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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 HB 1300. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | SB 86 | Virginia SB 86 (2026) |
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Virginia SB 86 (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 HB 1300.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Passage R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Public Safety — 20–0 (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — 98–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice — 15–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- William M. Stanley, Jr. — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-12-30 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104010D
filing, introduction - 2025-12-30 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2026-01-19 Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-01-20 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB86)
- 2026-01-20 Rules suspended
- 2026-01-20 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-01-20 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- 2026-01-21 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-01-21 Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
- 2026-01-22 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-03 Placed on Calendar
- 2026-02-03 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-03 Referred to Committee on Public Safety
referral-committee - 2026-02-13 Reported from Public Safety (20-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-15 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-16 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-02-16 Passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-02-18 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-02-18 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB86ER)
passage - 2026-02-18 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB86)
- 2026-02-18 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-02-18 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 - 2026-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 286 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-06 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0286)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ae604019-49b4-4327-9701-ad9d79b2b660. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).