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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Antique firearms; possession by nonviolent felons."
+description: "Permits nonviolent felons to possess, transport, and carry muzzle-loading firearms and black powder in a quantity not exceeding five pounds if it is intended to be used solely for sporting, recreational, or cultural purposes in muzzle-loading firearms."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "SB 1533"
+citation: "Virginia SB 1533 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Crimes and Offenses Generally", "Weapons"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Mark D. Obenshain"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2017-01-20"
+last_action: "2017-03-27"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/da7a1f0e-6cfb-440b-8cfb-cd959afe97c8"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1533"
+source_hash: "cbc43ad5de98361d01c88d44ee712de876c6a4bfc22499004c5f8fa82b9f6212"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
+---
+
+# Virginia SB 1533 (2017) — Antique firearms; possession by nonviolent felons.
+
+Permits nonviolent felons to possess, transport, and carry muzzle-loading firearms and black powder in a quantity not exceeding five pounds if it is intended to be used solely for sporting, recreational, or cultural purposes in muzzle-loading firearms.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0767)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0767)
+2. **House: Committee substitute printed 17105395D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1533H1)
+3. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1533ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1533ER)
+4. **Senate: Presented and ordered printed 17103505D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1533)
+
+## Votes
+
+- House substitute agreed to by Senate — **38–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed House with substitute — **94–4** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Militia, Police and Public Safety with substitute — **20–1** (pass) · legislature
+- Read third time and passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Courts of Justice — **14–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Mark D. Obenshain — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-01-20** Presented and ordered printed 17103505D `introduction`
+- **2017-01-20** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-30** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2017-02-03** Placed on Calendar
+- **2017-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-02-03** Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-13** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2017-02-14** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-14** Committee substitute agreed to 17105395D-H1
+- **2017-02-14** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1533H1
+- **2017-02-14** Passed House with substitute (94-Y 4-N) `passage`
+- **2017-02-16** Title replaced 17105395D-H1
+- **2017-02-20** Enrolled
+- **2017-02-20** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-02-21** Signed by President
+- **2017-02-21** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
+- **2017-02-21** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
+- **2017-03-27** Approved by Governor-Chapter 767 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/da7a1f0e-6cfb-440b-8cfb-cd959afe97c8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+