HB1869
Firearms; purchase, etc., assault and battery of family member or intimate partner, penalties.
Status:
Vetoed
Latest Action:
April 2, 2025
House: Requires 64 affirmative votes to override Governor's veto
Chief Patron:
Adele McClure (D)
Session:
2025 Regular Session
Summary
As Introduced. Purchase, possession, or transportation of firearm; assault and battery of a family or household member or intimate partner; penalties.
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. The bill ... (More) 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 a 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, 2025, 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
- 01/06/2025 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101355D
- 01/06/2025 - House: Referred to Committee on Public Safety
- 01/07/2025 - House: Impact statement from VCSC (HB1869)
- 01/14/2025 - House: Placed on Public Safety Agenda
- 01/21/2025 - House: Assigned PS sub: Firearms
- 01/21/2025 - House: Placed on Public Safety Agenda
- 01/23/2025 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting and referring to Appropriations (5-Y 3-N)
- 01/23/2025 - House: Placed on Public Safety Agenda
- 01/24/2025 - House: Reported from Public Safety and referred to Appropriations (12-Y 10-N)
- 01/24/2025 - House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 01/25/2025 - House: Assigned Approps sub: Transportation & Public Safety
- 01/29/2025 - House: Placed on Appropriations Agenda
- 01/29/2025 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
- 01/29/2025 - House: Reported from Appropriations (12-Y 9-N)
- 01/31/2025 - House: Read first time
- 02/03/2025 - House: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/04/2025 - House: Read third time and passed House 52-Y 46-N 0-A) Close Floor Vote
- 02/05/2025 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 02/05/2025 - Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/10/2025 - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 5-N)
- 02/10/2025 - Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/11/2025 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 25106997D-S1
- 02/11/2025 - House: Impact statement from VCSC (HB1869)
- 02/12/2025 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1869)
- 02/12/2025 - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (10-Y 5-N)
- 02/12/2025 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 25107270D-S2
- 02/13/2025 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 02/13/2025 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/2025 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/14/2025 - Senate: Read third time
- 02/14/2025 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/17/2025 - Senate: Read third time
- 02/17/2025 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/18/2025 - Senate: Read third time
- 02/18/2025 - Senate: Courts of Justice Substitute rejected
- 02/18/2025 - Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/18/2025 - Senate: Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
- 02/18/2025 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
- 02/18/2025 - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (22-Y 18-N) Close Floor Vote
- 02/19/2025 - House: Senate substitute agreed to by House (53-Y 44-N) Close Floor Vote
- 02/19/2025 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1869)
- 03/07/2025 - House: Enrolled
- 03/07/2025 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1869ER)
- 03/07/2025 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/10/2025 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1869)
- 03/10/2025 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/11/2025 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025
- 03/11/2025 - Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
- 03/24/2025 - House: Governor's Veto Received by House
- 03/24/2025 - Vetoed by Governor
- 04/02/2025 - House: House sustained Governor's veto (50-Y 46-N) Close Floor Vote
- 04/02/2025 - House: Requires 64 affirmative votes to override Governor's veto
