2025 Regular SessionVirginia Legislature

HB2064: Firearm locking device; required for sale or transfer of firearm.

Legislative Summary

Firearm locking device required for sale or transfer of firearm; warning against accessibility to children; penalty. Makes it a Class 3 misdemeanor for any licensed manufacturer, licensed importer, or licensed dealer to sell, deliver, or transfer any firearm to any person other than a licensed manufacturer, licensed importer, or licensed dealer unless the transferee is provided with a locking device for that firearm and the firearm is accompanied by a warning, in conspicuous and legible type in capital letters printed on a separate sheet of paper included within the packaging enclosing the firearm, that firearms should be locked and kept away from children and that there may be civil and criminal liability for failing to do so. The bill provides exceptions for law-enforcement and governmental agencies.

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Bill History

1/7/2025
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25101354D
House of Delegates
1/7/2025
Referred to Committee on Public Safety
House of Delegates
1/20/2025
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2064)
House of Delegates
1/21/2025
Assigned PS sub: Firearms
House of Delegates
1/23/2025
Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
House of Delegates
1/24/2025
Reported from Public Safety (12-Y 10-N)
House of Delegates
1/28/2025
Read first time
House of Delegates
1/29/2025
Read second time and engrossed
House of Delegates
1/30/2025
Read third time and passed House (50-Y 46-N)
House of Delegates
1/31/2025
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
Senate
1/31/2025
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
Senate
2/12/2025
Reported from Courts of Justice (9-Y 6-N)
Senate
2/14/2025
Rules suspended
Senate
2/14/2025
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (36-Y 0-N)
Senate
2/14/2025
Passed by for the day
Senate
2/17/2025
Passed by for the day
Senate
2/18/2025
Read third time
Senate
2/18/2025
Passed Senate (20-Y 19-N)
Senate
3/7/2025
Enrolled
House of Delegates
3/7/2025
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2064ER)
House of Delegates
3/7/2025
Signed by Speaker
House of Delegates
3/10/2025
Signed by President
Senate
3/11/2025
Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025
House of Delegates
3/11/2025
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
3/11/2025
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2064)
House of Delegates
3/24/2025
Vetoed by Governor
4/2/2025
House sustained Governor's veto
House of Delegates

Roll Call Votes

Passed Senate (20-Y 19-N)
2/18/2025
20
Yea
19
Nay
0
Not Voting
1
Absent
Result: PASSED
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (36-Y 0-N)
2/14/2025
36
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
4
Absent
Result: PASSED
Reported from Courts of Justice (9-Y 6-N)
2/12/2025
9
Yea
6
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
Read third time and passed House (50-Y 46-N)
1/30/2025
50
Yea
46
Nay
0
Not Voting
4
Absent
Result: PASSED
Reported from Public Safety (12-Y 10-N)
1/24/2025
12
Yea
10
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
1/23/2025
5
Yea
3
Nay
0
Not Voting
3
Absent
Result: PASSED

Status Information

Current Status
Vetoed(3/24/2025)
Chamber
House of Delegates

Documents

Enrolled
Bill Text3/7/20254.2 KB
Introduced
Bill Text1/7/20255.4 KB
Misc
Misc3/25/20251.7 KB
Fiscal Note/Analysis
Fiscal Note/Analysis3/11/2025107.9 KB
Fiscal Note/Analysis
Fiscal Note/Analysis1/20/2025102.5 KB