Senate of Virginia: Senate Chamber on 2026-02-10 [Finished]

Senate of Virginia · February 10, 2026

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Initial debate on emergency/substantial risk orders (SB 495)

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Senator from King George (opposing) questioned the bill's due-process safeguards for ex parte petitions and the risk that individuals could have firearms removed without a pre-deprivation hearing; the senator warned about petitions by distant or hostile parties and law-enforcement searches entering homes without the subject present. The senior senator from Loudoun (supporting) responded that existing substantial risk/emergency orders in Virginia include post-issuance hearings within 14 days and said magistrates and law enforcement are routinely trusted to manage similar involuntary detention/搜

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The Virginia Senate convened on Feb. 10, 2026, advancing a large package of bills. Key debates and roll calls included Senate Bill 495 on emergency/substantial risk firearm orders, Senate Bill 596 establishing an explicit statutory right to contraception, and Senate Bill 482 directing a VDOT study of de-icing alternatives; many other bills were advanced in blocks.

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