HB 626 — Firearm or explosive material; exemptions, carrying in public institutions of higher education.
VA 20261 session
Carrying a firearm or explosive material within Capitol Square or building owned or leased by the Commonwealth; exemptions; public institutions of higher education; penalty. Limits the exemption from the prohibition on the carrying of any firearm or explosive material within any building owned or leased by the Commonwealth or agency thereof or any office where employees of the Commonwealth or any agency thereof are regularly present for the purpose of performing their official duties that currently applies to any property owned or operated by a public institution of higher education to instead apply to any individual within a building owned or operated by a public institution of higher education who possesses a weapon as part of such public institution of higher education's curriculum or activities or as part of any organization authorized by such public institution of higher education to conduct its programs or activities within such building, as such uses are approved through the law-enforcement or public safety unit of such institution. This bill is identical to SB 272.
Latest action: — Acts of Assembly Chapter
Sponsors (11)
- Katrina Callsen (D, VA) — sponsor
- Jessica L. Anderson (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Nicole Cole (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Mark C. Downey (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Amy J. Laufer (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Rae Cousins (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Lily V. Franklin (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Marty Martinez (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Kathy K.L. Tran (D, VA) — cosponsor
Action timeline (35)
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Who matters on this bill
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Katrina Callsen (D, state_lower VA) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Amy J. Laufer (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Jessica L. Anderson (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Kathy K.L. Tran (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Lily V. Franklin (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Marcia S. "Cia" Price (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Mark C. Downey (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Marty Martinez (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Nicole Cole (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Rae Cousins (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Stance (positions taken)
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no