SB749
Assault firearms & certain ammunition feeding devices; purchase, sale, etc., prohibited, penalties.
Status:
Passed
Latest Action:
March 14, 2026
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
Chief Patron:
Saddam Azlan Salim (D)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Purchase, sale, transfer, etc., of assault firearms and certain ammunition feeding devices prohibited; penalties.
Creates a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person who imports, sells, manufactures, purchases, or transfers an assault firearm, as that term is defined in the bill with some exceptions, and prohibits a person who has been convicted of such violation from purchasing, possessing, or transporting a firearm for a period ... (More) of three years from the date of conviction. The bill provides that an assault firearm does not include any firearm that is an antique firearm, has been rendered permanently inoperable, or is manually operated by bolt, pump, lever, or slide action. The bill also prohibits the sale of a large capacity ammunition feeding device, as that term is defined in the bill. The bill provides that any person who willfully and intentionally (i) sells an assault firearm to another person or (ii) purchases an assault firearm from another person is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor and that any person who imports, sells, barters, transfers, or purchases a large capacity ammunition feeding device is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/19/2026 - Senate: Presented and ordered printed 26100444D
- 01/19/2026 - Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/21/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (1/21/2026 11:10 am)
- 01/24/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB749)
- 01/26/2026 - Senate: Senate committee offered
- 01/26/2026 - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 5-N)
- 01/26/2026 - Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 01/27/2026 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 26106212D-S1
- 01/27/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (1/27/2026 1:49 pm)
- 02/04/2026 - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (10-Y 5-N)
- 02/05/2026 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 02/05/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/05/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- 02/05/2026 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 26106501D-S2
- 02/05/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (2/5/2026 4:34 pm)
- 02/06/2026 - Senate: Read second time
- 02/06/2026 - Senate: Courts of Justice Substitute rejected
- 02/06/2026 - Senate: Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
- 02/06/2026 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Voice Vote)
- 02/09/2026 - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A) Close Floor Vote
- 02/10/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB749)
- 02/12/2026 - House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/12/2026 - House: Read first time
- 02/12/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Public Safety
- 02/26/2026 - House: Placed on Public Safety Agenda
- 02/27/2026 - House: House committee offered
- 02/27/2026 - House: Reported from Public Safety with substitute (14-Y 7-N)
- 02/27/2026 - House: Committee substitute printed 26108724D-H1
- 02/27/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (2/27/2026 4:03 pm)
- 03/03/2026 - House: Read second time
- 03/04/2026 - House: Floor substitute printed 26109153D-H2 (Helmer)
- 03/04/2026 - House: Floor Offered
- 03/04/2026 - House: Read third time
- 03/04/2026 - House: committee substitute rejected
- 03/04/2026 - House: Delegate Helmer Floor substitute agreed to
- 03/04/2026 - House: Engrossed by House - floor substitute
- 03/04/2026 - House: Passed House with substitute (59-Y 35-N 0-A) Close Floor Vote
- 03/05/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB749)
- 03/06/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 03/09/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (3/9/2026 10:46 am)
- 03/09/2026 - Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate Close Floor Vote
- 03/13/2026 - House: Enrolled
- 03/13/2026 - Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB749ER)
- 03/13/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB749)
- 03/13/2026 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/13/2026 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/14/2026 - Senate: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026
- 03/14/2026 - Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
