State Police, Department of; purchase of handguns or other weapons of certain officers.
Summary
Purchase of handguns or other weapons of certain officers; Department of State Police. Provides that the Department of State Police may allow the immediate survivor of any law-enforcement officer formerly employed by the Department who had at least 10 years of service with the Department and who died while receiving long-term disability payments to purchase his service handgun, with the approval of the Superintendent of State Police, at a price of $1. This bill is identical to SB 86.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Feb 2026
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
Mar 2026
Signed into Law
Apr 2026
Introduced Jan 15, 2026
Signed Apr 6, 2026
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What changed between versions
Enrolled
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Chaptered
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2 edits
MINOR
The bill was formally enacted into law as Chapter 285 of the 2026 Virginia Acts of Assembly. The substantive policy content regarding officer handgun purchase privileges remains identical to the previous version, with no changes to eligibility criteria, pricing rules, or covered agencies. The only changes are technical formatting updates, including the addition of the official chapter number and the specific approval date of April 6, 2026.
Scope change
The bill's scope and applicability remain unchanged; no new entities or conditions were added or removed.
TECHNICAL
Added the official chapter number (Chapter 285) and the specific approval date (April 6, 2026) to the text, which were missing in the enrolled draft.
Removed placeholder text and formatting artifacts that were present in the enrolled draft but not in the final chaptered version.
Floor votes · Senate Feb 25, 2026 · House of Delegates Feb 12, 2026
How they voted
39–0
Passed
Total votes 39
Feb 25, 2026
D
Democratic20
100% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
32
Key actions
11
Committee
9
Apr 6, 2026
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 285 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive
Mar 2, 2026
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Mar 2, 2026
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Mar 2, 2026
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1300ER)
lower
Feb 25, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
upper
Feb 24, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
upper
Feb 23, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported from Courts of Justice (11-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 13, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
upper
Feb 12, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A)
lower
Feb 6, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported from Public Safety (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 5, 2026
Committee
Rereferred to Public Safety
lower
Feb 5, 2026
Committee
Motion to rerefer to committee agreed to (63-Y 34-N 0-A)
lower
Jan 30, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported from Public Safety (21-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 29, 2026
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 27, 2026
Committee
Assigned HMPPS sub: Firearms
lower
Jan 15, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Public Safety
lower
Jan 15, 2026
Introduced
Presented and ordered printed 26105506D
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Mitchell Cornett
RRepublican
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