republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-1499.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Virginia Gun Violence Intervention and Prevention Fund; created."
description: "Virginia Gun Violence Intervention and PreventionFund. Establishes the Virginia Gun Violence Intervention andPrevention Fund to be administered by the Department of CriminalJustice Services for the purpose of supporting gun violence interventionand prevention programs, including street outreach, hospital-basedviolence intervention, and group violence intervention programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1499"
citation: "Virginia HB 1499 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeffrey M. Bourne"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 40
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2020-01-08"
last_action: "2020-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/683aa1f7-890c-479a-9987-1e8e9e149fac"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1499"
source_hash: "6fbe5dc9b0793da62d6b1cfc3c7e8ed91d6085b1486faafb104465a1f47b3196"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia HB 1499 (2020) — Virginia Gun Violence Intervention and Prevention Fund; created.

Virginia Gun Violence Intervention and PreventionFund. Establishes the Virginia Gun Violence Intervention andPrevention Fund to be administered by the Department of CriminalJustice Services for the purpose of supporting gun violence interventionand prevention programs, including street outreach, hospital-basedviolence intervention, and group violence intervention programs.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1129)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP1129)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1499ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1499ER)
3. **Impact statement from DPB (HB1499)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1499)
4. **Impact statement from DPB (HB1499S1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1499S1)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: REJECTED (23-Y 73-N) — **23–72** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 18-N) — **21–18** (pass) · upper
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (22-Y 18-N) — **22–18** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Public Safety (19-Y 3-N) — **19–3** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Judiciary with substitute (9-Y 5-N) — **9–5** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (68-Y 31-N) — **67–31** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (64-Y 34-N) — **63–34** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate insisted on substitute (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jeffrey M. Bourne — primary (person)
- Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
- Chris L. Hurst — cosponsor (person)
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-08** Presented and ordered printed 20104800D `introduction`
- **2020-01-08** Referred to Committee on Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-14** Impact statement from DPB (HB1499)
- **2020-02-03** Assigned PS sub: Firearms `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-04** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-07** Reported from Public Safety (19-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-10** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-02-11** Read third time and passed House (68-Y 31-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-11** VOTE: Passage (68-Y 31-N)
- **2020-02-12** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-02-12** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-19** Reported from Judiciary with substitute (9-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-19** Committee substitute printed 20108757D-S1 `substitution`
- **2020-02-21** Impact statement from DPB (HB1499S1)
- **2020-02-21** Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-24** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-24** Reading of substitute waived
- **2020-02-24** Committee substitute agreed to 20108757D-S1
- **2020-02-24** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1499S1
- **2020-02-24** Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 18-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-26** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-02-26** Senate substitute rejected by House 20108757D-S1 (23-Y 73-N)
- **2020-02-26** VOTE: REJECTED (23-Y 73-N)
- **2020-02-28** Senate insisted on substitute (38-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-28** Senate requested conference committee
- **2020-03-02** House acceded to request
- **2020-03-02** Conferees appointed by House
- **2020-03-03** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2020-03-05** Amended by conference committee
- **2020-03-05** Conference report agreed to by House (64-Y 34-N)
- **2020-03-05** VOTE: Adoption (64-Y 34-N)
- **2020-03-07** Conference report agreed to by Senate (22-Y 18-N)
- **2020-03-18** Enrolled
- **2020-03-18** Signed by President
- **2020-03-19** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-20** Impact statement from DPB (HB1499ER)
- **2020-03-20** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 20, 2020
- **2020-03-20** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- **2020-04-10** Approved by Governor-Chapter 1129 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/683aa1f7-890c-479a-9987-1e8e9e149fac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).