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Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 941: Robbery; use of air or gas operated weapon, etc., penalty.

Passed one chamber 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 941 is a bill introduced in the Virginia Senate on January 6, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Robbery; use of air or gas operated weapon, etc., penalty. Primary sponsor: Bill DeSteph (Republican). Most recent recorded action (May 31, 2025): Committee substitute printed 25105280D-S1.

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.

Robbery; air or gas operated weapon, etc.; penalty. Expands the crime of Class 3 felony robbery to include robbery committed by any person by using or displaying any air or gas operated weapon or any object similar in appearance to a firearm, whether capable of being fired or not.

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. Committee substitute printed 25105280D-S1
  2. Left in Appropriations
  3. Reported from Courts of Justice and referred to Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
  4. Subcommittee recommends reporting and referring to Appropriations (8-Y 0-N)
  5. Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
  6. Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
  7. Read first time
  8. Placed on Calendar
  9. Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
  10. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB941)
  11. Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
  12. Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to

Showing 12 most recent of 25 actions. Full history

Sources

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