The 2026 Virginia legislative session is underway, and lawmakers are continuing their assault on your Second Amendment rights. This week, additional gun control bills have been filed in Richmond in an aggressive push to restrict the rights of law-abiding Virginians.
NRA-ILA continues to monitor and respond to each of these proposals, ensuring that members stay informed and ready to take action. Below is the list of anti-gun legislation introduced so far this session, in addition to the pre-filed bills we previously reported on;
HB 700 creates a 5-day mandatory waiting period on the sale and transfer of firearms.
HB 871 creates a mandatory storage requirement for homes where minors or prohibited persons are present.
HB 901 expands the Commonwealth's "red flag" law to broadly expand parties who can file Emergency Risk Protective Order petitions to a court to suspend a person’s Second Amendment rights and to order the seizure of the person’s guns, despite that person never having been charged with or convicted of a crime. Such orders, based on weak and nebulous standards, can be issued before the gun owner is provided the opportunity to be heard or to present evidence.
SB160 expands definitions for prohibiting misdemeanor convictions.
SB173, a companion bill to HB 229 prohibits the possession of any weapons in a hospital that provides mental health services or developmental services, and provides that any weapons seized in violation are forfeited to the Commonwealth.
SB272 and HB 626 limit who can carry firearms at public institutions of higher learning.
HB 93 requires subjects of protective orders to transfer their firearms to individuals over the age of 21 who do not reside in the same home as the prohibited person. Under current law, there is no requirement that a transferee cannot be younger than 21 years of age and cannot reside with the prohibited person.
HB909 prohibits any person, with certain exceptions, from (i) knowingly carrying any firearm and (ii) knowingly doing so within 100 feet of the entrance of a polling place, the building used by the local electoral board to meet to ascertain election results, the building used to conduct a recount of an election, and other additional locations used for voting-related and elections-related activities, including absentee voting locations. Under current law, this prohibition applies within 40 feet of such entrances.
HB 916 expands the curriculum requirements for Virginia concealed carry permit classes.
HB 919 imposes an 11% excise tax on the sale of all firearms and ammunition "by a dealer in firearms, firearms manufacturer, or ammunition vendor," and designates all funding from the tax go into a so-called "Virginia Gun Violence Intervention and Prevention Fund."
HB926 allows localities to prohibit outdoor shooting on private property unless certain conditions are met, including lot size requirements.
HB 969 establishes a "Virginia Gun Violence Prevention Center" with the stated goal of being "the primary resource for research, best practices, and strategies for the implementation of firearm violence intervention, community-based intervention, and group violence intervention programs designed to reduce violence in communities."
HB1015 expands prohibiting categories to include certain misdemeanor convictions.
HB1071 requires threat assessment teams for public schools to receive additional training on the use of "red flag" emergency substantial risk orders.
HB 1094 imposes a separate and additional 11% excise tax on all firearms and ammunition sales from the tax imposed by HB 919.
A prime opportunity to voice your opposition to gun control in the Commonwealth is just around the corner! Please consider joining NRA-ILA at the Virginia Citizens Defense League (VCDL) “Lobby Day” on Monday, January 19, 2026, at the Virginia General Assembly, in Richmond. NRA-ILA’s Executive Director John Commerford will be speaking at the event, addressing the current legislative landscape in Virginia, outlining NRA-ILA’s ongoing efforts to defend the Second Amendment and emphasizing the importance of continued grassroots engagement at the state level. Please click here to RSVP, and for more information on the schedule for the day, please click here.
Please stay tuned to the NRA-ILA website and your inbox as this legislative session progresses.
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