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| Bill | SW Va. Higher Ed. Ctr. Bd. of Trustees; authority to permit campus officers to carry firearms. | Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center Board of Trustees; authority to permit campus security officers to carry firearms in performance of official duties; conditions. Authorizes the Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center Board of Trustees to permit campus security personnel employed in its campus security department to carry firearms in the performance of their official duties, provided that such campus security personnel are considered armed security officers, as such term is defined in relevant law, and comply with all relevant statutory and regulatory requirements attendant to such designation, including registration and training. This bill is identical to SB 1368. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2025 | HB 2441 | Virginia HB 2441 (2025) |
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Virginia HB 2441 (2025) — SW Va. Higher Ed. Ctr. Bd. of Trustees; authority to permit campus officers to carry firearms.
Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center Board of Trustees; authority to permit campus security officers to carry firearms in performance of official duties; conditions. Authorizes the Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center Board of Trustees to permit campus security personnel employed in its campus security department to carry firearms in the performance of their official duties, provided that such campus security personnel are considered armed security officers, as such term is defined in relevant law, and comply with all relevant statutory and regulatory requirements attendant to such designation, including registration and training. This bill is identical to SB 1368.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- Courts of Justice Amendment (committee substitute) — source
- Senate Amendment (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Senate Amendment agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
- Passed House (99-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Israel D. O'Quinn — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101883D
filing, introduction - 2025-01-08 Referred to Committee on Education
referral-committee - 2025-01-16 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2441)
- 2025-01-23 Assigned Educ sub: K-12 Subcommittee
referral-committee - 2025-01-27 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 2025-01-29 Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2025-01-31 Read first time
reading-1 - 2025-02-03 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2025-02-04 Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2025-02-04 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- 2025-02-04 Passed House (99-Y 0-N)
passage - 2025-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2025-02-05 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2025-02-17 Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2025-02-18 Rules suspended
- 2025-02-18 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N)
- 2025-02-18 Passed by for the day
- 2025-02-19 Read third time
reading-3 - 2025-02-19 Reading of amendment waived
- 2025-02-19 Courts of Justice Amendment agreed to
amendment-passage - 2025-02-19 Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 2025-02-19 Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N)
passage - 2025-02-20 Senate Amendment agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N)
amendment-passage - 2025-03-07 Enrolled
enrolled - 2025-03-07 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2441ER)
passage - 2025-03-07 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2025-03-10 Signed by President
passage - 2025-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2025-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
executive-receipt - 2025-03-11 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2441)
- 2025-03-19 Approved by Governor-Chapter 174 (Effective 07/01/25)
executive-signature - 2025-03-19 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0174)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/925d464c-b652-4c94-8e27-e3f5788addff. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).