---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concealed handgun permits; demonstration of competence."
description: "Concealed handgun permits; demonstration of competence; emergency. Provides that any applicant for a concealed handgun permit who completed an online course to demonstrate competence with a handgun and contacted the circuit court clerk's office prior to January 1, 2021, but was prohibited from appearing in person at a circuit court clerk's office because of COVID-19 restrictions is eligible to apply for such permit through April 30, 2021. The bill contains an emergency clause."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 2310"
citation: "Virginia HB 2310 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris S. Runion"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 28
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-01-20"
last_action: "2021-03-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/caf2b264-839b-4884-a5af-a653ce99fa94"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB2310"
source_hash: "36553eed153d8c00c0e7aa9723de95ef936ccf8ce6d1392b3381888f067fc979"
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 2310 (2021) — Concealed handgun permits; demonstration of competence.

Concealed handgun permits; demonstration of competence; emergency. Provides that any applicant for a concealed handgun permit who completed an online course to demonstrate competence with a handgun and contacted the circuit court clerk's office prior to January 1, 2021, but was prohibited from appearing in person at a circuit court clerk's office because of COVID-19 restrictions is eligible to apply for such permit through April 30, 2021. The bill contains an emergency clause.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0085** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0085)
2. **Committee substitute printed 21104074D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2310H1)
3. **HB2310ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2310ER)
4. **Presented and ordered printed with emergency clause 21102421D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2310)

## Votes

- Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Public Safety with substitute (15-Y 4-N) — **15–4** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Judiciary (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage Emergency (81-Y 17-N) — **81–16** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chris S. Runion — primary (person)
- Tony O. Wilt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-20** Presented and ordered printed with emergency clause 21102421D `introduction`
- **2021-01-20** Referred to Committee on Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-22** Impact statement from DPB (HB2310)
- **2021-01-25** Assigned PS sub: Firearms `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-29** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2021-01-29** Reported from Public Safety with substitute (15-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-29** Committee substitute printed 21104074D-H1 `substitution`
- **2021-01-29** Impact statement from DPB (HB2310H1)
- **2021-02-01** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2021-02-02** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-02-02** Committee substitute agreed to 21104074D-H1
- **2021-02-02** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2310H1
- **2021-02-03** Read third time and passed House (81-Y 17-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-03** VOTE: Passage Emergency (81-Y 17-N)
- **2021-02-04** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2021-02-04** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-05** Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Judiciary (14-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-10** Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-12** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-15** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-15** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-19** Enrolled
- **2021-02-19** Impact statement from DPB (HB2310ER)
- **2021-02-19** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-02-22** Signed by President
- **2021-02-24** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 24, 2021
- **2021-02-24** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- **2021-03-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 85 (effective 3/11/21) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/caf2b264-839b-4884-a5af-a653ce99fa94`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).