Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation HB695
Legislation Overview
Title: Concealed handgun permit; changes to types of firearms safety courses.
Subject: Crimes and Offenses Generally: Weapons
Description: Concealed handgun permit; firearms safety course; nonresident permits. Makes various changes to the types of training courses permitted to satisfy the requirement to display competence with a handgun to obtain a resident or nonresident concealed handgun permit, including (i) requiring that a National Rifle Association (NRA) or Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) course focus on the use and handling of a concealed handgun; (ii) requiring that a law-enforcement course be a handgun training course rather than a firearms safety course; and (iii) requiring that online NRA or DCJS training courses be synchronous. The bill also requires that applicants for a nonresident concealed handgun permit possess a valid concealed handgun permit from their state of residence and provide a copy of that permit with their application
Session: 2014 Regular Session
Last Action: Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety
Last Action Date: February 12, 2014
Sponsors
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1 sponsors: Luke E. Torian;
Percentage of House Of Delegates sponsoring bill: 1% (1 of 100)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Feb 12, 2014 | Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety |
| House | Jan 16, 2014 | Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote |
| House | Jan 14, 2014 | Assigned MPPS sub: Subcommittee #1 |
| House | Jan 7, 2014 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14102223D |
| House | Jan 7, 2014 | Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Prefiled | Jan 7, 2014 | state link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
There have not been any votes on this bill
Link: link to state bill page
