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type: "Bill"
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title: "State Police, Department of; purchase of handguns or other weapons of certain officers."
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description: "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 SB 86."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "HB 1300"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1300 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Mitchell Cornett"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 32
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2026-01-15"
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last_action: "2026-04-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2f5a2379-8141-4355-8746-e8581f123003"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1300"
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source_hash: "be0228321ebf00b4a34fee2b353a58b8f631be7be873bcc8283169525c5ba9cf"
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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 1300 (2026) — State Police, Department of; purchase of handguns or other weapons of certain officers.
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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 SB 86.
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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/1089261.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1217229.PDF)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1182493.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Passage R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **63–34** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Courts of Justice — **11–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Public Safety — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Public Safety — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Mitchell Cornett — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-15** Presented and ordered printed 26105506D `introduction`
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- **2026-01-15** Referred to Committee on Public Safety `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-20** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1300)
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- **2026-01-27** Assigned HMPPS sub: Firearms `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-29** Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
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- **2026-01-30** Reported from Public Safety (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-04** Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
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- **2026-02-04** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-05** Motion to rerefer to committee agreed to (63-Y 34-N 0-A) `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-05** Rereferred to Public Safety `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-06** Reported from Public Safety (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-10** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-11** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-12** Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-13** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2026-02-13** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-23** Reported from Courts of Justice (11-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-24** Rules suspended
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- **2026-02-24** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-02-24** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-02-25** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-25** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-02** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-02** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1300ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-02** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-02** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-02** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1300)
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- **2026-03-10** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 285 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-06** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0285)
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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/2f5a2379-8141-4355-8746-e8581f123003`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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