# Virginia HB1300: State Police, Department of; purchase of handguns or other weapons of certain officers. Virginia HB1300, State Police, Department of; purchase of handguns or other weapons of certain officers., is a 2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Mitchell Cornett (Republican); status signed, last action 2026-04-06 (Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0285)) (as of 2026-11-06). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1300-2026 - As of: 2026-11-06 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Virginia HB1300 - State: Virginia - Session: 2026 Regular Session - Title: State Police, Department of; purchase of handguns or other weapons of certain officers. - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2026-01-15 - Last action: 2026-04-06, Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0285) - Sponsor: Mitchell Cornett (Republican) - Cosponsors: 0 - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 9 (304 yes, 34 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 2 ## 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 overview: provisions PRIA read - Law-enforcement retirees and survivors buy for $1: benefit, low. The law lets listed Virginia law-enforcement agencies sell an eligible retiring officer’s issued handgun for $1. Officers who retire with at least 10 years of state service qualify when the agency allows sales. Some listed groups also qualify, such as certain resignations to a Virginia Retirement S… - Officers and auxiliaries can buy guns at fair value: benefit, low. Officers who retire with 5–9 years of service, or retire for a nonservice disability, may buy their issued handgun at its fair market value set at retirement. Campus police who retired on or after July 1, 1991 may buy their issued handgun at fair market value when the school’s board allows it, usin… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Mitchell Cornett (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-02-25 | Senate | Passed Senate Block Vote | pass | 40 | 0 | | | 2026-02-24 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) | pass | 39 | 0 | | | 2026-02-24 | Senate | Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) | pass | 0 | 0 | | | 2026-02-23 | Senate | Reported from Courts of Justice | pass | 11 | 0 | | | 2026-02-12 | House | Read third time and passed House Block Vote | pass | 98 | 0 | | | 2026-02-06 | House | Reported from Public Safety | pass | 22 | 0 | | | 2026-02-05 | House | Motion to rerefer to committee agreed to | pass | 63 | 34 | | | 2026-01-30 | House | Reported from Public Safety | pass | 21 | 0 | | | 2026-01-29 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting | pass | 10 | 0 | | ## Actions (32) - 2026-04-06: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0285) (Governor) - 2026-04-06: Approved by Governor-Chapter 285 (effective 7/1/2026) (Governor) - 2026-03-10: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 (Governor) - 2026-03-10: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 (House) - 2026-03-02: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1300) (House) - 2026-03-02: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1300ER) (House) - 2026-03-02: Enrolled (House) - 2026-03-02: Signed by President (Senate) - 2026-03-02: Signed by Speaker (House) - 2026-02-25: Passed Senate Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A) (Senate) - 2026-02-25: Read third time (Senate) - 2026-02-24: Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) (Senate) - 2026-02-24: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A) (Senate) - 2026-02-24: Rules suspended (Senate) - 2026-02-23: Reported from Courts of Justice (11-Y 0-N) (Senate) - 2026-02-13: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice (Senate) - 2026-02-13: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (Senate) - 2026-02-12: Read third time and passed House Block Vote (98-Y 0-N 0-A) (House) - 2026-02-11: Read second time and engrossed (House) - 2026-02-10: Read first time (House) - 2026-02-06: Reported from Public Safety (22-Y 0-N) (House) - 2026-02-05: Rereferred to Public Safety (House) - 2026-02-05: Motion to rerefer to committee agreed to (63-Y 34-N 0-A) (House) - 2026-02-04: Read second time and engrossed (House) - 2026-02-04: Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar (House) - 2026-02-03: Read first time (House) - 2026-01-30: Reported from Public Safety (21-Y 0-N) (House) - 2026-01-29: Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N) (House) - 2026-01-27: Assigned HMPPS sub: Firearms (House) - 2026-01-20: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1300) (House) - 2026-01-15: Referred to Committee on Public Safety (House) - 2026-01-15: Presented and ordered printed 26105506D (House) ## Bill text - Chaptered, 2026-04-06: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1217230.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1217229.PDF) - Enrolled, 2026-03-02: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1182494.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1182493.PDF) - Introduced, 2026-01-15: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1089265.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1089261.PDF) ## Related bills - HB20: Minimum wage; farm laborers or farm employees, temporary foreign workers. 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(signed) ## Sources - [Chaptered (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1217230.HTML) - [Chaptered (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1217229.PDF) - [Enrolled (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1182494.HTML) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1182493.PDF) - [Introduced (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1089265.HTML) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1089261.PDF) ## Related - [HB20: Minimum wage; farm laborers or farm employees, temporary foreign workers.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB20-2026) - [HB5: Employment; paid sick leave, civil penalties.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB5-2026) - [SB199: Employment; paid sick leave, civil penalties.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB199-2026) - [HB1011: Compost and other products containing organic soil amendments; waste disposal i…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1011-2026) - [HB848: Va. Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; material noncompliance by landlord, re…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB848-2026) - [HB834: Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; fire or casualty damage, terminat…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB834-2026) - [Virginia bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/virginia/bills) - [Virginia state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/virginia) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1300-2026 (as of 2026-11-06).