Virginia Senate Bill 898 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 21 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-03-21 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0094)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Concealed handgun permit; demonstrated competence. Adds a firearms safety or training course conducted by the United States Concealed Carry Association (USCCA) or by a USCCA-certified firearms instructor, or any firearms safety or training course or class available to the general public offered by a law-enforcement agency, institution of higher education, or private or public institution or organization or firearms training school utilizing instructors certified by the USCCA to those programs that satisfy the demonstration of competence requirement for the issuance of a Virginia resident or nonresident concealed handgun permit.

Concealed handgun permits; demonstration of competence.

Sen. Richard Stuart [R]

2023-02-15 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (56-Y 42-N) (Y: 56 N: 42 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2023-02-10 - House - House: Reported from Public Safety (12-Y 10-N) (Y: 12 N: 10 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-01-26 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-01-24 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2023-01-23 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-03-21		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0094)
2023-03-21		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 94 (effective 7/1/23)
2023-03-02		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023
2023-03-02	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023
2023-02-21	Senate	Signed by President
2023-02-20	House	Signed by Speaker
2023-02-20	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB898ER)
2023-02-20	Senate	Enrolled
2023-02-15	House	VOTE: Passage (56-Y 42-N)
2023-02-15	House	Passed House (56-Y 42-N)
2023-02-15	House	Read third time
2023-02-14	House	Read second time
2023-02-10	House	Reported from Public Safety (12-Y 10-N)
2023-02-08	House	Referred to Committee on Public Safety
2023-02-08	House	Read first time
2023-02-08	House	Placed on Calendar
2023-01-26	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
2023-01-25	Senate	Read second time and engrossed
2023-01-24	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
2023-01-23	Senate	Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N)
2023-01-05	Senate	Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
2023-01-05	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100813D

HB1422 (Same As) 2023-03-21 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0093)
HB1422 (Same As) 2023-03-21 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0093)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	2	308.02	(n/a)	See Bill Text
18	2	308.06	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB898
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB898+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB898ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0094+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S03V0061+SB0898
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0104SB0898+SB0898
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0117SB0898+SB0898
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H15V0056+SB0898
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+HV1820+SB0898