republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2025/sb-1271.md

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Bill	Threats of death or bodily injury to a person or member of his family, etc.; penalty.	Threats of death or bodily injury or discharge of a firearm on school property; penalties. Clarifies that for crimes involving communicating in writing a threat to kill or do bodily injury, regardless of whether the person who is the object of such threat actually receives such threat, an electronically transmitted communication producing a visual or electronic message includes an email, a text message, or a message or post on any social media platform. The bill also clarifies that any person who communicates an oral threat of discharging a firearm within or on school property, at any school-sponsored event, or on a school bus and the threat would place the person who is the object of the threat, or is included in the threat, in reasonable apprehension of death or bodily harm is guilty of a Class 6 felony.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2025	SB 1271	Virginia SB 1271 (2025)	bill		enacted	Russet Perry	7	53	10	2025-01-08	2025-03-24	openstates	ocd-bill/04b9556e-5166-4c83-86b8-d50514588e04	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB1271	eca7f75246c60a720362541aef5ba2fffd60eb0d6f7e448cc34e69fdba68fed8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 1271 (2025) — Threats of death or bodily injury to a person or member of his family, etc.; penalty.

Threats of death or bodily injury or discharge of a firearm on school property; penalties. Clarifies that for crimes involving communicating in writing a threat to kill or do bodily injury, regardless of whether the person who is the object of such threat actually receives such threat, an electronically transmitted communication producing a visual or electronic message includes an email, a text message, or a message or post on any social media platform. The bill also clarifies that any person who communicates an oral threat of discharging a firearm within or on school property, at any school-sponsored event, or on a school bus and the threat would place the person who is the object of the threat, or is included in the threat, in reasonable apprehension of death or bodily harm is guilty of a Class 6 felony.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. Conference Report (committee substitute) — source
4. Courts of Justice Substitute (committee substitute) — source
5. Courts of Justice Substitute (committee substitute) — source
6. Senator Perry, Russet Substitute (committee substitute) — source
7. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Conference report agreed to by House (96-Y 0-N) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 1-N) — 13–1 (pass) · upper
• Passed House (96-Y 0-N) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 0-N 2-A) — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 1-A) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 39-N) — 0–39 (fail) · upper
• Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Russet Perry — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25104285D filing, introduction
• 2025-01-08 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2025-01-13 Impact statement from VCSC (SB1271)
• 2025-01-24 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1271)
• 2025-01-27 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 1-N) committee-passage
• 2025-01-27 Committee substitute printed 25106175D-S1 substitution
• 2025-01-28 Impact statement from VCSC (SB1271)
• 2025-01-29 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 0-N 2-A) committee-passage
• 2025-01-30 Rules suspended
• 2025-01-30 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 1-A)
• 2025-01-30 Passed by for the day
• 2025-01-31 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1271)
• 2025-01-31 Floor substitute printed 25106455D-S2 (Perry)
• 2025-01-31 Read second time reading-2
• 2025-01-31 Courts of Justice Substitute rejected
• 2025-01-31 Reading of substitute waived
• 2025-01-31 Senator Perry, Russet Substitute agreed to
• 2025-01-31 Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute
• 2025-01-31 Impact statement from VCSC (SB1271)
• 2025-02-02 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1271)
• 2025-02-03 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2025-02-06 Placed on Calendar
• 2025-02-06 Read first time reading-1
• 2025-02-06 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2025-02-10 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2025-02-11 Committee substitute printed 25107005D-H1 substitution
• 2025-02-11 Impact statement from VCSC (SB1271)
• 2025-02-12 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1271)
• 2025-02-12 Read second time reading-2
• 2025-02-13 Read third time reading-3
• 2025-02-13 Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to
• 2025-02-13 Engrossed by House - committee substitute substitution
• 2025-02-13 Passed House with substitute (96-Y 0-N) passage
• 2025-02-17 House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 39-N)
• 2025-02-18 House insisted on substitute substitution
• 2025-02-18 House requested conference committee referral-committee
• 2025-02-19 Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N)
• 2025-02-19 Conferees appointed by Senate
• 2025-02-19 Senators: Perry, Salim, McDougle
• 2025-02-20 Conferees appointed by House
• 2025-02-20 Delegates: Hope, Delaney, Williams
• 2025-02-21 Amended by conference committee
• 2025-02-21 Conference report agreed to by House (96-Y 0-N) committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-21 Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-07 Enrolled enrolled
• 2025-03-07 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1271ER) passage
• 2025-03-07 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2025-03-10 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1271)
• 2025-03-10 Signed by President passage
• 2025-03-11 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 enrolled
• 2025-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 executive-receipt
• 2025-03-24 Approved by Governor-Chapter 588 (Effective 07/01/25) executive-signature
• 2025-03-24 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0588)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/04b9556e-5166-4c83-86b8-d50514588e04. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).