---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concealed handgun permit; application for permit requires photo identification."
description: "Requires applicants for a concealed handgun permit to present one valid form of government-issued photo identification issued by a governmental agency of the Commonwealth or by the U.S. Department of Defense or U.S. State Department (passport). The bill removes the requirement that the application be made under oath before a notary."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 2325"
citation: "Virginia HB 2325 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes and Offenses Generally", "Weapons"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["C. Matthew Fariss"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-01-13"
last_action: "2017-02-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f18ae502-60c8-4d2c-8c14-35ad1357e32a"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB2325"
source_hash: "761e3b20daf06010807b9b13678da5de763e28a6465948c7c1a28e7b9c852394"
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 2325 (2017) — Concealed handgun permit; application for permit requires photo identification.

Requires applicants for a concealed handgun permit to present one valid form of government-issued photo identification issued by a governmental agency of the Commonwealth or by the U.S. Department of Defense or U.S. State Department (passport). The bill removes the requirement that the application be made under oath before a notary.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0237)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0237)
2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2325ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2325ER)
3. **House: Committee substitute printed 17104517D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2325H1)
4. **House: Presented and ordered printed 17103590D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2325)

## Votes

- Reported from Courts of Justice — **14–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Militia, Police and Public Safety with substitute — **19–0** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **5–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- C. Matthew Fariss — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-13** Presented and ordered printed 17103590D `introduction`
- **2017-01-13** Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-17** Assigned MPPS sub: #1 `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-23** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2017-01-24** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2017-01-24** Committee substitute agreed to 17104517D-H1
- **2017-01-24** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2325H1
- **2017-01-25** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-01-26** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2017-01-26** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2017-02-15** Enrolled
- **2017-02-15** 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 237 (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/f18ae502-60c8-4d2c-8c14-35ad1357e32a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).