Passed Virginia Firearm Legislation HB2467
Legislation Overview
Title: Firearms; purchase, special identification without a photograph issued by DMV.
Subject: Crimes and Offenses Generally: Firearms
Description: Purchase of firearms; special identification without a photograph. Provides that to establish personal identification and residence in Virginia for the purposes of purchasing a firearm, a prospective purchaser may present a special identification card without a photograph issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles to a person with a sincerely held religious belief prohibiting the taking of a photograph.
Session: 2023 Regular Session
Last Action: Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0464)
Last Action Date: March 24, 2023
Sponsors
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3 sponsors: Chris Runion (R); Bill Wiley (R); Wren Williams (R);
Percentage of House Of Delegates sponsoring bill: 3% (3 of 100)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Mar 24, 2023 | Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0464) | |
| Mar 24, 2023 | Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 464 (effective 7/1/23) | |
| Mar 13, 2023 | Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 | |
| House | Mar 13, 2023 | Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 13, 2023 |
| House | Mar 8, 2023 | Signed by Speaker |
| Senate | Mar 8, 2023 | Signed by President |
| House | Mar 7, 2023 | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2467ER) |
| House | Mar 7, 2023 | Enrolled |
| Senate | Feb 22, 2023 | Read third time |
| Senate | Feb 22, 2023 | Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) |
| Senate | Feb 21, 2023 | Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) |
| Senate | Feb 20, 2023 | Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) |
| Senate | Feb 3, 2023 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
| Senate | Feb 3, 2023 | Referred to Committee on the Judiciary |
| House | Feb 2, 2023 | VOTE: Passage (73-Y 27-N) |
| House | Feb 2, 2023 | Read third time and passed House (73-Y 27-N) |
| House | Feb 1, 2023 | Read second time and engrossed |
| House | Jan 31, 2023 | Read first time |
| House | Jan 27, 2023 | Reported from Public Safety (13-Y 9-N) |
| House | Jan 26, 2023 | Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 1-N) |
| House | Jan 24, 2023 | Assigned PS sub: Subcommittee #1 |
| House | Jan 20, 2023 | Referred to Committee on Public Safety |
| House | Jan 20, 2023 | Presented and ordered printed 23103460D |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Chaptered | Mar 24, 2023 | state link | bill text |
| Enrolled | Mar 7, 2023 | state link | bill text |
| Introduced | Jan 20, 2023 | state link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
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Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
| Description | Vote Date | Yea Votes | Nay Votes | No Votes | Absent | Passed |
| House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 1-N) | 01/26/2023 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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| House: Reported from Public Safety (13-Y 9-N) | 01/27/2023 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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| House: VOTE: Passage (73-Y 27-N) | 02/2/2023 | 73 | 27 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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| Senate: Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) | 02/20/2023 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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| Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) | 02/21/2023 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Yes |
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| Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) | 02/22/2023 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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Link: link to state bill page
