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Virginia · 2025 Regular Session
HB2145Firearms; purchase special identification without a photograph.
Direction
Firearmspurchase background checksAI label
↑Expands gun accessmodel confidence 90%
Allows use of a special identification card without a photograph (issued under § 46.2-345.2) to establish identification and Virginia residency for firearm purchases from dealers, and exempts renewed such cards from the 30-day waiting period after original issue that applies to new photo IDs.
To establish personal identification and residence in Virginia for purposes of this section, a dealer must require any prospective purchaser to present one photo-identification form issued by a governmental agency of the Commonwealth or by the United States Department of Defense or a special identification card without a photograph issued pursuant to § 46.2-345.2 that demonstrates that the prospective purchaser resides in Virginia.
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill amends Virginia's dealer background-check and ID requirements for firearm purchases by adding special non-photo ID cards as an acceptable form of identification to prove residency (expanding options for buyers who cannot or do not use photo IDs) and by deleting the prior exclusion of renewed non-photo cards from the 30-day waiting-period exception (further expanding access by removing a prior restriction on using renewed non-photo IDs). No other listed topics are substantively addressed.
Related bills
HB217Assault firearms & certain ammunition feeding devices; purchase, sale, etc., prohibited, penalties.↓Restricts gun access↓Restricts gun access Law
SB749Assault firearms & certain ammunition feeding devices; purchase, sale, etc., prohibited, penalties.↓Restricts gun access↓Restricts gun access Law
HB1015Firearms, etc.; carrying concealed weapon by persons convicted of misdemeanor hate crime prohibited.↓Restricts gun access↓Restricts gun access Law
HB1525Firearms, certain; definitions, possession, transportation, or purchase by certain persons, penalty.↓Restricts gun access↓Restricts gun access Law
Hearings and calendar
2025-01-23 16:00 · Hearing · House Public Safety - Firearms Committee Hearing House North Subcommittee Room - 200
Votes
Date
Chamber
Motion
Yea-Nay
2025-01-23
H
Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (8-Y 0-N)