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+type: "Bill"
+title: "VWC; permits commissioners and deputy commissioners to carry a concealed weapon."
+description: "Provides an exception from the prohibition against carrying a weapon into courthouses in the Commonwealth for a commissioner or deputy commissioner of the Workers' Compensation Commission while in the conduct of official duties."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "SB 904"
+citation: "Virginia SB 904 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Crimes and Offenses Generally", "Weapons", "Workers' Compensation"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Mark D. Obenshain"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 23
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2016-12-22"
+last_action: "2017-03-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2397a440-b660-41ce-984a-4dd6dde00be4"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB904"
+source_hash: "f221b4ab11cd0ba88d3e507bb4b7238d84e94e028afb7195bad9bd24484dafe8"
+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 904 (2017) — VWC; permits commissioners and deputy commissioners to carry a concealed weapon.
+
+Provides an exception from the prohibition against carrying a weapon into courthouses in the Commonwealth for a commissioner or deputy commissioner of the Workers' Compensation Commission while in the conduct of official duties.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0761)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0761)
+2. **House: Committee substitute printed 17105645D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB904H1)
+3. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB904ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB904ER)
+4. **Senate: Committee substitute printed 17104400D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB904S1)
+5. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100985D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB904)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported from Militia, Police and Public Safety with substitute — **15–7** (pass) · legislature
+- Passed House with substitute — **61–36** (pass) · legislature
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Read third time and passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- House substitute agreed to by Senate — **38–2** (pass) · legislature
+- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Mark D. Obenshain — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-12-22** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100985D `introduction`
+- **2016-12-22** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-30** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2017-01-30** Reading of substitute waived
+- **2017-01-30** Committee substitute agreed to 17104400D-S1
+- **2017-01-30** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB904S1
+- **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`
+- **2017-02-10** Assigned MPPS sub: #1 `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-16** Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote
+- **2017-02-20** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2017-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2017-02-21** Committee substitute agreed to 17105645D-H1
+- **2017-02-21** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB904H1
+- **2017-02-21** Passed House with substitute (61-Y 36-N) `passage`
+- **2017-02-22** Title replaced 17105645D-H1
+- **2017-03-07** Enrolled
+- **2017-03-07** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-03-10** Signed by President
+- **2017-03-13** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 3/13/17
+- **2017-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
+- **2017-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 761 (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/2397a440-b660-41ce-984a-4dd6dde00be4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+