Concealed weapons; exceptions, penalty.
Summary
Carrying concealed weapons; exceptions; penalty. Adds any pistol, revolver, or other weapon designed or intended to propel a missile of any kind by action of compressed air to the list of concealed weapons the carrying of which is prohibited in public.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Jan 2025
Senate Passage
Jan 2025
House of Delegates Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 8, 2025
Last action Feb 5, 2025
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What changed between versions
Courts of Justice Substitute
→
Finance and Appropriations Substitute
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4 edits
MODERATE
The Finance and Appropriations Substitute version of SB 1220 adds a new prohibition against convicted violent felons possessing air-operated or gas-operated weapons that look like firearms, and removes the exemption that allowed such weapons to be possessed in one's residence or curtilage. This expands the bill's scope to cover a broader category of weapons and removes a previously available exception for home possession.
Scope change
The bill now applies to a wider range of weapons (air/gas-operated weapons similar to firearms) for a specific subset of felons (those convicted of violent felonies), and removes the residential exemption for stun weapons.
ELIGIBILITY
Added a new prohibition requiring that persons convicted of a violent felony cannot possess any air-operated or gas-operated weapon similar in appearance to a firearm.
Removed the exception that allowed prohibited persons to possess stun weapons in their residence or curtilage.
ENFORCEMENT
The unlawful possession provision now explicitly includes air-operated or gas-operated weapons for violent felons, expanding enforcement scope.
TECHNICAL
Formatting and layout changes including page breaks, line numbers, and header information were updated between the two versions.
Floor votes · Senate Jan 23, 2025
How they voted
39–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 40
Jan 23, 2025
D
Democratic21
95% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
24
Key actions
6
Committee
5
Jan 29, 2025
Committee
Rereferred to Courts of Justice
upper
Jan 29, 2025
Committee
Motion to rerefer to committee agreed to
upper
Jan 28, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Jan 27, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Jan 24, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Jan 23, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Jan 22, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 17, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 4-N)
upper
Jan 8, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Bill DeSteph
RRepublican
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