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Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 1220: Concealed weapons; exceptions, penalty.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 1220 is a bill introduced in the Virginia Senate on January 8, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Concealed weapons; exceptions, penalty. Primary sponsor: Bill DeSteph (Republican). Most recent recorded action (February 5, 2025): Left in Courts of Justice.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

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.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Bill DeStephPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate20

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Left in Courts of Justice
  2. Rereferred to Courts of Justice
  3. Motion to rerefer to committee agreed to
  4. Read second time
  5. Passed by for the day
  6. Read second time
  7. Passed by for the day
  8. Courts of Justice Substitute rejected
  9. Read second time
  10. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1220)
  11. Impact statement from VCSC (SB1220)
  12. Passed by for the day

Showing 12 most recent of 24 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source