HB217
Assault firearms & certain ammunition feeding devices; purchase, sale, etc., prohibited, penalties.
Status:
Passed
Latest Action:
April 3, 2026
House: Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (4/3/2026 1:26 pm)
Chief Patron:
Dan Helmer (D)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Importation, sale, manufacture, 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 creates a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person who imports, sells, barters, or transfers a large capacity ammunition feeding device. 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, or transfers a large capacity ammunition feeding device is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/07/2026 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100315D
- 01/07/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Public Safety
- 01/08/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (1/8/2026 5:09 pm)
- 01/14/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB217)
- 01/16/2026 - House: Assigned HPS sub: Firearms
- 01/24/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB217)
- 01/27/2026 - House: Placed on Public Safety Agenda
- 01/29/2026 - House: Placed on Public Safety Agenda
- 01/29/2026 - House: House subcommittee offered
- 01/29/2026 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 3-N)
- 01/30/2026 - House: Reported from Public Safety with substitute (13-Y 6-N)
- 02/02/2026 - House: Committee substitute printed 26106682D-H1
- 02/02/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (2/2/2026 10:25 am)
- 02/03/2026 - House: Read first time
- 02/04/2026 - House: Read second time
- 02/04/2026 - House: committee substitute agreed to
- 02/04/2026 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute
- 02/05/2026 - House: Read third time and passed House (58-Y 34-N 0-A) Close Floor Vote
- 02/06/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 02/06/2026 - Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/10/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB217)
- 02/25/2026 - Senate: Senate committee offered
- 02/25/2026 - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 6-N)
- 02/25/2026 - Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/27/2026 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 26108593D-S1
- 02/27/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (2/27/2026 3:48 pm)
- 03/03/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB217)
- 03/04/2026 - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (10-Y 5-N)
- 03/05/2026 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 26109164D-S2
- 03/05/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (3/5/2026 8:55 am)
- 03/05/2026 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 03/05/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 03/05/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 03/05/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB217)
- 03/06/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 03/09/2026 - Senate: Read third time
- 03/09/2026 - Senate: Committee substitute rejected (Voice Vote)
- 03/09/2026 - Senate: Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
- 03/09/2026 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
- 03/09/2026 - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N 0-A) Close Floor Vote
- 03/11/2026 - House: Senate substitute agreed to by House (60-Y 35-N 0-A) Close Floor Vote
- 03/30/2026 - House: Enrolled
- 03/30/2026 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB217ER)
- 03/30/2026 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/31/2026 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/31/2026 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026
- 03/31/2026 - Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
- 04/01/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB217)
- 04/03/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (4/3/2026 1:26 pm)
