---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concealed handgun; retired conservation officers may carry."
description: "Adds conservation officers retired from the Department of Conservation and Recreation to the list of retired persons eligible to carry a concealed handgun without a permit. This bill is identical to"
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 1465"
citation: "Virginia SB 1465 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes and Offenses Generally", "Police", "Weapons"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Charles W. Carrico, Sr."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-01-16"
last_action: "2017-02-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ff9b4337-5741-409a-b904-9719555c49c2"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1465"
source_hash: "ed4877305407a12837d90edc1097501077c9e515990361c83a65cc5c76c4c3a3"
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 1465 (2017) — Concealed handgun; retired conservation officers may carry.

Adds conservation officers retired from the Department of Conservation and Recreation to the list of retired persons eligible to carry a concealed handgun without a permit. This bill is identical to

## Version chain

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

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0243)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0243)
2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1465ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1465ER)
3. **Senate: Presented and ordered printed 17103345D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1465)

## Votes

- Reported from Militia, Police and Public Safety — **18–3** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Courts of Justice — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed House — **78–20** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Charles W. Carrico, Sr. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-16** Presented and ordered printed 17103345D `introduction`
- **2017-01-16** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-25** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-01-31** Placed on Calendar
- **2017-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2017-01-31** Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-13** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2017-02-14** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2017-02-14** Passed House (78-Y 20-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 243 (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/ff9b4337-5741-409a-b904-9719555c49c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).