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type: "Bill"
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title: "Virginia Voluntary Do Not Sell Firearms List; established, penalty."
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description: "Establishment of the Virginia Voluntary Do NotSell Firearms List; penalty. Creates the Virginia Voluntary DoNot Sell Firearms List (the List) that prohibits the possession,transportation, and sale of firearms to any person who voluntarilyregisters himself to be enrolled into the List. The List shall bemaintained and updated by the Department of State Police. The billmakes it a Class 3 misdemeanor for any person enrolled into the Listto purchase, possess, or transport a firearm. The bill disqualifiesany person enrolled into the List from obtaining a concealed handgunpermit and prohibits such person from being employed by a firearmsdealer. The bill also makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for any personwho sells, barters, gives, or furnishes, or has in his possessionor under his control with the intent of selling, bartering, giving,or furnishing, any firearm to any person he knows is enrolled intothe List. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2021."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "SB 436"
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citation: "Virginia SB 436 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Scott A. Surovell"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 31
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vote_count: 9
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first_action: "2020-01-07"
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last_action: "2020-04-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/91421f14-477b-45c2-9ce8-dc08671b5bee"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB436"
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source_hash: "101a40dbf193840d36f7e40391734cc7934a90fac99400f43c028ce67a199ec9"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 436 (2020) — Virginia Voluntary Do Not Sell Firearms List; established, penalty.
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Establishment of the Virginia Voluntary Do NotSell Firearms List; penalty. Creates the Virginia Voluntary DoNot Sell Firearms List (the List) that prohibits the possession,transportation, and sale of firearms to any person who voluntarilyregisters himself to be enrolled into the List. The List shall bemaintained and updated by the Department of State Police. The billmakes it a Class 3 misdemeanor for any person enrolled into the Listto purchase, possess, or transport a firearm. The bill disqualifiesany person enrolled into the List from obtaining a concealed handgunpermit and prohibits such person from being employed by a firearmsdealer. The bill also makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for any personwho sells, barters, gives, or furnishes, or has in his possessionor under his control with the intent of selling, bartering, giving,or furnishing, any firearm to any person he knows is enrolled intothe List. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2021.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1173)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP1173)
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2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB436ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB436ER)
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3. **Impact statement from VCSC (SB436)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB436)
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## Votes
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- Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 18-N) — **21–18** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Appropriations (12-Y 10-N) — **12–10** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Public Safety (13-Y 8-N) — **13–8** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N) — **5–3** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Passage (50-Y 45-N) — **49–45** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Judiciary (8-Y 5-N) — **8–5** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N 2-A) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Scott A. Surovell — primary (person)
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- Adam P. Ebbin — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100159D `introduction`
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- **2020-01-07** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-08** Impact statement from VCSC (SB436)
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- **2020-01-08** Moved from Courts of Justice to Judiciary due to a change of the committee name
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- **2020-01-31** Impact statement from DPB (SB436)
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- **2020-02-03** Reported from Judiciary (8-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-03** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-05** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N 2-A) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-07** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-10** Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 18-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-02-18** Placed on Calendar
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- **2020-02-18** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-18** Referred to Committee on Public Safety `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-21** Reported from Public Safety (13-Y 8-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-21** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-23** Assigned App. sub: Transportation & Public Safety `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-24** Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-28** Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
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- **2020-02-28** Reported from Appropriations (12-Y 10-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-03-03** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-03-04** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-03-04** Passed House (50-Y 45-N) `passage`
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- **2020-03-04** VOTE: Passage (50-Y 45-N)
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- **2020-03-07** Enrolled
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- **2020-03-07** Signed by President
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- **2020-03-08** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-03-09** Impact statement from DPB (SB436ER)
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- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
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- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
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- **2020-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 1173 (effective 7/1/21) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/91421f14-477b-45c2-9ce8-dc08671b5bee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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