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| Bill | State Police, Department of; purchase of handguns or other weapons of certain officers. | Purchase of handguns or other weapons of certain officers; Department of State Police. Provides that the Department of State Police may allow the immediate survivor of any law-enforcement officer formerly employed by the Department who had at least 10 years of service with the Department and who died while receiving long-term disability payments to purchase his service handgun, with the approval of the Superintendent of State Police, at a price of $1. This bill is identical to SB 86. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | HB 1300 | Virginia HB 1300 (2026) |
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Virginia HB 1300 (2026) — State Police, Department of; purchase of handguns or other weapons of certain officers.
Purchase of handguns or other weapons of certain officers; Department of State Police. Provides that the Department of State Police may allow the immediate survivor of any law-enforcement officer formerly employed by the Department who had at least 10 years of service with the Department and who died while receiving long-term disability payments to purchase his service handgun, with the approval of the Superintendent of State Police, at a price of $1. This bill is identical to SB 86.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Passage R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 63–34 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice — 11–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 98–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Public Safety — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — 10–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Public Safety — 21–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Mitchell Cornett — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-15 Presented and ordered printed 26105506D
introduction - 2026-01-15 Referred to Committee on Public Safety
referral-committee - 2026-01-20 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1300)
- 2026-01-27 Assigned HMPPS sub: Firearms
referral-committee - 2026-01-29 Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
- 2026-01-30 Reported from Public Safety (21-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-03 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-04 Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
- 2026-02-04 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2026-02-05 Motion to rerefer to committee agreed to (63-Y 34-N 0-A)
referral-committee - 2026-02-05 Rereferred to Public Safety
referral-committee - 2026-02-06 Reported from Public Safety (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-10 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-11 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2026-02-12 Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-13 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2026-02-13 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2026-02-23 Reported from Courts of Justice (11-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-24 Rules suspended
- 2026-02-24 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-02-24 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 2026-02-25 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-02-25 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-02 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-02 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1300ER)
passage - 2026-03-02 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-03-02 Signed by President
passage - 2026-03-02 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1300)
- 2026-03-10 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2026-03-10 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
executive-receipt - 2026-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 285 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-06 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0285)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2f5a2379-8141-4355-8746-e8581f123003. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).