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2006 SESSION
HB 1577 Concealed handgun permits; renewal thereof.
Introduced by: Benjamin L. Cline | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Concealed handgun permits. Eliminates the ability of a locality to require an applicant for a concealed handgun permit to submit fingerprints as part of the renewal of an existing permit. The bill modifies the current law provision that a court may disqualify an applicant from receiving a concealed handgun permit based upon specific acts that indicate that the applicant would use a weapon unlawfully or negligently by adding a disqualifying conviction and allowing the personal knowledge of a deputy sheriff, police officer or assistant Commonwealth's Attorney to be the basis for the specific acts alleged by the sheriff, chief of police, or Commonwealth's Attorney. The bill adds a definition of personal knowledge and defines it as knowledge of a fact that a person has himself gained through his own senses or knowledge that was gained by a law-enforcement officer or prosecutor through the performance of his official duties.
A permit holder who changes his address must notify the issuing court of his change of address within 30 days.
The bill provides a 90-day grace period for a member of the armed forces to renew his concealed handgun permit if the permit expired during an active-duty military deployment. During the 90-day period, which begins when the person returns from deployment, the permit holder would be required to carry written documentation of the start and end dates of the deployment.
The bill requires the Department of State Police, in consultation with the Supreme Court on the development of the application for a concealed handgun permit, to include a reference to the Virginia Supreme Court website address or the Virginia Reports on the application.
Concealed handgun permits would no longer have to be renewed every five years if the Virginia State Police receive an appropriation sufficient to conduct a criminal background check on all valid concealed handgun permits annually. The bill creates a Class 6 felony for any person who knowingly is in possession of a revoked concealed handgun permit while in possession of a concealed handgun; this provision is also contingent upon an appropriation.
FULL TEXT
- 01/20/06 House: Presented and ordered printed 066704268 pdf
- 02/11/06 House: Committee substitute printed 063982556-H1 pdf
- 03/06/06 Senate: Committee substitute printed 064889268-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/08/06 Senate: Floor substitute printed 064894744-S2 (Howell) pdf | impact statement
- 03/11/06 House: Conference substitute printed 064024268-H2 pdf | impact statement
- 03/21/06 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1577ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/19/06 House: Reenrolled bill text (HB1577ER2) pdf
- 04/19/06 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0886) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- Senate amendments
- Senate amendments engrossed
- Senate amendments rejected
- Conference amendments
- Governor's recommendation
HISTORY
- 01/20/06 House: Presented and ordered printed 066704268
- 01/20/06 House: Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety
- 02/10/06 House: Reported from Militia, Police and Public Safety with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/06 House: Committee substitute printed 063982556-H1
- 02/11/06 House: Read first time
- 02/13/06 House: Read second time
- 02/13/06 House: Committee substitute agreed to 063982556-H1
- 02/13/06 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1577H1
- 02/14/06 House: Read third time and passed House (91-Y 9-N)
- 02/14/06 House: VOTE: PASSAGE (91-Y 9-N)
- 02/14/06 House: Communicated to Senate
- 02/15/06 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/15/06 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/27/06 Senate: Assigned Courts sub: #2
- 03/06/06 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (11-Y 4-N)
- 03/06/06 Senate: Committee substitute printed 064889268-S1
- 03/07/06 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/07/06 Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/07/06 Senate: Read third time
- 03/07/06 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 03/08/06 Senate: Floor substitute printed 064894744-S2 (Howell)
- 03/08/06 Senate: Read third time
- 03/08/06 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 03/08/06 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 064889268-S1
- 03/08/06 Senate: Substitute by Senator Howell withdrawn 064894744-S2
- 03/08/06 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 03/08/06 Senate: Amendments by Senator Howell agreed to
- 03/08/06 Senate: Amendments by Senator Stolle withdrawn
- 03/08/06 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 03/08/06 Senate: Amendment by Senator Edwards agreed to
- 03/08/06 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendments HB1577S1
- 03/08/06 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute with amendments (35-Y 5-N)
- 03/08/06 Senate: VOTE: (35-Y 5-N)
- 03/08/06 Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/08/06 Senate: VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/08/06 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute with amendments (32-Y 8-N)
- 03/08/06 Senate: VOTE: (32-Y 8-N)
- 03/09/06 House: Placed on Calendar
- 03/09/06 House: Senate substitute rejected by House (7-Y 90-N)
- 03/09/06 House: VOTE: REJECTED (7-Y 90-N)
- 03/09/06 House: Senate amendments rejected by House (9-Y 88-N)
- 03/09/06 House: VOTE: REJECTED (9-Y 88-N)
- 03/09/06 Senate: Senate insisted on substitute with amendments (29-Y 7-N)
- 03/09/06 Senate: VOTE: (29-Y 7-N)
- 03/09/06 Senate: Senate requested conference committee
- 03/09/06 House: House acceded to request
- 03/09/06 House: Conferees appointed by House
- 03/09/06 House: Delegates: Cline, Wright, Bowling
- 03/09/06 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 03/09/06 Senate: Senators: Stolle, Howell, McDougle
- 03/11/06 House: Conference substitute printed 064024268-H2
- 03/11/06 House: Conference report agreed to by House (88-Y 8-N)
- 03/11/06 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (88-Y 8-N)
- 03/11/06 Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (36-Y 2-N)
- 03/11/06 Senate: VOTE: (36-Y 2-N)
- 03/21/06 House: Enrolled
- 03/21/06 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/21/06 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1577ER)
- 03/22/06 Senate: Signed by President
- 04/11/06 House: Governor's recommendation received by House
- 04/18/06 House: Placed on Calendar
- 04/19/06 House: House concurred in Governor's recommendation (99-Y 0-N)
- 04/19/06 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (99-Y 0-N)
- 04/19/06 Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (38-Y 0-N)
- 04/19/06 Senate: VOTE: (38-Y 0-N)
- 04/19/06 Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
- 04/19/06 House: Reenrolled
- 04/19/06 House: Reenrolled bill text (HB1577ER2)
- 04/19/06 House: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- 04/19/06 Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
- 04/19/06 House: Enacted, Chapter 886 (effective - see bill)
- 04/19/06 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0886)