republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1849.md

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Bill	Concealed handgun permit; permit requirements.	Provides that a concealed handgun permit shall be of a size comparable to a Virginia driver's license and may be laminated or use a similar process to protect the permit. Current law requires that the permit be no larger than two inches wide by three and one-fourth inches long.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	HB 1849	Virginia HB 1849 (2017)	bill	Crimes and Offenses Generally Weapons	enacted	C. Todd Gilbert	3	15	6	2017-01-10	2017-02-17	openstates	ocd-bill/1b1bfa15-0c14-4e5f-b154-26b7f7cfd000	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1849	449d722500a6ec169f7418c83e99fef1a5c211ce5dbb5bda98d6beb060414a15	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1849 (2017) — Concealed handgun permit; permit requirements.

Provides that a concealed handgun permit shall be of a size comparable to a Virginia driver's license and may be laminated or use a similar process to protect the permit. Current law requires that the permit be no larger than two inches wide by three and one-fourth inches long.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0047) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1849ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102314D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 99–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Militia, Police and Public Safety — 19–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Courts of Justice — 15–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 5–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• C. Todd Gilbert — primary (person)
• Ronald A. Villanueva — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102314D introduction
• 2017-01-10 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 and engrossed reading-2
• 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
• 2017-02-08 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-10 Enrolled
• 2017-02-10 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-13 Signed by President
• 2017-02-13 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/13/17
• 2017-02-13 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 20, 2017
• 2017-02-17 Approved by Governor-Chapter 47 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1b1bfa15-0c14-4e5f-b154-26b7f7cfd000. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).