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2024 SESSION
HB 797 Concealed handguns; demonstrated competence for a permit, firearms instructors and safety programs.
Introduced by: Patrick A. Hope | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Demonstrated competence for a concealed handgun permit; firearms instructors and safety programs. Requires that any course, class, or training to demonstrate competence with a handgun as required to obtain a concealed handgun permit must include a live fire shooting exercise conducted on a range, including the expenditure of a minimum of 10 rounds of ammunition, and provides that no course, class, or training that does not include such live fire shooting exercise meets the requirements to obtain a concealed handgun permit. The bill removes references to the National Rifle Association (the NRA) and the United States Concealed Carry Association from the Code that allow the organizations to certify ranges and instructors and for courses offered by them to serve as proof of demonstrated competence in firearms safety and training for the purpose of obtaining a concealed handgun permit or receiving training as a minor in the use of pneumatic guns. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2025.
FULL TEXT
- 01/09/24 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104454D pdf | impact statement
- 02/07/24 House: Printed as engrossed 24104454D-E pdf | impact statement
- 03/25/24 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB797ER) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- House amendments adopted
- Senate amendments
- Senate amendments engrossed
- Governor's veto explanation
HISTORY
- 01/09/24 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104454D
- 01/09/24 House: Referred to Committee on Public Safety
- 01/19/24 House: Assigned PS sub: Firearms
- 02/01/24 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 4-N)
- 02/02/24 House: Reported from Public Safety (12-Y 10-N)
- 02/06/24 House: Read first time
- 02/07/24 House: Read second time
- 02/07/24 House: Amendments by Delegate Hope agreed to
- 02/07/24 House: Engrossed by House as amended HB797E
- 02/07/24 House: Printed as engrossed 24104454D-E
- 02/08/24 House: Read third time and passed House (51-Y 46-N)
- 02/08/24 House: VOTE: Passage (51-Y 46-N)
- 02/09/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/09/24 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/26/24 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (9-Y 6-N)
- 02/26/24 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/28/24 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (10-Y 5-N)
- 02/29/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/01/24 Senate: Read third time
- 03/01/24 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 03/04/24 Senate: Read third time
- 03/04/24 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 03/04/24 Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
- 03/04/24 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 03/04/24 Senate: Passed Senate with amendment (20-Y 19-N)
- 03/05/24 House: Senate amendment agreed to by House (50-Y 49-N)
- 03/05/24 House: VOTE: Adoption (50-Y 49-N)
- 03/25/24 House: Enrolled
- 03/25/24 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB797ER)
- 03/25/24 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/26/24 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/27/24 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024
- 03/27/24 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
- 03/27/24 Governor: Vetoed by Governor
- 04/17/24 House: House sustained Governor's veto