2025 Regular SessionVirginia Legislature

SB1368: SW Va. Higher Ed. Ctr. Bd. of Trustees; authority to permit campus security to carry firearms.

Legislative Summary

Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center Board of Trustees; authority to permit campus security officers to carry firearms in performance of official duties; conditions. Authorizes the Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center Board of Trustees to permit campus security personnel employed in its campus security department to carry firearms in the performance of their official duties, provided that such campus security personnel are considered armed security officers, as such term is defined in relevant law, and comply with all relevant statutory and regulatory requirements attendant to such designation, including registration and training. This bill is identical to HB 2441.

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Bill History

1/13/2025
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25104756D
Senate
1/13/2025
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
Senate
1/17/2025
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1368)
Senate
1/27/2025
Assigned Education sub: Higher Education
Senate
1/30/2025
Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N)
Senate
1/31/2025
Rules suspended
Senate
1/31/2025
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N)
Senate
1/31/2025
Passed by for the day
Senate
2/3/2025
Read second time and engrossed
Senate
2/3/2025
Rules suspended
Senate
2/3/2025
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
Senate
2/3/2025
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
Senate
2/6/2025
Placed on Calendar
House of Delegates
2/6/2025
Read first time
House of Delegates
2/6/2025
Referred to Committee on Education
House of Delegates
2/12/2025
Reported from Education (21-Y 0-N)
House of Delegates
2/14/2025
Read second time
House of Delegates
2/17/2025
Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
House of Delegates
2/17/2025
Passed by for the day
House of Delegates
2/18/2025
Read third time
House of Delegates
2/18/2025
Delegate Simon Amendment agreed to
House of Delegates
2/18/2025
Engrossed by House as amended
House of Delegates
2/18/2025
Passed House with amendment (96-Y 0-N)
House of Delegates
2/19/2025
House Amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
Senate
3/7/2025
Enrolled
Senate
3/7/2025
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1368ER)
Senate
3/7/2025
Signed by Speaker
House of Delegates
3/10/2025
Signed by President
Senate
3/11/2025
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1368)
Senate
3/11/2025
Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025
Senate
3/11/2025
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
3/19/2025
Approved by Governor-Chapter 113 (Effective 07/01/25)
3/19/2025
Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0113)

Amendments

House Amendment

House Amendment

Not Adopted

Delegate Simon Amendment

Delegate Simon Amendment

Not Adopted

Roll Call Votes

House Amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2/19/2025
40
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
Passed House with amendment (96-Y 0-N)
2/18/2025
96
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
4
Absent
Result: PASSED
Reported from Education (21-Y 0-N)
2/12/2025
21
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
1
Absent
Result: PASSED
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2/3/2025
40
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
2/3/2025
40
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N)
1/31/2025
39
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
1
Absent
Result: PASSED
Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N)
1/30/2025
14
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
1
Absent
Result: PASSED

Status Information

Current Status
Passed(3/19/2025)
Chamber
Senate

Sponsors

Republican: 1

Primary Sponsor

Todd Pillion
Todd Pillion
Republican

Documents

Chaptered
Bill Text3/19/20254.8 KB
Enrolled
Bill Text3/7/20255.0 KB
Introduced
Bill Text1/13/20255.5 KB
Fiscal Note/Analysis
Fiscal Note/Analysis3/11/2025117.1 KB
Fiscal Note/Analysis
Fiscal Note/Analysis1/17/2025112.9 KB