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Bill	Firearms; purchase, etc., following conviction for assault and battery of a family member.	Purchase, possession, or transportation of firearms following conviction for assault and battery of a family or household member; penalties. Prohibits a person who has been convicted of assault and battery of a family or household member, as defined in the bill, from purchasing, possessing, or transporting a firearm. A person who violates this provision is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2021	HB 1992	Virginia HB 1992 (2021)	bill		enacted	Kathleen Murphy	6	65	13	2021-01-11	2021-04-15	openstates	ocd-bill/1da21382-31ce-4457-bf4d-952c28eaa3c8	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB1992	6d8b9e47f5c345e5b277ae1f1079f64fda25c2dbb05dffc0ba851453c456310b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1992 (2021) — Firearms; purchase, etc., following conviction for assault and battery of a family member.

Purchase, possession, or transportation of firearms following conviction for assault and battery of a family or household member; penalties. Prohibits a person who has been convicted of assault and battery of a family or household member, as defined in the bill, from purchasing, possessing, or transporting a firearm. A person who violates this provision is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0555 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 21103901D-H2 (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee substitute printed 21200021D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Committee substitute printed 21200284D-S2 (committee substitute) — source
5. Floor substitute printed 21103651D-H1 (Murphy) (committee substitute) — source
6. HB1992ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate rejected Governor's recommendation #3 (14-Y 26-N) — 14–25 (fail) · upper
• Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Judiciary (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (54-Y 46-N) — 53–46 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate with substitute (20-Y 19-N) — 20–19 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Judiciary with substitute (8-Y 7-N) — 8–7 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N) — 5–3 (pass) · lower
• Senate rejected Governor's recommendations #1, #2 (12-Y 28-N) — 12–27 (fail) · upper
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (11-Y 4-N) — 11–4 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (13-Y 9-N) — 13–9 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Public Safety (10-Y 9-N) — 10–9 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Adoption (54-Y 45-N) — 53–45 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Adoption (52-Y 46-N) — 51–46 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Kathleen Murphy — primary (person)
• Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
• Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
• Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
• David A. Reid — cosponsor (person)
• Elizabeth R. Guzman — cosponsor (person)
• Hala S. Ayala — cosponsor (person)
• Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
• Kenneth R. Plum — cosponsor (person)
• Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)
• Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
• Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
• Vivian E. Watts — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100815D introduction
• 2021-01-11 Referred to Committee on Public Safety referral-committee
• 2021-01-12 Impact statement from VCSC (HB1992)
• 2021-01-14 Impact statement from DPB (HB1992)
• 2021-01-14 Assigned PS sub: Firearms referral-committee
• 2021-01-19 Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
• 2021-01-22 Reported from Public Safety (10-Y 9-N) committee-passage
• 2021-01-25 Read first time reading-1
• 2021-01-26 Floor substitute printed 21103651D-H1 (Murphy)
• 2021-01-26 Motion to refer to committee agreed to
• 2021-01-26 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2021-01-27 Impact statement from VCSC (HB1992H1)
• 2021-01-27 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (13-Y 9-N) committee-passage
• 2021-01-27 Committee substitute printed 21103901D-H2 substitution
• 2021-01-27 Impact statement from DPB (HB1992H1)
• 2021-01-28 Impact statement from VCSC (HB1992H2)
• 2021-01-28 Read first time reading-1
• 2021-01-29 Read second time reading-2
• 2021-01-29 Committee substitute agreed to 21103901D-H2
• 2021-01-29 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1992H2
• 2021-01-31 Impact statement from DPB (HB1992H2)
• 2021-02-01 Read third time and passed House (54-Y 46-N) passage, reading-3
• 2021-02-01 VOTE: Passage (54-Y 46-N)
• 2021-02-02 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2021-02-02 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary referral-committee
• 2021-02-05 Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Judiciary (14-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-10 Assigned Judiciary sub: Criminal Law referral-committee
• 2021-02-15 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2021-02-15 Reported from Judiciary with substitute (8-Y 7-N) committee-passage
• 2021-02-15 Committee substitute printed 21200021D-S1 substitution
• 2021-02-15 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2021-02-16 Impact statement from VCSC (HB1992S1)
• 2021-02-17 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2021-02-17 Impact statement from DPB (HB1992S1)
• 2021-02-17 Committee substitute printed 21200284D-S2 substitution
• 2021-02-17 Impact statement from VCSC (HB1992S2)
• 2021-02-17 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-17 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (11-Y 4-N) committee-passage
• 2021-02-18 Read third time reading-3
• 2021-02-18 Passed by temporarily
• 2021-02-18 Impact statement from DPB (HB1992S2)
• 2021-02-18 Reading of substitute waived
• 2021-02-18 Committee substitute rejected 21200021D-S1
• 2021-02-18 Reading of substitute waived
• 2021-02-18 Committee substitute agreed to 21200284D-S2
• 2021-02-18 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1992S2
• 2021-02-18 Passed Senate with substitute (20-Y 19-N) passage
• 2021-02-22 Placed on Calendar
• 2021-02-22 Senate substitute agreed to by House 21200284D-S2 (52-Y 46-N)
• 2021-02-22 VOTE: Adoption (52-Y 46-N)
• 2021-02-25 Enrolled
• 2021-02-25 Signed by President
• 2021-02-26 Signed by Speaker
• 2021-02-26 Impact statement from DPB (HB1992ER)
• 2021-03-01 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 1, 2021
• 2021-03-01 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
• 2021-03-31 Governor's recommendation received by House
• 2021-04-07 Placed on Calendar
• 2021-04-07 House concurred in Governor's recommendation (54-Y 45-N)
• 2021-04-07 VOTE: Adoption (54-Y 45-N)
• 2021-04-07 Senate rejected Governor's recommendations #1, #2 (12-Y 28-N)
• 2021-04-07 Senate rejected Governor's recommendation #3 (14-Y 26-N)
• 2021-04-07 Communicated to Governor
• 2021-04-07 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., May 7, 2021
• 2021-04-15 Approved by Governor-Chapter 555 (effective 7/1/21) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1da21382-31ce-4457-bf4d-952c28eaa3c8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).