SB364
Firearm Violence Intervention and Prevention, Virginia Center for; created, report.
Status:
In Senate
Latest Action:
Feb. 10, 2026
Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Voice Vote)
Chief Patron:
Jennifer Carroll Foy (D)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Introduced. Virginia Center for Firearm Violence Intervention and Prevention; creation.
Creates the Virginia Center for Firearm Violence Intervention and Prevention within the Department of Criminal Justice Services. The bill states that the Center shall serve as the primary resource for research, best practices, and strategies for the implementation of firearm violence intervention, community-based intervention, and group violence intervention programs designed ... (More) to reduce violence in communities. The bill also requires that the Center evaluate state and community-based violence intervention programs and policies that receive funding through the Center, apply for and accept federal grants, and provide technical assistance to localities and community-based organizations in establishing firearm violence intervention and prevention programs. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2027. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/13/2026 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102821D
- 01/13/2026 - Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
- 01/21/2026 - Senate: Rereferred from General Laws and Technology to Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N)
- 01/21/2026 - Senate: Rereferred to Courts of Justice
- 01/23/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB364)
- 01/28/2026 - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 6-N)
- 01/28/2026 - Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/05/2026 - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (10-Y 4-N)
- 02/09/2026 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 26107332D-S1
- 02/09/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB364)
- 02/09/2026 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 02/09/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/09/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- 02/09/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/10/2026 - Senate: Read second time
- 02/10/2026 - Senate: Committee substitute agreed to (Voice Vote)
- 02/10/2026 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Voice Vote)
