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Protective orders; possession of firearms, surrender or transfer of firearms, penalty.

Protective orders; possession of firearms; surrender or transfer of firearms; penalty. Prohibits any person subject to a permanent protective order (i.e., a protective order with a maximum duration of two years) from knowingly possessing a firearm while the order is in effect, provided that for a period of 24 hours after being served with a protective order such person may continue to possess such firearm for the purposes of selling or transferring it to any person who is not otherwise prohibited by law from possessing such firearm. A violation of this provision is a Class 6 felony. The bill also provides that a court shall order a person subject to a permanent protective order to (i) within 24 hours, surrender any firearm possessed by such person to a designated local law-enforcement agency or sell or transfer any firearm possessed by such person to a dealer or to any person who is not otherwise prohibited by law from possessing such firearm and (ii) certify in writing that such person does not possess any firearms or that all firearms possessed by such person have been surrendered, sold, or transferred and file such certification with the clerk of the court that entered the protective order within 48 hours after being served with a protective order. The bill provides that any person who willfully fails to certify in writing in accordance with this section that all firearms possessed by such person have been surrendered, sold, or transferred or that such person does not possess any firearms is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill provides procedures for designating a local law-enforcement agency to receive and store firearms, as well as a process to return such surrendered firearms. The bill also makes it a Class 4 felony for any person to sell, barter, give, or furnish any firearm to any person he knows is prohibited from possessing or transporting a firearm who is subject to a permanent protective order. This bill incorporates SB 372 and is identical to HB 1004.

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Virginia General Assembly

2020

SB 479

Virginia SB 479 (2020)

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enacted

Janet D. Howell

2020-01-07

2020-04-22

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https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB479

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2026-07-06

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Virginia SB 479 (2020) — Protective orders; possession of firearms, surrender or transfer of firearms, penalty.

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

Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1260) (committee substitute) — source
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB479ER) (committee substitute) — source
Impact statement from VCSC (SB479) (committee substitute) — source
Impact statement from VCSC (SB479H1) (committee substitute) — source
Impact statement from VCSC (SB479S1) (committee substitute) — source
Reenrolled bill text (SB479ER2) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

VOTE: (50-Y 42-N) — 49–42 (pass) · lower
Reported from Judiciary with substitute (10-Y 4-N) — 10–4 (pass) · upper
Reported from Public Safety with amendment (15-Y 6-N) — 15–6 (pass) · lower
Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (20-Y 18-N) — 20–18 (pass) · upper
Read third time and passed Senate (23-Y 17-N) — 23–17 (pass) · upper
House substitute agreed to by Senate (21-Y 19-N) — 21–19 (pass) · upper
VOTE: Passage (56-Y 41-N) — 55–41 (pass) · lower
Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper

Timeline

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

2020-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103357D introduction
2020-01-07 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary referral-committee
2020-01-08 Impact statement from VCSC (SB479)
2020-01-08 Moved from Courts of Justice to Judiciary due to a change of the committee name
2020-01-22 Impact statement from DPB (SB479)
2020-01-22 Reported from Judiciary with substitute (10-Y 4-N) committee-passage
2020-01-22 Incorporates SB372 (Saslaw)
2020-01-22 Committee substitute printed 20106476D-S1 substitution
2020-01-23 Impact statement from VCSC (SB479S1)
2020-01-24 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2020-01-27 Impact statement from DPB (SB479S1)
2020-01-27 Read second time reading-2
2020-01-27 Reading of substitute waived
2020-01-27 Committee substitute agreed to 20106476D-S1
2020-01-27 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB479S1
2020-01-28 Read third time and passed Senate (23-Y 17-N) passage, reading-3
2020-02-18 Placed on Calendar
2020-02-18 Read first time reading-1
2020-02-18 Referred to Committee on Public Safety referral-committee
2020-02-21 Reported from Public Safety with amendment (15-Y 6-N) committee-passage
2020-02-25 Read second time reading-2
2020-02-25 Floor substitute printed 20108989D-H1 (Mullin)
2020-02-26 Impact statement from VCSC (SB479H1)
2020-02-26 Read third time reading-3
2020-02-26 Committee amendment rejected
2020-02-26 Substitute by Delegate Mullin agreed to 20108989D-H1
2020-02-26 Engrossed by House - floor substitute SB479H1
2020-02-26 Passed House with substitute (56-Y 41-N) passage
2020-02-26 VOTE: Passage (56-Y 41-N)
2020-02-28 Impact statement from DPB (SB479H1)
2020-02-28 Passed by for the day
2020-03-02 House substitute agreed to by Senate (21-Y 19-N)
2020-03-02 Title replaced 20108989D-S1
2020-03-06 Enrolled
2020-03-06 Impact statement from DPB (SB479ER)
2020-03-06 Signed by President
2020-03-06 Signed by Speaker
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 (20-Y 18-N)
2020-04-22 House concurred in Governor's recommendation (50-Y 42-N)
2020-04-22 VOTE: (50-Y 42-N)
2020-04-22 Governor's recommendation adopted
2020-04-22 Reenrolled
2020-04-22 Reenrolled bill text (SB479ER2)
2020-04-22 Signed by President as reenrolled
2020-04-22 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
2020-04-22 Enacted, Chapter 1260 (effective 7/1/20) became-law

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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c9cc6347-22c6-4943-833f-6b707cabfbe4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).

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