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Virginia · 2025 Regular Session
HB1797Concealed handgun permits; reciprocity with other states.
Direction
FirearmscarryAI label
↓Restricts gun accessmodel confidence 90%
Changes Virginia's reciprocity rules to recognize out-of-state concealed handgun permits only if the issuing state's requirements are adequate to prevent possession by persons who would be denied a Virginia permit, requires the state to review and revoke existing reciprocity agreements that do not,
except for the age of the permit or license holder and the type of weapon authorized to be carried, the requirements and qualifications of that state's law are adequate to prevent possession of a permit or license by persons who would be denied a permit in the Commonwealth under this article.
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill amends Virginia's concealed handgun permit reciprocity statute by deleting several prior conditions for recognizing out-of-state permits (instant verification, photo ID display, no prior Virginia revocation) and replacing them with a new test that the other state's requirements must be adequate to prevent issuance to persons who would be denied in Virginia; it also mandates review and revocation of existing reciprocity agreements that fail the new test. This has mixed effects on the ability to carry: the removal of verification/ID/revocation barriers expands recognition for many outof
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Hearings and calendar
2025-01-17 08:00 · Hearing · House Public Safety Committee Hearing House Committee Room A - 008
2025-02-10 08:00 · Hearing · Senate Courts of Justice Hearing Senate Room A, Room 305, General Assembly Building
2025-02-12 09:00 · Hearing · Senate Finance and Appropriations Hearing Senate Room A, Room 305, General Assembly Building
Votes
Date
Chamber
Motion
Yea-Nay
2025-01-17
H
Reported from Public Safety with amendment(s) (12-Y 10-N)
12-10
Passed
2025-01-23
H
Read third time and passed House (49-Y 47-N)
49-47
Passed
2025-02-10
S
Reported from Courts of Justice and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 6-N)
9-6
Passed
2025-02-12
S
Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (10-Y 5-N)
10-5
Passed
2025-02-13
S
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)