republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2025/sb-1389.md

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Bill	Firearm safety device tax credit; defines commercial retailer.	Firearm safety device tax credit; definitions. Redefines an "eligible transaction" for purposes of the firearm safety device tax credit as one in which a taxpayer purchases one or more firearm safety devices from a commercial retailer, as defined in the bill. Current law defines "eligible transaction" as one in which a taxpayer purchases one or more firearm safety devices from a federally licensed dealer. The provisions of the bill apply to taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2025. This bill is identical to HB 2595.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2025	SB 1389	Virginia SB 1389 (2025)	bill		enacted	Kannan Srinivasan	5	31	6	2025-01-13	2025-03-21	openstates	ocd-bill/ff39bc80-2c9e-4a70-ac41-df3690b084b6	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB1389	e996c4ee562f95d22fd176c753906233e8063c0542e199cd0a67375667c1505c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 1389 (2025) — Firearm safety device tax credit; defines commercial retailer.

Firearm safety device tax credit; definitions. Redefines an "eligible transaction" for purposes of the firearm safety device tax credit as one in which a taxpayer purchases one or more firearm safety devices from a commercial retailer, as defined in the bill. Current law defines "eligible transaction" as one in which a taxpayer purchases one or more firearm safety devices from a federally licensed dealer. The provisions of the bill apply to taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2025. This bill is identical to HB 2595.

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. Courts of Justice Amendment (committee substitute) — source
4. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 3-N) — 12–3 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed House (96-Y 0-N) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 1-N) — 10–1 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Finance (20-Y 0-N) — 20–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Kannan Srinivasan — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25104924D filing, introduction
• 2025-01-13 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2025-01-22 Impact statement from TAX (SB1389)
• 2025-01-22 Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 1-N) committee-passage
• 2025-01-28 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 3-N) committee-passage
• 2025-01-29 Rules suspended
• 2025-01-29 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (38-Y 0-N)
• 2025-01-29 Passed by for the day
• 2025-01-30 Read second time reading-2
• 2025-01-30 Reading of amendment waived
• 2025-01-30 Courts of Justice Amendment agreed to amendment-passage
• 2025-01-30 Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 2025-01-30 Printed as engrossed 25104924D-E
• 2025-01-31 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 on Finance referral-committee
• 2025-02-06 Impact statement from TAX (SB1389)
• 2025-02-10 Reported from Finance (20-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2025-02-12 Read second time reading-2
• 2025-02-13 Read third time reading-3
• 2025-02-13 Passed House (96-Y 0-N) passage
• 2025-02-18 Enrolled enrolled
• 2025-02-18 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1389ER) passage
• 2025-02-18 Impact statement from TAX (SB1389)
• 2025-02-18 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2025-02-20 Signed by President passage
• 2025-03-03 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025 enrolled
• 2025-03-03 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 executive-receipt
• 2025-03-21 Approved by Governor-Chapter 303 (Effective 07/01/25) executive-signature
• 2025-03-21 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0303)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ff39bc80-2c9e-4a70-ac41-df3690b084b6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).