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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Firearms shows; mandatory background check."
+description: "Firearms shows; mandatory background check.Requires the Department of State Police to perform a criminal history record information check on the prospective purchaser ortransferee prior to the completion of any firearms transaction ata firearms show held in the Commonwealth. Current law requires theDepartment of State Police to be available at every firearms showheld in the Commonwealth to perform criminal history record informationchecks but does not require such checks to be performed unless requestedby a party involved in the transaction."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "SB 543"
+citation: "Virginia SB 543 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["John S. Edwards"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 23
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2020-01-07"
+last_action: "2020-04-07"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/072c222a-036b-400d-93c5-5bae4d1ecab5"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB543"
+source_hash: "7e5a4b2bccdab4728c37da70ff4cdd7b344368259579e5ded9d996a11c9dd361"
+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 543 (2020) — Firearms shows; mandatory background check.
+
+Firearms shows; mandatory background check.Requires the Department of State Police to perform a criminal history record information check on the prospective purchaser ortransferee prior to the completion of any firearms transaction ata firearms show held in the Commonwealth. Current law requires theDepartment of State Police to be available at every firearms showheld in the Commonwealth to perform criminal history record informationchecks but does not require such checks to be performed unless requestedby a party involved in the transaction.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0828)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0828)
+2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB543ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB543ER)
+3. **Impact statement from DPB (SB543)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB543)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+- VOTE: Passage (54-Y 44-N) — **53–44** (pass) · lower
+- Reported from Judiciary (8-Y 5-N) — **8–5** (pass) · upper
+- Read third time and passed Senate (26-Y 14-N) — **26–14** (pass) · upper
+- Reported from Public Safety (15-Y 7-N) — **15–7** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- John S. Edwards — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101849D `introduction`
+- **2020-01-07** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-08** Moved from Courts of Justice to Judiciary due to a change of the committee name
+- **2020-01-22** Impact statement from DPB (SB543)
+- **2020-02-05** Reported from Judiciary (8-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2020-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
+- **2020-02-10** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2020-02-11** Read third time and passed Senate (26-Y 14-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2020-02-18** Placed on Calendar
+- **2020-02-18** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2020-02-18** Referred to Committee on Public Safety `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-28** Reported from Public Safety (15-Y 7-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2020-03-03** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2020-03-04** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2020-03-04** Passed House (54-Y 44-N) `passage`
+- **2020-03-04** VOTE: Passage (54-Y 44-N)
+- **2020-03-07** Enrolled
+- **2020-03-07** Signed by President
+- **2020-03-08** Signed by Speaker
+- **2020-03-09** Impact statement from DPB (SB543ER)
+- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
+- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
+- **2020-04-07** Approved by Governor-Chapter 828 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/072c222a-036b-400d-93c5-5bae4d1ecab5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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