Bill Commons

VA SB 79

Status unknown

Firearms, etc.; carrying into bldg. owned or leased by the Commonwealth, exception for rest areas.

Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Follow this bill’s action updates (Atom)

Subscribe in a feed reader. The feed covers recorded actions from the last 30 days; Bill Commons may record an action after it happened at the legislature.

Quick answers

Did VA SB 79 pass?

The current status of VA SB 79 is not known from the official record. Latest recorded action (2026-01-26): Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (8-Y 5-N)

What is VA SB 79 about?

Carrying a firearm or explosive material into a building owned or leased by the Commonwealth; exception for rest areas. Provides that the prohibition on carrying a firearm or explosive material in any building owned or leased by the Commonwealth does not apply to any rest area.

Who sponsors VA SB 79?

J.D. "Danny" Diggs is the primary sponsor of VA SB 79.

Description

Carrying a firearm or explosive material into a building owned or leased by the Commonwealth; exception for rest areas. Provides that the prohibition on carrying a firearm or explosive material in any building owned or leased by the Commonwealth does not apply to any rest area.

Introduced
2025-12-26
Latest action
2026-01-26 — Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (8-Y 5-N)
Bill type
bill
Last updated
—

Sponsors

  • J.D. "Danny" Diggsprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-01-26

    Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (8-Y 5-N)

    deferral

  2. 2026-01-25

    Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB79)

  3. 2025-12-26

    Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-12-26

    Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100462D

    filing,introduction

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice

    2026-01-26 · pass · 8-5

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Scott A. Surovell: yes
    • Mark D. Obenshain: no
    • Ryan T. McDougle: no
    • R. Creigh Deeds: yes
    • Richard H. Stuart: not voting
    • William M. Stanley, Jr.: no
    • Jennifer B. Boysko: yes
    • Mark J. Peake: no
    • Lamont Bagby: yes
    • Lashrecse D. Aird: yes
    • Jennifer D. Carroll Foy: not voting
    • Russet Perry: yes
    • Saddam Azlan Salim: yes
    • Barbara A. Favola: yes
    • Glen H. Sturtevant, Jr.: no

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB79

Attribution

Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:35:59.552682Z

Inspect retained evidence for changes recorded after evidence tracking began:

Source and document changesStatus and relationship changes

Session-wide evidence can include changes to other bills:

Bulk imports for this sessionSession dates and activity

Use this data

Every field on this page is available from the free public API — no key or licence required. Fetch this bill as JSON: GET /api/v1/bills?jurisdiction=VA&identifier=SB 79. See the API docs or the MCP server for AI assistants.

Known limitations

  • Sponsor party and chamber affiliation are not yet captured by this API.
  • Committee referrals are not yet captured.

See the methodology page for data sources and limitations.