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Bill	Firearms; possession on school property.	Firearms on school property. Adds public, private, or religious preschools and licensed child day centers that are not operated at the residence of the provider or of any of the children to the list of schools where possessing a firearm on school property or on a school bus is prohibited. The provisions of the bill regarding child day centers and preschools only apply during the regular operating hours of such child day center or preschool and shall not apply to any person (i) whose residence is on the property of a child day center or a private or religious preschool and (ii) who possesses a firearm or other prohibited weapon while in his residence . Under current law, the list of such schools only includes public, private, or religious elementary, middle, or high schools. The bill also provides that a licensed child day center or religious or private preschool may hire an armed security officer to provide security services.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	SB 71	Virginia SB 71 (2020)	bill		enacted	L. Louise Lucas	6	69	18	2019-11-22	2020-04-22	openstates	ocd-bill/347b7101-958e-45d7-8980-8ec60c9bcdb5	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB71	1888be1edf92c4961f5a6fe5d4d5e5886a3b757cde43e0c2e3c4d6c337350564	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 71 (2020) — Firearms; possession on school property.

Firearms on school property. Adds public, private, or religious preschools and licensed child day centers that are not operated at the residence of the provider or of any of the children to the list of schools where possessing a firearm on school property or on a school bus is prohibited. The provisions of the bill regarding child day centers and preschools only apply during the regular operating hours of such child day center or preschool and shall not apply to any person (i) whose residence is on the property of a child day center or a private or religious preschool and (ii) who possesses a firearm or other prohibited weapon while in his residence . Under current law, the list of such schools only includes public, private, or religious elementary, middle, or high schools. The bill also provides that a licensed child day center or religious or private preschool may hire an armed security officer to provide security services.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1249) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB71ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute SB71S1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Impact statement from VCSC (SB71H1) (committee substitute) — source
5. Impact statement from VCSC (SB71S2) (committee substitute) — source
6. Reenrolled bill text (SB71ER2) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• VOTE: (48-Y 43-N) — 47–43 (pass) · lower
• Senate acceded to request (21-Y 19-N) — 21–19 (pass) · upper
• Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 19-N) — 21–19 (pass) · upper
• Amendments specific and severable (39-Y 1-N) — 39–1 (pass) · upper
• Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (22-Y 18-N) — 22–18 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (22-Y 17-N) — 22–17 (pass) · upper
• Referred from Courts of Justice — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N) — 0–40 (fail) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N) — 5–3 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Adoption (53-Y 45-N) — 52–45 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Passage (54-Y 46-N) — 53–46 (pass) · lower
• Engrossment reconsidered by Senate (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (21-Y 18-N) — 21–18 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Judiciary (9-Y 6-N) — 9–6 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Public Safety with substitute (13-Y 9-N) — 13–9 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• L. Louise Lucas — primary (person)
• Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-11-22 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101206D introduction
• 2019-11-22 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
• 2020-01-23 Impact statement from VCSC (SB71)
• 2020-02-03 Reported from Judiciary (9-Y 6-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-04 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-05 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2020-02-06 Passed by for the day
• 2020-02-07 Passed by temporarily
• 2020-02-07 Engrossment reconsidered by Senate (38-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-07 Floor substitute printed 20107958D-S1 (Petersen)
• 2020-02-07 Reading of substitute waived
• 2020-02-07 Substitute by Senator Petersen agreed to 20107958D-S1
• 2020-02-07 Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute SB71S1
• 2020-02-07 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-07 Passed Senate (22-Y 17-N) passage
• 2020-02-07 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-07 Passed Senate (21-Y 18-N) passage
• 2020-02-10 Impact statement from VCSC (SB71S1)
• 2020-02-12 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-02-12 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-12 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2020-02-12 Impact statement from DPB (SB71S1)
• 2020-02-14 Referred from Courts of Justice
• 2020-02-14 Referred to Committee on Public Safety referral-committee
• 2020-02-17 Assigned PS sub: Firearms referral-committee
• 2020-02-18 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2020-02-18 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N)
• 2020-02-21 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2020-02-21 Committee substitute printed 20108515D-H1 substitution
• 2020-02-21 Reported from Public Safety with substitute (13-Y 9-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-21 Impact statement from VCSC (SB71H1)
• 2020-02-21 Impact statement from DPB (SB71H1)
• 2020-02-25 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-26 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-26 Committee substitute agreed to 20108515D-H1
• 2020-02-26 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB71H1
• 2020-02-26 Passed House with substitute (54-Y 46-N) passage
• 2020-02-26 VOTE: Passage (54-Y 46-N)
• 2020-02-28 Passed by for the day
• 2020-03-02 House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N)
• 2020-03-03 House insisted on substitute
• 2020-03-03 House requested conference committee
• 2020-03-04 Senate acceded to request (21-Y 19-N)
• 2020-03-04 Conferees appointed by Senate
• 2020-03-05 Conferees appointed by House
• 2020-03-05 Amended by conference committee
• 2020-03-05 Conference report agreed to by House (53-Y 45-N)
• 2020-03-05 VOTE: Adoption (53-Y 45-N)
• 2020-03-07 Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 19-N)
• 2020-03-18 Enrolled
• 2020-03-18 Signed by President
• 2020-03-19 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-03-20 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 20, 2020
• 2020-03-20 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
• 2020-03-24 Impact statement from DPB (SB71ER)
• 2020-04-11 Governor's recommendation received by Senate
• 2020-04-11 Governor's substitute printed 20110214D-S2
• 2020-04-13 Impact statement from VCSC (SB71S2)
• 2020-04-22 Amendments specific and severable (39-Y 1-N)
• 2020-04-22 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (22-Y 18-N)
• 2020-04-22 House concurred in Governor's recommendation (48-Y 43-N)
• 2020-04-22 VOTE: (48-Y 43-N)
• 2020-04-22 Governor's recommendation adopted
• 2020-04-22 Reenrolled
• 2020-04-22 Reenrolled bill text (SB71ER2)
• 2020-04-22 Signed by President as reenrolled
• 2020-04-22 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
• 2020-04-22 Enacted, Chapter 1249 (effective 7/1/20) became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/347b7101-958e-45d7-8980-8ec60c9bcdb5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).