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type: "Bill"
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title: "School board building or property, certain; establishment of gun-free zone permitted."
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description: "Certain school board property; establishment of gun-free zone permitted. Permits any school board to deem any non-school zone property that it owns or leases as a gun-free zone and prohibit any individual from knowingly possessing, purchasing, transferring, carrying, storing, or transporting firearms, ammunition, or components or combination thereof while such individual is upon such property, except certain individuals such as law-enforcement officers and qualified retired law-enforcement officers."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2021"
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identifier: "HB 1909"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1909 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Suhas Subramanyam"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 45
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vote_count: 10
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first_action: "2021-01-09"
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last_action: "2021-03-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/58e7bdfe-c442-48a2-b622-979988e3d5db"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB1909"
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source_hash: "ce24c16724938c339d9b8d8959f0f1301cc7d265e4023a44544b8a2bba84a261"
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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 HB 1909 (2021) — School board building or property, certain; establishment of gun-free zone permitted.
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Certain school board property; establishment of gun-free zone permitted. Permits any school board to deem any non-school zone property that it owns or leases as a gun-free zone and prohibit any individual from knowingly possessing, purchasing, transferring, carrying, storing, or transporting firearms, ammunition, or components or combination thereof while such individual is upon such property, except certain individuals such as law-enforcement officers and qualified retired law-enforcement officers.
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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. **CHAP0439** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0439)
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2. **Committee substitute printed 21103262D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1909H1)
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3. **HB1909ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1909ER)
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4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100496D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1909)
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## Votes
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- VOTE: Agreed To (54-Y 45-N) — **53–45** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N) — **6–2** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate with amendments (21-Y 18-N) — **21–18** (pass) · upper
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- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Passage (55-Y 44-N) — **54–44** (pass) · lower
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- Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 17-N) — **21–17** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 95-N) — **0–94** (fail) · lower
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- Reported from Education and Health with amendments (9-Y 6-N) — **9–6** (pass) · upper
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- Senate insisted on amendments (35-Y 4-N) — **35–4** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Public Safety with substitute (14-Y 8-N) — **14–8** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Suhas Subramanyam — primary (person)
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- Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
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- Barbara A. Favola — cosponsor (person)
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- Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
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- David A. Reid — cosponsor (person)
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- Ibraheem S. Samirah — cosponsor (person)
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- John J. Bell — cosponsor (person)
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- Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
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- Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100496D `introduction`
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- **2021-01-09** Referred to Committee on Public Safety `referral-committee`
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- **2021-01-12** Assigned PS sub: Firearms `referral-committee`
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- **2021-01-18** Impact statement from DPB (HB1909)
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- **2021-01-19** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N)
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- **2021-01-20** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2021-01-22** Reported from Public Safety with substitute (14-Y 8-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-01-22** Committee substitute printed 21103262D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2021-01-25** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2021-01-26** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2021-01-26** Committee substitute agreed to 21103262D-H1
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- **2021-01-26** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1909H1
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- **2021-01-27** Read third time and passed House (55-Y 44-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-01-27** VOTE: Passage (55-Y 44-N)
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- **2021-01-28** Impact statement from DPB (HB1909H1)
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- **2021-01-28** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2021-01-28** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-05** Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-02-10** Assigned Education sub: Public Education `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-18** Reported from Education and Health with amendments (9-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-02-19** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2021-02-22** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2021-02-22** Reading of amendments waived
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- **2021-02-22** Committee amendments agreed to
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- **2021-02-22** Engrossed by Senate as amended
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- **2021-02-22** Passed Senate with amendments (21-Y 18-N) `passage`
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- **2021-02-23** Placed on Calendar
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- **2021-02-23** Senate amendments rejected by House (0-Y 95-N)
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- **2021-02-23** VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 95-N)
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- **2021-02-24** Senate insisted on amendments (35-Y 4-N)
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- **2021-02-24** Senate requested conference committee
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- **2021-02-25** House acceded to request
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- **2021-02-25** Conferees appointed by House
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- **2021-02-25** Conferees appointed by Senate
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- **2021-02-27** Amended by conference committee
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- **2021-02-27** Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 17-N)
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- **2021-02-27** Conference report agreed to by House (54-Y 45-N)
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- **2021-02-27** VOTE: Agreed To (54-Y 45-N)
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- **2021-03-09** Enrolled
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- **2021-03-09** Impact statement from DPB (HB1909ER)
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- **2021-03-09** Signed by President
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- **2021-03-11** Signed by Speaker
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- **2021-03-15** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 15, 2021
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- **2021-03-15** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
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- **2021-03-30** Approved by Governor-Chapter 439 (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/58e7bdfe-c442-48a2-b622-979988e3d5db`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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