Proposed Virginia Firearm Legislation SB608
Legislation Overview
Title: Concealed handgun permits, lifetime; Department of State Police to issue, penalty.
Description: Lifetime concealed handgun permits; Department of State Police to issue; penalty. Provides for the issuance of concealed handgun permits that do not expire to Virginia residents upon payment of a one-time fee of $100, except that the fee for a person currently holding an unexpired permit is $50. Currently, the fee for issuing such permits is $50, and the permits must be renewed every five years with an additional $50 fee charged each time. Such lifetime permits will include a photograph of the permittee. The bill also centralizes the issuance of concealed handgun permits with the Department of State Police; under current law, the circuit court clerk for the jurisdiction where the applicant resides issues such permits. The Department of State Police must issue a permit within 45 business days of receipt of a completed application, unless the applicant is disqualified, and a replacement permit within 30 business days of receipt of a notarized statement from the permittee that the permit was lost or stolen. Permittees must notify the Department of State Police within 30 business days of any change in their address. The bill also requires the Department of State Police to conduct periodic background checks during the lifetime of any permit issued in the Commonwealth, but no less than annually. The bill provides for a process by which a person whose permit application was denied or whose permit was revoked may appeal such determination. The Department of State Police will submit a report containing statistical information regarding the issuance of concealed handgun permits annually to the General Assembly. The bill also requires the Department of State Police to charge a fee of $25 for the issuance of a permit to certain retired non-Virginia law-enforcement personnel (currently no fee is charged), $200 for the issuance of a nonresident permit (currently $100), $10 for the issuance of a replacement permit (currently $10 due to an address change or $5 for a lost or destroyed permit), and $50 for the transference of a nonresident permit into a resident permit. Finally, the bill provides that any person who displays a permit that has been revoked or suspended knowing that such permit has been revoked or suspended is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor and is guilty of a Class 6 felony if he is simultaneously in possession of a concealed handgun. The bill does not alter current penalties for carrying a concealed handgun without a permit. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2015.
Session: 2015 Regular Session
Last Action: Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety
Last Action Date: December 4, 2014
Sponsors
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2 sponsors: Charles Carrico; Thomas Garrett
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 5% (2 of 40)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Dec 4, 2014 | Left in Militia, Police and Public Safety |
| House | Feb 28, 2014 | Continued to 2015 in Militia, Police and Public Safety by voice vote |
| House | Feb 13, 2014 | Placed on Calendar |
| House | Feb 13, 2014 | Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety |
| House | Feb 13, 2014 | Read first time |
| Senate | Feb 11, 2014 | Amendment by Senator Stuart withdrawn |
| Senate | Feb 11, 2014 | Passed Senate (37-Y 3-N) |
| Senate | Feb 11, 2014 | Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N 1-A) |
| Senate | Feb 11, 2014 | Engrossed by Senate as amended SB608S1 |
| Senate | Feb 11, 2014 | Read second time |
| Senate | Feb 10, 2014 | Engrossment reconsidered by Senate (40-Y 0-N) |
| Senate | Feb 10, 2014 | Passed by for the day |
| Senate | Feb 7, 2014 | Passed by for the day |
| Senate | Feb 6, 2014 | Read second time |
| Senate | Feb 6, 2014 | Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB608S1 |
| Senate | Feb 6, 2014 | Committee substitute agreed to 14104403D-S1 |
| Senate | Feb 6, 2014 | Reading of substitute waived |
| Senate | Feb 5, 2014 | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) |
| Senate | Feb 4, 2014 | Reported from Finance (17-Y 0-N) |
| Senate | Jan 27, 2014 | Rereferred to Finance |
| Senate | Jan 27, 2014 | Committee substitute printed 14104403D-S1 |
| Senate | Jan 27, 2014 | Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (14-Y 0-N) |
| Senate | Jan 13, 2014 | Presented and ordered printed 14103717D |
| Senate | Jan 13, 2014 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Comm Sub | Jan 27, 2014 | state link | bill text |
| Introduced | Jan 13, 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
Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
Senate: Reported from Finance (17-Y 0-N)
Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
Senate: Engrossment reconsidered by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N 1-A)
Senate: Passed Senate (37-Y 3-N)
Link: link to state bill page
