# Virginia HB1583: Threats to discharge a firearm within or at buildings or means of transportation; penalties. Virginia HB1583, Threats to discharge a firearm within or at buildings or means of transportation; penalties., is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Jason S. Ballard (Republican); status failed, last action 2025-03-24 (Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0368)) (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1583-2025 - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Virginia HB1583 - State: Virginia - Session: 2025 Regular Session - Title: Threats to discharge a firearm within or at buildings or means of transportation; penalties. - Status: failed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-01-01 - Last action: 2025-03-24, Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0368) - Sponsor: Jason S. Ballard (Republican) - Cosponsors: 0 - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 12 (512 yes, 95 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 0 ## Summary Threats to discharge a firearm within or at buildings or means of transportation; penalties. Provides that any person (i) who makes and communicates to another by any means any threat to bomb, burn, destroy, discharge a firearm within or at, or in any manner damage any place of assembly, building or other structure, or means of transportation or (ii) who communicates to another, by any means, information, knowing the same to be false, as to the existence of any peril of bombing, burning, destruction, discharging of a firearm within or at, or damage to any such place of assembly, building or other structure, or means of transportation is guilty of a Class 5 felony, provided, however, that if such person is under 18 years of age, he is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. Under current law, any person 15 years of age or older (a) who makes and communicates to another by any means any threat to bomb, burn, destroy, or in any manner damage any place of assembly, building or other structure, or means of transportation or (b) who communicates to another, by any means, information, knowing the same to be false, as to the existence of any peril of bombing, burning, destruction, or damage to any such place of assembly, building or other structure, or means of transportation is guilty of a Class 5 felony. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Criminal Justice Conference. ## Bill overview No economic impacts identified for this bill. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Jason S. Ballard (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-02-22 | Senate | Conference report agreed to by Senate | pass | 40 | 0 | | | 2025-02-22 | House | Conference report agreed to by House | pass | 99 | 0 | | | 2025-02-20 | Senate | Senate insisted on substitute Block Vote | pass | 39 | 0 | | | 2025-02-19 | House | Senate substitute rejected by House | fail | 2 | 95 | | | 2025-02-18 | Senate | Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote | pass | 40 | 0 | | | 2025-02-17 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) | pass | 39 | 0 | | | 2025-02-14 | Senate | Reported from Finance and Appropriations | pass | 14 | 0 | | | 2025-02-12 | Senate | Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations | pass | 15 | 0 | | | 2025-02-04 | House | Passed House Block Vote | pass | 99 | 0 | | | 2025-02-04 | House | Read third time and passed House Block Vote | pass | 97 | 0 | | | 2025-01-31 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting | pass | 8 | 0 | 1 | | 2025-01-31 | House | Reported from Courts of Justice | pass | 20 | 0 | | ## Actions (46) - 2025-03-24: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0368) (Governor) - 2025-03-24: Approved by Governor-Chapter 368 (Effective 07/01/25) (Governor) - 2025-03-11: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 (Governor) - 2025-03-11: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 (House) - 2025-03-10: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1583) (House) - 2025-03-10: Signed by President (Senate) - 2025-03-07: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1583ER) (House) - 2025-03-07: Enrolled (House) - 2025-03-07: Signed by Speaker (House) - 2025-02-22: Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Senate) - 2025-02-22: Amended by conference committee - 2025-02-22: Conference report agreed to by House (99-Y 0-N) (House) - 2025-02-20: Senate insisted on substitute Block Vote (39-Y 0-N) (Senate) - 2025-02-20: Senators: Perry, Salim, McDougle (Senate) - 2025-02-20: Conferees appointed by Senate (Senate) - 2025-02-20: Delegates: Simon, Feggans, Ballard (House) - 2025-02-20: Conferees appointed by House (House) - 2025-02-20: House acceded to request (House) - 2025-02-20: Senate requested conference committee (Senate) - 2025-02-19: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1583) (House) - 2025-02-19: Senate substitute rejected by House (2-Y 95-N) (House) - 2025-02-18: Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote (40-Y 0-N) (Senate) - 2025-02-18: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Senate) - 2025-02-18: Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to (Senate) - 2025-02-18: Read third time (Senate) - 2025-02-18: Reading of substitute waived (Senate) - 2025-02-17: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N) (Senate) - 2025-02-17: Passed by for the day (Senate) - 2025-02-17: Rules suspended (Senate) - 2025-02-14: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) (Senate) - 2025-02-13: Impact statement from VCSC (HB1583) (House) - 2025-02-12: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) (Senate) - 2025-02-12: Committee substitute printed 25107383D-S1 (Senate) - 2025-02-05: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice (Senate) - 2025-02-05: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (Senate) - 2025-02-04: Passed House Block Vote (99-Y 0-N) (House) - 2025-02-04: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House (House) - 2025-02-04: Read third time and passed House Block Vote (97-Y 0-N) (House) - 2025-02-03: Read second time and engrossed (House) - 2025-02-02: Read first time (House) - 2025-01-31: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) (House) - 2025-01-31: Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N) (House) - 2025-01-29: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal (House) - 2025-01-09: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1583) (House) - 2025-01-01: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice (House) - 2025-01-01: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25103755D (House) ## Bill text - Chaptered, 2025-03-24: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1073438.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1073437.PDF) - Enrolled, 2025-03-07: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1069432.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1069431.PDF) - Conference Report, 2025-02-22: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1067760.HTML) - Substitute, 2025-02-13: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1050344.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1050343.PDF) - Introduced, 2025-01-01: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1012088.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1012087.PDF) ## Related bills - HR671: Commending JR's Auto Care. (adopted) - SB941: Robbery; use of air or gas operated weapon, etc., penalty. (failed) - HB1746: Public safety officer; definition. (failed) - HB1600: Budget Bill. (failed) - SB1449: Data centers; site assessment for high energy use facility. (failed) - HB1609: Essential health benefits benchmark plan; Commission to consider coverage for infertility treatment. (to governor) ## Sources - [Chaptered (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1073438.HTML) - [Chaptered (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1073437.PDF) - [Enrolled (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1069432.HTML) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1069431.PDF) - [Conference Report (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1067760.HTML) - [Substitute (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1050344.HTML) - [Substitute (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1050343.PDF) - [Introduced (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1012088.HTML) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1012087.PDF) ## Related - [HR671: Commending JR's Auto Care.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HR671-2025) - [SB941: Robbery; use of air or gas operated weapon, etc., penalty.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB941-2025) - [HB1746: Public safety officer; definition.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1746-2025) - [HB1600: Budget Bill.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1600-2025) - [SB1449: Data centers; site assessment for high energy use facility.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB1449-2025) - [HB1609: Essential health benefits benchmark plan; Commission to consider coverage for i…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1609-2025) - [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-HB1583-2025 (as of 2026-10-17).