republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/sb-328.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Law-enforcement agencies; acquisition of military property."
description: "Acquisition of certain military property by law-enforcement agencies. Changes the limitation on the acquisition or purchase of military property by a law-enforcement agency from firearms of .50 caliber or higher to rifles of .50 caliber or higher and from ammunition of .50 caliber or higher to rifle ammunition of .50 caliber or higher. This bill is identical to HB 813."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 328"
citation: "Virginia SB 328 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bryce E. Reeves"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 43
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a1b82643-c9ec-4851-8f01-c3d804ccb889"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB328"
source_hash: "a779e9321777c1a7af40181524488b7389141ae36ef41627b4ea41284f377075"
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 SB 328 (2022) — Law-enforcement agencies; acquisition of military property.

Acquisition of certain military property by law-enforcement agencies. Changes the limitation on the acquisition or purchase of military property by a law-enforcement agency from firearms of .50 caliber or higher to rifles of .50 caliber or higher and from ammunition of .50 caliber or higher to rifle ammunition of .50 caliber or higher. This bill is identical to HB 813.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0376** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0376)
2. **Committee substitute printed 22107084D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB328H1)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101125D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB328)
4. **Printed as engrossed 22101125D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB328E)
5. **SB328ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB328ER)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 1-N) — **9–1** (pass) · lower
- House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N) — **0–40** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Public Safety with substitute (12-Y 10-N) — **12–10** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (53-Y 46-N) — **52–46** (pass) · lower
- Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Judiciary with amendments (14-Y 0-N 1-A) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (90-Y 5-N) — **89–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bryce E. Reeves — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101125D `introduction`
- **2022-01-11** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-24** Reported from Judiciary with amendments (14-Y 0-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-25** Passed by for the day
- **2022-01-26** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2022-01-27** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-01-27** Reading of amendments waived
- **2022-01-27** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2022-01-27** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB328E
- **2022-01-27** Printed as engrossed 22101125D-E
- **2022-01-28** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-02** Impact statement from DPB (SB328E)
- **2022-02-22** Placed on Calendar
- **2022-02-22** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-22** Referred to Committee on Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-22** Assigned PS sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-03** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 1-N)
- **2022-03-04** Reported from Public Safety with substitute (12-Y 10-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-04** Committee substitute printed 22107084D-H1 `substitution`
- **2022-03-04** Impact statement from DPB (SB328H1)
- **2022-03-08** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-09** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-09** Committee substitute agreed to 22107084D-H1
- **2022-03-09** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB328H1
- **2022-03-09** Passed House with substitute (53-Y 46-N) `passage`
- **2022-03-09** VOTE: Passage (53-Y 46-N)
- **2022-03-10** House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N)
- **2022-03-10** House insisted on substitute
- **2022-03-10** House requested conference committee
- **2022-03-10** Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-10** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2022-03-10** Conferees appointed by House
- **2022-03-11** Amended by conference committee
- **2022-03-11** Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-11** Conference report agreed to by House (90-Y 5-N)
- **2022-03-11** VOTE: Adoption (90-Y 5-N)
- **2022-03-21** Enrolled
- **2022-03-21** Impact statement from DPB (SB328ER)
- **2022-03-21** Signed by President
- **2022-03-22** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-22** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
- **2022-03-22** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 376 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a1b82643-c9ec-4851-8f01-c3d804ccb889`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).