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| Bill | Firearm or explosive material; exemptions, carrying in public institutions of higher education. | Carrying a firearm or explosive material within Capitol Square or building owned or leased by the Commonwealth; exemptions; public institutions of higher education; penalty. Limits the exemption from the prohibition on the carrying of any firearm or explosive material within any building owned or leased by the Commonwealth or agency thereof or any office where employees of the Commonwealth or any agency thereof are regularly present for the purpose of performing their official duties that currently applies to any property owned or operated by a public institution of higher education to instead apply to any individual within a building owned or operated by a public institution of higher education who possesses a weapon as part of such public institution of higher education's curriculum or activities or as part of any organization authorized by such public institution of higher education to conduct its programs or activities within such building, as such uses are approved through the law-enforcement or public safety unit of such institution. This bill is identical to SB 272. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | HB 626 | Virginia HB 626 (2026) |
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Virginia HB 626 (2026) — Firearm or explosive material; exemptions, carrying in public institutions of higher education.
Carrying a firearm or explosive material within Capitol Square or building owned or leased by the Commonwealth; exemptions; public institutions of higher education; penalty. Limits the exemption from the prohibition on the carrying of any firearm or explosive material within any building owned or leased by the Commonwealth or agency thereof or any office where employees of the Commonwealth or any agency thereof are regularly present for the purpose of performing their official duties that currently applies to any property owned or operated by a public institution of higher education to instead apply to any individual within a building owned or operated by a public institution of higher education who possesses a weapon as part of such public institution of higher education's curriculum or activities or as part of any organization authorized by such public institution of higher education to conduct its programs or activities within such building, as such uses are approved through the law-enforcement or public safety unit of such institution. This bill is identical to SB 272.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Public Safety — 15–6 (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — 63–35 (pass) · lower
- Passage R — 21–19 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations — 10–5 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice — 9–4 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — 7–3 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Katrina Callsen — primary (person)
- Amy J. Laufer — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Jessica L. Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
- Lily V. Franklin — cosponsor (person)
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
- Mark C. Downey — cosponsor (person)
- Marty Martinez — cosponsor (person)
- Nicole Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Rae Cousins — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26105402D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-13 Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (1/13/2026 3:34 pm)
- 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee on Public Safety
referral-committee - 2026-01-27 Assigned HMPPS 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 35-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-05 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB626)
- 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 and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 4-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-25 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N)
committee-passage - 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)
- 2026-02-27 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-02-27 Passed by for the day
- 2026-03-02 Passed Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-06 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-06 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB626ER)
passage - 2026-03-06 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB626)
- 2026-03-06 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-03-06 Signed by President
passage - 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 - 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 643 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-13 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0643)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c4962058-eb09-40c4-95eb-05421d9adf8b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).