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2024 SESSION
HB 466 Concealed handgun permits; reciprocity with other states.
Introduced by: Dan I. Helmer | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Concealed handgun permits; reciprocity with other states. Provides that the Superintendent of State Police, in consultation with the Office of the Attorney General, shall determine whether states meet the statutory qualifications for Virginia to recognize the concealed handgun permit of a person from another state. Under current law, any out-of-state permit is recognized in the Commonwealth provided that (i) the issuing authority provides the means for instantaneous verification of the validity of all such permits or licenses issued within that state, accessible 24 hours a day; (ii) the permit or license holder carries a photo identification issued by a government agency of any state or by the U.S. Department of Defense or U.S. Department of State and displays the permit or license and such identification upon demand by a law-enforcement officer; and (iii) the permit or license holder has not previously had a Virginia concealed handgun permit revoked. The bill also provides that a Virginia resident who has not been issued a valid resident concealed handgun permit may not use a concealed handgun or concealed weapon permit or license issued by another state to carry a concealed handgun in the Commonwealth.
The bill requires the Superintendent of State Police, in consultation with the Office of the Attorney General, to review any agreements for reciprocal recognition that are in place with any other states as of July 1, 2024, to determine whether the requirements and qualifications of those states' laws are adequate to prevent possession of a permit or license by persons who would be denied a permit in the Commonwealth and revoke any reciprocity agreement or recognition of any states that do not meet such requirements or qualifications by December 1, 2024. The bill requires the Attorney General to provide a written explanation for any determination that a state's laws are adequate to prevent possession of such permit or license by persons who would be denied such permit in the Commonwealth.
FULL TEXT
- 01/08/24 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104641D pdf | impact statement
- 03/25/24 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB466ER) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- Senate amendments
- Senate amendments engrossed
- Governor's veto explanation
HISTORY
- 01/08/24 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104641D
- 01/08/24 House: Referred to Committee on Public Safety
- 01/16/24 House: Assigned PS sub: Firearms
- 01/18/24 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 3-N)
- 01/19/24 House: Reported from Public Safety (12-Y 9-N)
- 01/23/24 House: Read first time
- 01/24/24 House: Read second time and engrossed
- 01/25/24 House: Passed by for the day
- 01/26/24 House: Read third time and passed House (50-Y 45-N)
- 01/26/24 House: VOTE: Passage (50-Y 45-N)
- 01/29/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 01/29/24 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/26/24 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (9-Y 5-N)
- 02/26/24 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/28/24 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (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 (HB466ER)
- 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