB 421.

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Virginia General Assembly

2020

SB 35

Virginia SB 35 (2020)

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enacted

Scott A. Surovell

2019-11-18

2020-04-22

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ocd-bill/c59b2d20-da75-4be0-94ef-2642fea3ae96

https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB35

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https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump

2026-07-06

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Virginia SB 35 (2020) — Firearms, ammunition, etc.; control by localities by governing possession, etc., within locality.

Version chain

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

Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1247) (committee substitute) — source
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB35ER) (committee substitute) — source
Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendment SB35H1 (committee substitute) — source
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB35S1 (committee substitute) — source
Impact statement from DHCD/CLG (SB35) (committee substitute) — source
Reenrolled bill text (SB35ER2) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (21-Y 18-N) — 21–18 (pass) · upper
Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N) — 21–19 (pass) · upper
VOTE: (48-Y 44-N) — 47–44 (pass) · lower
House substitute with amendment agreed to by Senate (21-Y 17-N) — 21–17 (pass) · upper
Ruling of Chair Sustained (21-Y 19-N) — 21–19 (pass) · upper
VOTE: Passage (53-Y 46-N) — 52–46 (pass) · lower
Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Reported from Public Safety with substitute (13-Y 9-N) — 13–9 (pass) · lower
Reconsideration of House substitute with amendment agreed to by Senate (36-Y 0-N) — 36–0 (pass) · upper
House substitute with amendment agreed to by Senate (22-Y 16-N) — 22–16 (pass) · upper
Reported from Judiciary with substitute (9-Y 5-N) — 9–5 (pass) · upper

Timeline

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

2019-11-18 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100476D introduction
2019-11-18 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary referral-committee
2020-01-08 Moved from Courts of Justice to Judiciary due to a change of the committee name
2020-01-13 Reported from Judiciary with substitute (9-Y 5-N) committee-passage
2020-01-13 Incorporates SB615 (Deeds)
2020-01-13 Incorporates SB450 (Edwards)
2020-01-13 Incorporates SB505 (Edwards)
2020-01-13 Incorporates SB506 (Edwards)
2020-01-13 Committee substitute printed 20105646D-S1 substitution
2020-01-14 Impact statement from DHCD/CLG (SB35)
2020-01-14 Impact statement from DHCD (SB35)
2020-01-14 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2020-01-15 Read second time reading-2
2020-01-15 Reading of substitute waived
2020-01-15 Committee substitute agreed to 20105646D-S1
2020-01-15 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB35S1
2020-01-16 Chair rules that bill does not violate the single object rule
2020-01-16 Ruling of Chair Sustained (21-Y 19-N)
2020-01-16 Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N) passage, reading-3
2020-02-21 Placed on Calendar
2020-02-21 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
2020-02-21 Read first time reading-1
2020-02-21 Referred to Committee on Public Safety referral-committee
2020-02-21 Committee substitute printed 20108812D-H1 substitution
2020-02-21 Reported from Public Safety with substitute (13-Y 9-N) committee-passage
2020-02-25 Read second time reading-2
2020-02-26 Read third time reading-3
2020-02-26 Passed by temporarily
2020-02-26 Committee substitute agreed to 20108812D-H1
2020-02-26 Amendment by Delegate Price agreed to amendment-passage
2020-02-26 Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendment SB35H1
2020-02-26 Passed House with substitute with amendment (53-Y 46-N) passage
2020-02-26 VOTE: Passage (53-Y 46-N)
2020-02-28 House substitute with amendment agreed to by Senate (22-Y 16-N)
2020-02-28 Title replaced 20108812D-H1
2020-02-28 Reconsideration of House substitute with amendment agreed to by Senate (36-Y 0-N)
2020-02-28 House substitute with amendment agreed to by Senate (21-Y 17-N)
2020-03-05 Enrolled
2020-03-06 Signed by Speaker
2020-03-07 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 Senate
2020-04-22 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (21-Y 18-N)
2020-04-22 House concurred in Governor's recommendation (48-Y 44-N)
2020-04-22 VOTE: (48-Y 44-N)
2020-04-22 Governor's recommendation adopted
2020-04-22 Reenrolled
2020-04-22 Reenrolled bill text (SB35ER2)
2020-04-22 Signed by President as reenrolled
2020-04-22 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
2020-04-22 Enacted, Chapter 1247 (effective 7/1/20) became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c59b2d20-da75-4be0-94ef-2642fea3ae96. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).

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