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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Concealed handgun permit fees; exemptions; retired probation and parole officers."
+description: "Concealed handgun permit fees; exemptions; retired probation and parole officers."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "SB 889"
+citation: "Virginia SB 889 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Crimes and Offenses Generally", "Prisons and Other Methods of Correction", "Weapons"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["A. Benton \"Ben\" Chafin"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 8
+first_action: "2016-12-20"
+last_action: "2017-02-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0fdeedda-6f26-417e-b067-3afe6be4f545"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB889"
+source_hash: "8e3e16ad7d1785c6c766193015fbd69608b2411f89c652b4e10ab00abfe5d2da"
+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 889 (2017) — Concealed handgun permit fees; exemptions; retired probation and parole officers.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0241)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0241)
+2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB889ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB889ER)
+3. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100219D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB889)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Finance — **16–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Courts of Justice — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed House — **85–13** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Militia, Police and Public Safety — **19–1** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- A. Benton "Ben" Chafin — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-12-20** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100219D `introduction`
+- **2016-12-20** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-23** Rereferred to Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-02** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2017-02-06** Placed on Calendar
+- **2017-02-06** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2017-02-06** Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-06** Assigned MPPS sub: #2 `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-13** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2017-02-14** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-14** Passed House (85-Y 13-N) `passage`
+- **2017-02-16** Enrolled
+- **2017-02-16** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-02-17** Signed by President
+- **2017-02-17** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/17/17
+- **2017-02-17** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 24, 2017
+- **2017-02-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 241 (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/0fdeedda-6f26-417e-b067-3afe6be4f545`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+