republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-22.md

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Bill	Auto sears and trigger activators; prohibition on manufacture, importation, sale, etc., penalty.	Manufacture, importation, sale, etc., of auto sears; prohibition; penalty. Prohibits the manufacture, importation, sale or offer to sell, possession, transfer, or transportation of an auto sear, defined in the bill as a device, other than a trigger activator, for use in converting a semi-automatic firearm to shoot automatically more than one shot, without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger. A violation is punishable as a Class 6 felony. The bill also provides for the forfeiture of any auto sear concealed, possessed, transported, or carried in violation of the prohibition. This bill is identical to SB 210.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 22	Virginia HB 22 (2024)	bill		enacted	Michael J. Jones	5	48	10	2023-12-13	2024-03-26	openstates	ocd-bill/fca80e52-312f-4e6b-a229-e7260ab24ed1	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB22	e6b3a5f177bd8daea87f2c6315740c0aef5165c81a75d006a7bbd123ead9fefc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 22 (2024) — Auto sears and trigger activators; prohibition on manufacture, importation, sale, etc., penalty.

Manufacture, importation, sale, etc., of auto sears; prohibition; penalty. Prohibits the manufacture, importation, sale or offer to sell, possession, transfer, or transportation of an auto sear, defined in the bill as a device, other than a trigger activator, for use in converting a semi-automatic firearm to shoot automatically more than one shot, without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger. A violation is punishable as a Class 6 felony. The bill also provides for the forfeiture of any auto sear concealed, possessed, transported, or carried in violation of the prohibition. This bill is identical to SB 210.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0163 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 24105447D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee substitute printed 24107867D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
4. HB22ER (committee substitute) — source
5. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101228D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (13-Y 0-N) — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate with substitute (27-Y 13-N) — 27–13 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N) — 10–5 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Adoption (89-Y 2-N) — 88–2 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (92-Y 0-N) — 91–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Public Safety with substitute (20-Y 0-N) — 20–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) — 10–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Michael J. Jones — primary (person)
• Adele Y. McClure — cosponsor (person)
• Alex Q. Askew — cosponsor (person)
• Amy J. Laufer — cosponsor (person)
• Atoosa R. Reaser — cosponsor (person)
• Bonita G. Anthony — cosponsor (person)
• Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
• Debra D. Gardner — cosponsor (person)
• Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
• Holly M. Seibold — cosponsor (person)
• Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
• Kannan Srinivasan — cosponsor (person)
• Karen Keys-Gamarra — cosponsor (person)
• Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
• Katrina Callsen — cosponsor (person)
• Laura Jane Cohen — cosponsor (person)
• Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)
• Marty Martinez — cosponsor (person)
• Michael B. Feggans — cosponsor (person)
• Michelle Lopes Maldonado — cosponsor (person)
• Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
• Rae Cousins — cosponsor (person)
• Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-12-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101228D filing, introduction
• 2023-12-13 Referred to Committee on Public Safety referral-committee
• 2023-12-14 Impact statement from VCSC (HB22)
• 2024-01-11 Impact statement from DPB (HB22)
• 2024-01-13 Assigned PS sub: Firearms referral-committee
• 2024-01-18 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-01-18 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) substitution
• 2024-01-18 Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-01-19 Reported from Public Safety with substitute (20-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-01-19 Committee substitute printed 24105447D-H1 substitution
• 2024-01-19 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-01-19 Impact statement from VCSC (HB22H1)
• 2024-01-21 Assigned App. sub: Transportation & Public Safety referral-committee
• 2024-01-23 Impact statement from DPB (HB22H1)
• 2024-01-24 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
• 2024-01-29 Reported from Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-01-31 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-01 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-01 Committee substitute agreed to 24105447D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-01 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB22H1 substitution
• 2024-02-02 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (92-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-02 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (92-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-02-05 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-02-19 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-02-19 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (13-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-19 Committee substitute printed 24107867D-S1 substitution
• 2024-02-19 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-02-21 Impact statement from VCSC (HB22S1)
• 2024-02-23 Impact statement from DPB (HB22S1)
• 2024-02-28 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-29 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2024-03-01 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-03-01 Reading of substitute waived
• 2024-03-01 Committee substitute agreed to 24107867D-S1 substitution
• 2024-03-01 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB22S1 substitution
• 2024-03-01 Passed Senate with substitute (27-Y 13-N) passage
• 2024-03-04 Senate substitute agreed to by House 24107867D-S1 (89-Y 2-N) substitution
• 2024-03-04 VOTE: Adoption (89-Y 2-N)
• 2024-03-07 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-07 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB22ER) passage
• 2024-03-07 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-08 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-11 Impact statement from DPB (HB22ER)
• 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-03-26 Approved by Governor-Chapter 163 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-03-26 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0163)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fca80e52-312f-4e6b-a229-e7260ab24ed1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).