Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation SB1271
Legislation Overview
Title: Threats of death or bodily injury; penalty.
Description: Threats of death or bodily injury; penalty. Clarifies that for crimes involving communicating orally or in writing a threat to kill or do bodily injury, an electronically transmitted communication producing a visual or electronic message includes an email, a text message, or a message or post on any social media platform.
Session: 2025 Regular Session
Last Action: Impact statement from VCSC (SB1271)
Last Action Date: January 31, 2025
Sponsors
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1 sponsors: Russet Perry (D);
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 3% (1 of 40)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Jan 31, 2025 | Impact statement from VCSC (SB1271) |
| Senate | Jan 31, 2025 | Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1271) |
| Senate | Jan 31, 2025 | Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute |
| Senate | Jan 31, 2025 | Senator Perry, Russet Substitute agreed to |
| Senate | Jan 31, 2025 | Reading of substitute waived |
| Senate | Jan 31, 2025 | Courts of Justice Substitute rejected |
| Senate | Jan 31, 2025 | Read second time |
| Senate | Jan 31, 2025 | Floor substitute printed 25106455D-S2 (Perry) |
| Senate | Jan 30, 2025 | Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 1-A) |
| Senate | Jan 30, 2025 | Rules suspended |
| Senate | Jan 30, 2025 | Passed by for the day |
| Senate | Jan 29, 2025 | Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 0-N 2-A) |
| Senate | Jan 28, 2025 | Impact statement from VCSC (SB1271) |
| Senate | Jan 27, 2025 | Committee substitute printed 25106175D-S1 |
| Senate | Jan 27, 2025 | Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 1-N) |
| Senate | Jan 24, 2025 | Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1271) |
| Senate | Jan 13, 2025 | Impact statement from VCSC (SB1271) |
| Senate | Jan 8, 2025 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
| Senate | Jan 8, 2025 | Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25104285D |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Comm Sub | Jan 31, 2025 | state link | bill text |
| Comm Sub | Jan 28, 2025 | state link | bill text |
| Introduced | Jan 8, 2025 | state link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
| Description | Vote Date | Yea Votes | Nay Votes | No Votes | Absent | Passed |
| Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 1-N) | 01/27/2025 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Yes |
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| Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 0-N 2-A) | 01/29/2025 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Yes |
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| Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 1-A) | 01/30/2025 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Yes |
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Link: link to state bill page
