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Virginia · 2025 Regular Session
SB849Nonresident concealed handgun permits; time limit for issuance.
Direction
FirearmscarryAI label
↑Expands gun accessmodel confidence 90%
Requires the state police to issue nonresident concealed handgun permits after 90 days if no disqualification is found within that period, so more nonresidents can carry concealed handguns without indefinite delays.
The nonresident concealed handgun permit shall be issued immediately after 90 days from receipt of the application if, within that 90-day period, the Department of State Police has not issued such permit or determined that the applicant is disqualified from receiving such permit.
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Firearmspurchase background checksAI label
↓Restricts gun accessmodel confidence 80%
Mandates fingerprint-based state and national criminal history checks for nonresident concealed handgun permit applicants, so more thorough screening before issuance.
As a condition for issuance of a concealed handgun permit, the applicant shall submit to fingerprinting by his local or state law-enforcement agency and provide personal descriptive information to be forwarded with the fingerprints through the Central Criminal Records Exchange to the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation for the purpose of obtaining criminal history record information regarding the applicant and obtaining fingerprint identification information from federal records pursuant to criminal investigations by state and local law-enforcement agencies.
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Filed (completed)
Committee
Passed one chamber
Passed both
Governor
Law
Status: Died (session ended)
Last action
2025-01-17: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (9-Y 6-N)
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill adds a 90-day issuance deadline for nonresident concealed handgun permits (expanding carry access by preventing indefinite delays) while retaining and detailing fingerprint-based federal and state background checks (restricting by ensuring screening). No other listed topics are substantively addressed.
Related bills
HB1035Public schools; school security and discipline, employment of school security officers, training.↑Expands gun access=No change to gun access Committee
HB229Weapons; possession prohibited in hospital that provides mental health or developmental services.↓Restricts gun access↓Restricts gun access Law
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
Hearings and calendar
2025-01-17 00:00 · Hearing · Senate Courts of Justice Hearing Senate Room A, Room 305, General Assembly Building
Votes
Date
Chamber
Motion
Yea-Nay
2025-01-17
S
Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (9-Y 6-N)