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type: "Bill"
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title: "SW Va. Higher Ed. Ctr. Bd. of Trustees; authority to permit campus officers to carry firearms."
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description: "Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center Board of Trustees; authority to permit campus security officers to carry firearms in performance of official duties; conditions. Authorizes the Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center Board of Trustees to permit campus security personnel employed in its campus security department to carry firearms in the performance of their official duties, provided that such campus security personnel are considered armed security officers, as such term is defined in relevant law, and comply with all relevant statutory and regulatory requirements attendant to such designation, including registration and training. This bill is identical to SB 1368."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "HB 2441"
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citation: "Virginia HB 2441 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Israel D. O'Quinn"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 32
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2025-01-08"
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last_action: "2025-03-19"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/925d464c-b652-4c94-8e27-e3f5788addff"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB2441"
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source_hash: "febc127391ea26650848e7ae2fec17b36e2db767b0c24d0c4ada9e30c92863e9"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 2441 (2025) — SW Va. Higher Ed. Ctr. Bd. of Trustees; authority to permit campus officers to carry firearms.
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Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center Board of Trustees; authority to permit campus security officers to carry firearms in performance of official duties; conditions. Authorizes the Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center Board of Trustees to permit campus security personnel employed in its campus security department to carry firearms in the performance of their official duties, provided that such campus security personnel are considered armed security officers, as such term is defined in relevant law, and comply with all relevant statutory and regulatory requirements attendant to such designation, including registration and training. This bill is identical to SB 1368.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1016328.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1071657.PDF)
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3. **Courts of Justice Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1055146.HTML)
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4. **Senate Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1062551.HTML)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1067087.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Senate Amendment agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed House (99-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Israel D. O'Quinn — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101883D `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-01-08** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-16** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2441)
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- **2025-01-23** Assigned Educ sub: K-12 Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-27** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-01-29** Reported from Education (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-03** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-04** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-02-04** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
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- **2025-02-04** Passed House (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2025-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2025-02-05** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-17** Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-18** Rules suspended
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- **2025-02-18** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-02-18** Passed by for the day
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- **2025-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-19** Reading of amendment waived
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- **2025-02-19** Courts of Justice Amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-02-19** Engrossed by Senate as amended
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- **2025-02-19** Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2025-02-20** Senate Amendment agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N) `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2441ER) `passage`
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- **2025-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-03-10** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2025-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-11** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2441)
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- **2025-03-19** Approved by Governor-Chapter 174 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
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- **2025-03-19** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0174)
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/925d464c-b652-4c94-8e27-e3f5788addff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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