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| Bill | Plastic firearms or receivers, etc.; transfer, etc., prohibited, penalties. | Manufacture, importation, sale, transfer, or possession of plastic firearms and unfinished frames or receivers and unserialized firearms prohibited; penalties. Creates a Class 5 felony for any person who knowingly manufactures or assembles, imports, purchases, sells, transfers, or possesses any firearm that, after removal of all parts other than a major component, as defined in the bill, is not detectable as a firearm when subjected to inspection by the types of detection devices, including X-ray machines, commonly used at airports, government buildings, schools, correctional facilities, and other locations for security screening. The bill updates language regarding the types of detection devices that are used at such locations for detecting plastic firearms. Under current law, it is unlawful to manufacture, import, sell, transfer, or possess any plastic firearm and a violation is punishable as a Class 5 felony. The bill also creates a Class 1 misdemeanor, which is punishable as a Class 4 felony for a second or subsequent offense, for any person to knowingly possess a firearm or any completed or unfinished frame or receiver that is not imprinted with a valid serial number or to knowingly import, purchase, sell, offer for sale, or transfer ownership of any completed or unfinished frame or receiver, unless the completed or unfinished frame or receiver (i) is deemed to be a firearm pursuant to federal law and (ii) is imprinted with a valid serial number. The bill also creates a Class 1 misdemeanor, which is punishable as a Class 4 felony for a second or subsequent offense, for any person to manufacture or assemble, cause to be manufactured or assembled, import, purchase, sell, offer for sale, or transfer ownership of any firearm that is not imprinted with a valid serial number. The provisions of the bill prohibiting unfinished frames or receivers and unserialized firearms have a delayed effective date of January 1, 2027; however, the provisions of the bill prohibiting the knowing possession of a firearm or any completed or unfinished frame or receiver that is not imprinted with a valid serial number have a delayed effective date of July 1, 2027. This bill is identical to SB 323. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | HB 40 | Virginia HB 40 (2026) |
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Virginia HB 40 (2026) — Plastic firearms or receivers, etc.; transfer, etc., prohibited, penalties.
Manufacture, importation, sale, transfer, or possession of plastic firearms and unfinished frames or receivers and unserialized firearms prohibited; penalties. Creates a Class 5 felony for any person who knowingly manufactures or assembles, imports, purchases, sells, transfers, or possesses any firearm that, after removal of all parts other than a major component, as defined in the bill, is not detectable as a firearm when subjected to inspection by the types of detection devices, including X-ray machines, commonly used at airports, government buildings, schools, correctional facilities, and other locations for security screening. The bill updates language regarding the types of detection devices that are used at such locations for detecting plastic firearms. Under current law, it is unlawful to manufacture, import, sell, transfer, or possess any plastic firearm and a violation is punishable as a Class 5 felony. The bill also creates a Class 1 misdemeanor, which is punishable as a Class 4 felony for a second or subsequent offense, for any person to knowingly possess a firearm or any completed or unfinished frame or receiver that is not imprinted with a valid serial number or to knowingly import, purchase, sell, offer for sale, or transfer ownership of any completed or unfinished frame or receiver, unless the completed or unfinished frame or receiver (i) is deemed to be a firearm pursuant to federal law and (ii) is imprinted with a valid serial number. The bill also creates a Class 1 misdemeanor, which is punishable as a Class 4 felony for a second or subsequent offense, for any person to manufacture or assemble, cause to be manufactured or assembled, import, purchase, sell, offer for sale, or transfer ownership of any firearm that is not imprinted with a valid serial number. The provisions of the bill prohibiting unfinished frames or receivers and unserialized firearms have a delayed effective date of January 1, 2027; however, the provisions of the bill prohibiting the knowing possession of a firearm or any completed or unfinished frame or receiver that is not imprinted with a valid serial number have a delayed effective date of July 1, 2027. This bill is identical to SB 323.
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 Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 63–34 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — 7–3 (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — 64–32 (pass) · lower
- Passage R — 21–19 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — 9–5 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations — 10–5 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Public Safety — 15–6 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Marcus B. Simon — primary (person)
- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Holly M. Seibold — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
- Marty Martinez — cosponsor (person)
- Rae Cousins — cosponsor (person)
- Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
- Virgil Thornton — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-12-23 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100452D
filing, introduction - 2025-12-23 Referred to Committee on Public Safety
referral-committee - 2026-01-06 Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (1/6/2026 2:07 pm)
- 2026-01-13 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB40)
- 2026-01-16 Assigned HPS sub: Firearms
referral-committee - 2026-01-29 Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 3-N)
- 2026-01-30 Reported from Public Safety (15-Y 6-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-03 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-04 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2026-02-05 Read third time and passed House (63-Y 34-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-06 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2026-02-06 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2026-02-23 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 5-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-25 Committee substitute printed 26108434D-S1
substitution - 2026-02-25 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-25 Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (2/25/2026 12:50 pm)
- 2026-02-26 Rules suspended
- 2026-02-26 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-02-26 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 2026-02-26 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB40)
- 2026-02-27 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-02-27 Passed by for the day
- 2026-03-02 Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to
- 2026-03-02 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
substitution - 2026-03-02 Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-04 Senate substitute agreed to by House (64-Y 32-N 0-A)
substitution - 2026-03-11 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-11 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB40ER)
passage - 2026-03-11 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB40)
- 2026-03-11 Signed by President
passage - 2026-03-12 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-03-14 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2026-03-14 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
executive-receipt - 2026-04-10 Approved by Governor-Chapter531 (Effective - see bill)
executive-signature - 2026-04-10 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0531)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/78ff6806-cc46-4b88-bc71-c0b4a0ca0d73. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).