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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Concealed weapons; exceptions, penalty."
+description: "Concealed weapons; exceptions, penalty."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 2298"
+citation: "Virginia HB 2298 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ware"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 31
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2023-01-11"
+last_action: "2023-03-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4910aab9-ce9a-4f62-9bcc-61082129a585"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2298"
+source_hash: "8965dca665f00f70f4e843a457803745752bcf73c9be836fd6562954da0569f7"
+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 HB 2298 (2023) — Concealed weapons; exceptions, penalty.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **CHAP0611** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0611)
+2. **HB2298ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2298ER)
+3. **Presented and ordered printed 23103436D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2298)
+
+## Votes
+
+- VOTE: Passage (66-Y 32-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- Reported from Courts of Justice (16-Y 4-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- Reported from Judiciary with amendment (12-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- VOTE: Adoption (61-Y 32-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ware — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-11** Presented and ordered printed 23103436D `introduction`
+- **2023-01-11** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-26** Impact statement from DPB (HB2298)
+- **2023-01-28** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-30** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N)
+- **2023-02-03** Reported from Courts of Justice (16-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2023-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2023-02-06** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-07** Read third time and passed House (66-Y 32-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-02-07** VOTE: Passage (66-Y 32-N) `passage`
+- **2023-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2023-02-08** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-20** Reported from Judiciary with amendment (12-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2023-02-21** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
+- **2023-02-22** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2023-02-22** Reading of amendment waived
+- **2023-02-22** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-02-22** Engrossed by Senate as amended
+- **2023-02-22** Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2023-02-23** Passed by temporarily until after House recess
+- **2023-02-23** Senate amendment agreed to by House (61-Y 32-N) `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-02-23** VOTE: Adoption (61-Y 32-N)
+- **2023-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2023-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2298ER) `passage`
+- **2023-03-08** Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2023-03-08** Signed by President `passage`
+- **2023-03-09** Impact statement from DPB (HB2298ER)
+- **2023-03-13** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 13, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-26** Approved by Governor-Chapter 611 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
+- **2023-03-26** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0611)
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4910aab9-ce9a-4f62-9bcc-61082129a585`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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