republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2021/hb-2298.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Muzzleloading rifle and shotgun; clarifies definitions.	Muzzleloading rifle and shotgun; definitions.Removes the requirement that the propellant be loaded along withthe projectile or projectiles in the definitions of muzzleloadingrifle and muzzleloading shotgun.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2021	HB 2298	Virginia HB 2298 (2021)	bill		enacted	C. Matthew Fariss	3	23	6	2021-01-18	2021-03-30	openstates	ocd-bill/952b7553-f908-4f6c-b788-402cdfdc8d83	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB2298	a82322781f22cc1d6ec73df7954fa8cef18555c62787356a23929521318994d1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 2298 (2021) — Muzzleloading rifle and shotgun; clarifies definitions.

Muzzleloading rifle and shotgun; definitions.Removes the requirement that the propellant be loaded along withthe projectile or projectiles in the definitions of muzzleloadingrifle and muzzleloading shotgun.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0432 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB2298ER (committee substitute) — source
3. Presented and ordered printed 21102689D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (18-Y 4-N) — 18–4 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N) — 32–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Judiciary (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (74-Y 22-N) — 74–21 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• C. Matthew Fariss — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-18 Presented and ordered printed 21102689D introduction
• 2021-01-18 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2021-01-21 Impact statement from DPB (HB2298)
• 2021-01-22 Assigned ACNR sub: Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2021-02-03 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (18-Y 4-N) committee-passage
• 2021-02-03 Read first time reading-1
• 2021-02-04 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2021-02-05 Read third time and passed House (74-Y 22-N) passage, reading-3
• 2021-02-05 VOTE: Passage (74-Y 22-N)
• 2021-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2021-02-05 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary referral-committee
• 2021-02-05 Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Judiciary (14-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-17 Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2021-02-19 Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-22 Read third time reading-3
• 2021-02-22 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2021-02-25 Enrolled
• 2021-02-25 Impact statement from DPB (HB2298ER)
• 2021-02-25 Signed by President
• 2021-02-26 Signed by Speaker
• 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
• 2021-03-30 Approved by Governor-Chapter 432 (effective 7/1/21) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/952b7553-f908-4f6c-b788-402cdfdc8d83. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).