republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/sb-363.md

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Bill	Firearm; removing, altering, selling, etc., or possessing w/removed, etc., serial number, penalty.	Removing, altering, etc., serial number on firearm; selling, giving, etc., or possessing firearm with removed, altered, etc., serial number; penalties. Makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person, firm, association, or corporation to knowingly possess any pistol, shotgun, rifle, machine gun, or any other firearm, except for an antique firearm, that has a serial number that has been removed, altered, changed, destroyed, or obliterated in any manner. The bill also makes it a Class 6 felony for any person, firm, association, or corporation to knowingly sell, give, or distribute any pistol, shotgun, rifle, machine gun, or any other firearm, except for an antique firearm, that has a serial number that has been removed, altered, changed, destroyed, or obliterated in any manner.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	SB 363	Virginia SB 363 (2024)	bill		enacted	Adam P. Ebbin	4	39	9	2024-01-09	2024-04-17	openstates	ocd-bill/984343bb-7dc8-4cfa-b687-317702f1b3f0	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB363	26071ca42ccfcbd284e0b128e2229cfe65a0c1c1c14eef8501c4b85987bc69e0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 363 (2024) — Firearm; removing, altering, selling, etc., or possessing w/removed, etc., serial number, penalty.

Removing, altering, etc., serial number on firearm; selling, giving, etc., or possessing firearm with removed, altered, etc., serial number; penalties. Makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person, firm, association, or corporation to knowingly possess any pistol, shotgun, rifle, machine gun, or any other firearm, except for an antique firearm, that has a serial number that has been removed, altered, changed, destroyed, or obliterated in any manner. The bill also makes it a Class 6 felony for any person, firm, association, or corporation to knowingly sell, give, or distribute any pistol, shotgun, rifle, machine gun, or any other firearm, except for an antique firearm, that has a serial number that has been removed, altered, changed, destroyed, or obliterated in any manner.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0786 (committee substitute) — source
2. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104269D (committee substitute) — source
3. SB363ER (committee substitute) — source
4. SB363ER2 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• VOTE: Adoption (51-Y 49-N) — 50–49 (pass) · lower
• Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (52-Y 47-N) — 51–47 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N) — 10–5 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice (9-Y 6-N) — 9–6 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Public Safety (12-Y 9-N) — 12–9 (pass) · lower
• Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N) — 21–19 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 3-N) — 6–3 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Adam P. Ebbin — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104269D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-09 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-01-10 Impact statement from VCSC (SB363)
• 2024-01-10 Moved from Judiciary to Courts of Justice due to a change of the committee name
• 2024-01-22 Impact statement from DPB (SB363)
• 2024-01-22 Reported from Courts of Justice (9-Y 6-N) committee-passage
• 2024-01-22 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-01-31 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-01 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-02 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2024-02-05 Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-13 Placed on Calendar
• 2024-02-13 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-13 Referred to Committee on Public Safety referral-committee
• 2024-02-14 Assigned PS sub: Firearms referral-committee
• 2024-02-22 Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 3-N)
• 2024-02-23 Reported from Public Safety (12-Y 9-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-27 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-28 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-28 Passed House (52-Y 47-N) passage
• 2024-02-28 VOTE: Passage (52-Y 47-N) passage
• 2024-03-04 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-04 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB363ER) passage
• 2024-03-04 Impact statement from DPB (SB363ER)
• 2024-03-04 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-07 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled
• 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-03-26 Governor's recommendation received by Senate executive-veto-line-item
• 2024-04-17 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-04-17 House concurred in Governor's recommendation (51-Y 49-N)
• 2024-04-17 VOTE: Adoption (51-Y 49-N)
• 2024-04-17 Governor's recommendation adopted executive-signature
• 2024-04-17 Reenrolled enrolled
• 2024-04-17 Reenrolled bill text (SB363ER2) enrolled
• 2024-04-17 Signed by President as reenrolled enrolled, passage
• 2024-04-17 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled enrolled, passage
• 2024-04-17 Enacted, Chapter 786 (effective 7/1/24) became-law
• 2024-04-17 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0786)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/984343bb-7dc8-4cfa-b687-317702f1b3f0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).