HB19
Firearms; purchase, etc., after assault & battery of family or household member or intimate partner.
Status:
Passed
Latest Action:
March 18, 2026
House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB19)
Chief Patron:
Adele McClure (D)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Introduced. Purchase, possession, or transportation of firearm; assault and battery of a family or household member or intimate partner; penalty.
Adds to the definition of 'family or household member,' as such definition relates to juvenile and domestic relations district court, a person's intimate partner, defined in the bill as an individual who, within the previous 12 months, was in a romantic, dating, or sexual relationship with the person as determined ... (More) by the length, nature, frequency, and type of interaction between the individuals involved in the relationship. The bill also adds to the definition of 'family or household member,' as such definition relates to a person's purchase, possession, or transportation of a firearm following an assault and battery of family or household member, any individual who cohabits or who, within the previous 12 months, cohabitated with the person. Finally, the bill provides that any person who knowingly and intentionally purchases, possesses, or transports any firearm following a misdemeanor conviction for an offense that occurred on or after July 1, 2026, for the offense of assault and battery against an intimate partner or an offense substantially similar under the laws of any other state or of the United States is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. (Less)-
Bill History
- 12/22/2025 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100661D
- 12/22/2025 - House: Referred to Committee on Public Safety
- 12/29/2025 - House: Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (12/29/2025 1:37 pm)
- 01/16/2026 - House: Assigned HPS sub: Firearms
- 01/25/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB19)
- 01/27/2026 - House: Placed on Public Safety Agenda
- 01/29/2026 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting and referring to Appropriations (7-Y 3-N)
- 01/29/2026 - House: Placed on Public Safety Agenda
- 01/30/2026 - House: Reported from Public Safety and referred to Appropriations (15-Y 6-N)
- 01/30/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 01/30/2026 - House: Assigned HAPP sub: Transportation & Public Safety
- 02/03/2026 - House: Placed on Appropriations Agenda
- 02/04/2026 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 2-N)
- 02/05/2026 - House: Placed on Appropriations Agenda
- 02/06/2026 - House: Reported from Appropriations (15-Y 7-N)
- 02/10/2026 - House: Read first time
- 02/11/2026 - House: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/12/2026 - House: Read third time and passed House (61-Y 35-N 0-A) Close Floor Vote
- 02/13/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 02/13/2026 - Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/23/2026 - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 5-N)
- 02/23/2026 - Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/23/2026 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 26108353D-S1
- 02/25/2026 - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N)
- 02/25/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (2/25/2026 1:15 pm)
- 02/26/2026 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 02/26/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/26/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 02/27/2026 - Senate: Read third time
- 02/27/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 03/02/2026 - Senate: Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to
- 03/02/2026 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
- 03/02/2026 - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (22-Y 18-N 0-A) Close Floor Vote
- 03/04/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB19)
- 03/04/2026 - House: Senate substitute rejected by House (2-Y 94-N 0-A)
- 03/06/2026 - Senate: Recede from Senate substitute defeated by Senate (18-Y 22-N 0-A) Close Floor Vote
- 03/06/2026 - Senate: Reconsideration of Recede from Senate substitute defeated by Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 03/06/2026 - Senate: Senate receded from substitute (22-Y 18-N 0-A) Close Floor Vote
- 03/13/2026 - House: Enrolled
- 03/13/2026 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB19ER)
- 03/13/2026 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/13/2026 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/14/2026 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026
- 03/14/2026 - Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
- 03/18/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB19)
