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type: "Bill"
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title: "Threats to discharge a firearm within or at buildings or means of transportation; penalties."
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description: "Threats to discharge a firearm within or at buildings or means of transportation; penalties. Provides that any person (i) who makes and communicates to another by any means any threat to bomb, burn, destroy, discharge a firearm within or at, or in any manner damage any place of assembly, building or other structure, or means of transportation or (ii) who communicates to another, by any means, information, knowing the same to be false, as to the existence of any peril of bombing, burning, destruction, discharging of a firearm within or at, or damage to any such place of assembly, building or other structure, or means of transportation is guilty of a Class 5 felony, provided, however, that if such person is under 18 years of age, he is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. Under current law, any person 15 years of age or older (a) who makes and communicates to another by any means any threat to bomb, burn, destroy, or in any manner damage any place of assembly, building or other structure, or means of transportation or (b) who communicates to another, by any means, information, knowing the same to be false, as to the existence of any peril of bombing, burning, destruction, or damage to any such place of assembly, building or other structure, or means of transportation is guilty of a Class 5 felony. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Criminal Justice Conference."
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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 1583"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1583 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Jason S. Ballard"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 46
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vote_count: 13
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first_action: "2025-01-01"
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last_action: "2025-03-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9170b99d-2201-4632-9828-cc6c565e1e72"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB1583"
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source_hash: "401d99874e92637df292b45bd0939e54021bb897e6a5048ebafbf279ca7602fd"
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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 1583 (2025) — Threats to discharge a firearm within or at buildings or means of transportation; penalties.
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Threats to discharge a firearm within or at buildings or means of transportation; penalties. Provides that any person (i) who makes and communicates to another by any means any threat to bomb, burn, destroy, discharge a firearm within or at, or in any manner damage any place of assembly, building or other structure, or means of transportation or (ii) who communicates to another, by any means, information, knowing the same to be false, as to the existence of any peril of bombing, burning, destruction, discharging of a firearm within or at, or damage to any such place of assembly, building or other structure, or means of transportation is guilty of a Class 5 felony, provided, however, that if such person is under 18 years of age, he is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. Under current law, any person 15 years of age or older (a) who makes and communicates to another by any means any threat to bomb, burn, destroy, or in any manner damage any place of assembly, building or other structure, or means of transportation or (b) who communicates to another, by any means, information, knowing the same to be false, as to the existence of any peril of bombing, burning, destruction, or damage to any such place of assembly, building or other structure, or means of transportation is guilty of a Class 5 felony. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Criminal Justice Conference.
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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/1012087.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1073437.PDF)
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3. **Conference Report** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1067760.HTML)
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4. **Courts of Justice Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1050343.PDF)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1069431.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Senate substitute rejected by House (2-Y 95-N) — **2–95** (fail) · lower
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- Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N) — **20–0** (pass) · lower
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- Conference report agreed to by House (99-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Senate insisted on substitute (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Senate insisted on amendment (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed House (99-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Jason S. Ballard — primary (person)
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- A.C. Cordoza — cosponsor (person)
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- Amanda E. Batten — cosponsor (person)
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- Anne Ferrell Tata — cosponsor (person)
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- Bill Wiley — cosponsor (person)
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- Chris Obenshain — cosponsor (person)
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- Chris S. Runion — cosponsor (person)
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- David Owen — cosponsor (person)
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- Delores Oates — cosponsor (person)
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- Ellen H. Campbell — cosponsor (person)
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- Eric Phillips — cosponsor (person)
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- Geary Higgins — cosponsor (person)
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- H. Otto Wachsmann, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Hillary Pugh Kent — cosponsor (person)
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- Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Ian T. Lovejoy — cosponsor (person)
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- Israel D. O'Quinn — cosponsor (person)
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- James A. "Jay" Leftwich — cosponsor (person)
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- James W. Morefield — cosponsor (person)
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- Jonathan "Jed" Arnold — cosponsor (person)
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- Kim A. Taylor — cosponsor (person)
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- M. Keith Hodges — cosponsor (person)
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- Mark L. Earley, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael J. Webert — cosponsor (person)
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- Mike A. Cherry — cosponsor (person)
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- N. Baxter Ennis — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul V. Milde — cosponsor (person)
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- Robert D. Orrock, Sr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Scott A. Wyatt — cosponsor (person)
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- Terry G. Kilgore — cosponsor (person)
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- Terry L. Austin — cosponsor (person)
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- Thomas A. Garrett, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Tony O. Wilt — cosponsor (person)
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- W. Chad Green — cosponsor (person)
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- Wendell S. Walker — cosponsor (person)
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- Will Davis — cosponsor (person)
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- Wren M. Williams — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-01** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25103755D `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-01-01** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-09** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1583)
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- **2025-01-29** Assigned Courts sub: Criminal `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-31** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-01-31** Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-02** 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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- **2025-02-12** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-12** Committee substitute printed 25107383D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2025-02-13** Impact statement from VCSC (HB1583)
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- **2025-02-14** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-17** Rules suspended
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- **2025-02-17** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-02-17** Passed by for the day
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- **2025-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-18** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2025-02-18** Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to
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- **2025-02-18** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2025-02-18** Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2025-02-19** Senate substitute rejected by House (2-Y 95-N)
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- **2025-02-19** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1583)
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- **2025-02-20** Senate insisted on substitute (39-Y 0-N) `substitution`
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- **2025-02-20** Senate requested conference committee `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-20** House acceded to request
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- **2025-02-20** Conferees appointed by Senate
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- **2025-02-20** Senators: Perry, Salim, McDougle
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- **2025-02-20** Conferees appointed by House
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- **2025-02-20** Delegates: Simon, Feggans, Ballard
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- **2025-02-22** Amended by conference committee
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- **2025-02-22** Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-02-22** Conference report agreed to by House (99-Y 0-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1583ER) `passage`
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- **2025-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-03-10** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1583)
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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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- **2025-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 368 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
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- **2025-03-24** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0368)
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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/9170b99d-2201-4632-9828-cc6c565e1e72`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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