republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/sb-328.md

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Bill	Law-enforcement agencies; acquisition of military property.	Acquisition of certain military property by law-enforcement agencies. Changes the limitation on the acquisition or purchase of military property by a law-enforcement agency from firearms of .50 caliber or higher to rifles of .50 caliber or higher and from ammunition of .50 caliber or higher to rifle ammunition of .50 caliber or higher. This bill is identical to HB 813.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2022	SB 328	Virginia SB 328 (2022)	bill		enacted	Bryce E. Reeves	5	43	10	2022-01-11	2022-04-11	openstates	ocd-bill/a1b82643-c9ec-4851-8f01-c3d804ccb889	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB328	a779e9321777c1a7af40181524488b7389141ae36ef41627b4ea41284f377075	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 328 (2022) — Law-enforcement agencies; acquisition of military property.

Acquisition of certain military property by law-enforcement agencies. Changes the limitation on the acquisition or purchase of military property by a law-enforcement agency from firearms of .50 caliber or higher to rifles of .50 caliber or higher and from ammunition of .50 caliber or higher to rifle ammunition of .50 caliber or higher. This bill is identical to HB 813.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0376 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 22107084D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101125D (committee substitute) — source
4. Printed as engrossed 22101125D-E (committee substitute) — source
5. SB328ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 1-N) — 9–1 (pass) · lower
• House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N) — 0–40 (fail) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Public Safety with substitute (12-Y 10-N) — 12–10 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Passage (53-Y 46-N) — 52–46 (pass) · lower
• Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Judiciary with amendments (14-Y 0-N 1-A) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Adoption (90-Y 5-N) — 89–5 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bryce E. Reeves — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101125D introduction
• 2022-01-11 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary referral-committee
• 2022-01-24 Reported from Judiciary with amendments (14-Y 0-N 1-A) committee-passage
• 2022-01-25 Passed by for the day
• 2022-01-26 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 2022-01-27 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-01-27 Reading of amendments waived
• 2022-01-27 Committee amendments agreed to
• 2022-01-27 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB328E
• 2022-01-27 Printed as engrossed 22101125D-E
• 2022-01-28 Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2022-02-02 Impact statement from DPB (SB328E)
• 2022-02-22 Placed on Calendar
• 2022-02-22 Read first time reading-1
• 2022-02-22 Referred to Committee on Public Safety referral-committee
• 2022-02-22 Assigned PS sub: Subcommittee #1 referral-committee
• 2022-03-03 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 1-N)
• 2022-03-04 Reported from Public Safety with substitute (12-Y 10-N) committee-passage
• 2022-03-04 Committee substitute printed 22107084D-H1 substitution
• 2022-03-04 Impact statement from DPB (SB328H1)
• 2022-03-08 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-03-09 Read third time reading-3
• 2022-03-09 Committee substitute agreed to 22107084D-H1
• 2022-03-09 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB328H1
• 2022-03-09 Passed House with substitute (53-Y 46-N) passage
• 2022-03-09 VOTE: Passage (53-Y 46-N)
• 2022-03-10 House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N)
• 2022-03-10 House insisted on substitute
• 2022-03-10 House requested conference committee
• 2022-03-10 Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N)
• 2022-03-10 Conferees appointed by Senate
• 2022-03-10 Conferees appointed by House
• 2022-03-11 Amended by conference committee
• 2022-03-11 Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 2022-03-11 Conference report agreed to by House (90-Y 5-N)
• 2022-03-11 VOTE: Adoption (90-Y 5-N)
• 2022-03-21 Enrolled
• 2022-03-21 Impact statement from DPB (SB328ER)
• 2022-03-21 Signed by President
• 2022-03-22 Signed by Speaker
• 2022-03-22 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
• 2022-03-22 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
• 2022-04-11 Approved by Governor-Chapter 376 (effective 7/1/22) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a1b82643-c9ec-4851-8f01-c3d804ccb889. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).