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2004 SESSION
SB 326 Concealed weapons; applicability while engaged in hunting.
Introduced by: Kenneth W. Stolle | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Concealed weapons; concealed handgun permits. Provides that the possession of a handgun while engaged in lawful hunting shall not be construed as hunting with a handgun if the person hunting carries a concealed handgun permit. The bill also exempts from the requirements game wardens, Virginia Marine Police officers retired from the Law Enforcement Division of the Virginia Marine Resources Commission, and other law-enforcement officials who have reached the age of 55, other than officers terminated for cause. Furthermore, a retired law-enforcement officer from the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries or the U.S. Marshals Service is exempt from paying a fee for a concealed handgun permit.
When applying for a concealed handgun permit, there is no requirement as to the length of time an applicant must have been a resident or domiciliary of the county or city where he applies. An applicant is required to provide his social security number on an application, but the bill provides an exemption that allows the social security numbers to be withheld from public disclosure. However, the social security number may not be withheld from a law-enforcement official acting in the perfomance of his official duties. If an application for a concealed handgun permit is denied, the denial order must state the basis for the denial and state the applicant's right for perfecting an appeal of the decision. The bill clarifies that misdemeanors set forth in Title 46.2 shall not be considered disqualifications for a concealed handgun permit. If a court does not issue or deny an application for a concealed handgun permit within the required 45-day period, the bill establishes a procedure by which the application itself will become a de facto concealed handgun permit, valid for 90 days.
The bill would recognize a concealed weapons permit or license issued by another state to a person 21 years of age or older as a valid concealed handgun permit in the Commonwealth. The law currently recognizes only certain out-of-state concealed handgun permits. For purposes of reciprocity, the official government-issued identification cards issued to active-duty law-enforcement officers in the Commonwealth who are exempt from obtaining concealed handgun permits shall serve a concealed handgun permit.
Finally, the bill sets forth a definition of "law-enforcement officer" to be used throughout § 18.2-308.
FULL TEXT
- 01/14/04 Senate: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/14/04 041137820 pdf
- 03/05/04 House: Committee substitute printed 045328308-H1 pdf
- 03/24/04 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB326ER) pdf
- 04/21/04 Senate: Reenrolled bill text (SB326ER2) pdf
- 04/26/04 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1012) pdf
- 09/29/04 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text reprinted (CHAP1012) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/14/04 Senate: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/14/04 041137820
- 01/14/04 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/09/04 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/04 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/04 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/04 Senate: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/12/04 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/04 Senate: VOTE: PASSAGE R (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/04 Senate: Communicated to House
- 02/13/04 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/13/04 House: Read first time
- 02/13/04 House: Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety
- 03/05/04 House: Reported from M., P. & P. S. with substitute (15-Y 7-N)
- 03/05/04 House: Committee substitute printed 045328308-H1
- 03/08/04 House: Read second time
- 03/09/04 House: Read third time
- 03/09/04 House: Committee substitute agreed to 045328308-H1
- 03/09/04 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB326H1
- 03/09/04 House: Passed House with substitute (85-Y 15-N)
- 03/09/04 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (85-Y 15-N)
- 03/10/04 Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (37-Y 3-N)
- 03/10/04 Senate: VOTE: CONCUR HOUSE AMENDMENT (37-Y 3-N)
- 03/10/04 Senate: Rec. of House sub. agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/10/04 Senate: VOTE: RECONSIDER (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/10/04 Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (28-Y 12-N)
- 03/10/04 Senate: VOTE: CONCUR HOUSE AMENDMENT (28-Y 12-N)
- 03/24/04 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB326ER)
- 03/24/04 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/26/04 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/27/04 House: Signed by Speaker
- 04/15/04 Senate: Governor's recommendation received by Senate
- 04/20/04 Senate: Placed on Calendar
- 04/21/04 Senate: Senate concurred in Gov's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- 04/21/04 Senate: VOTE: ADOPT GOV. RECOMM. (40-Y 0-N)
- 04/21/04 House: House concurred in Gov's recommendation (100-Y 0-N)
- 04/21/04 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (100-Y 0-N)
- 04/21/04 Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
- 04/21/04 Senate: Reenrolled
- 04/21/04 Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
- 04/21/04 House: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- 04/21/04 House: Enacted, Chapter 1012 (effective 7/1/04)
- 04/21/04 Senate: Reenrolled bill text (SB326ER2)
- 04/26/04 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1012)
- 09/29/04 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text reprinted (CHAP1012)