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2017 SESSION
SB 178 Concealed handgun permits; reciprocity with other states.
Introduced by: Thomas A. Garrett-Resigned 1/3 | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Concealed handgun permits; reciprocity. Requires the General Assembly, in consultation with the Office of the Attorney General, to determine whether states meet the statutory qualifications for Virginia to recognize the concealed handgun permit of a person from another state. Under current law, this function is performed by the Superintendent of State Police in consultation with the Office of the Attorney General. The bill also requires the Superintendent of State Police to enter into agreements for reciprocal recognition with any state that qualifies.
FULL TEXT
- 01/04/16 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16103420D pdf | impact statement
- 02/10/16 Senate: Committee substitute printed 16104950D-S1 pdf | impact statement
HISTORY
- 01/04/16 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16103420D
- 01/04/16 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/10/16 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (10-Y 4-N)
- 02/10/16 Senate: Committee substitute printed 16104950D-S1
- 02/12/16 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/16 Senate: Read second time
- 02/15/16 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/15/16 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 16104950D-S1
- 02/15/16 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB178S1
- 02/15/16 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/16 Senate: Passed Senate (22-Y 18-N)
- 02/15/16 Senate: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/16 Senate: Passed Senate (21-Y 19-N)
- 02/17/16 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/17/16 House: Read first time
- 02/17/16 House: Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety
- 02/26/16 House: Continued to 2017 in Militia, Police and Public Safety by voice vote
- 12/01/16 House: Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety