republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-2308.md

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Bill	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	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	HB 2308	Virginia HB 2308 (2017)	bill	Crimes and Offenses Generally Police Weapons	enacted	Thomas C. Wright, Jr.	3	22	7	2017-01-12	2017-02-20	openstates	ocd-bill/da380868-c1cf-4f85-afe7-48b8c2c5e277	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB2308	f902511b10e8df7da2d53b21092f4eb4fd48839ed285823f9fd668efa613bc6b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 2308 (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 (CHAP0101) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2308ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Presented and ordered printed 17103295D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 5–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments — 15–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate with amendments — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House — 74–25 (pass) · legislature
• Senate amendments agreed to by House — 84–10 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Militia, Police and Public Safety — 15–4 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Thomas C. Wright, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-12 Presented and ordered printed 17103295D introduction
• 2017-01-12 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 (74-Y 25-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
• 2017-02-08 Reading of amendments waived
• 2017-02-08 Committee amendments agreed to
• 2017-02-08 Reading of amendments waived
• 2017-02-08 Amendments by Senator Obenshain agreed to amendment-passage
• 2017-02-08 Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 2017-02-10 Placed on Calendar
• 2017-02-10 Senate amendments agreed to by House (84-Y 10-N)
• 2017-02-13 Enrolled
• 2017-02-13 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-13 Signed by President
• 2017-02-14 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/14/17
• 2017-02-14 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 21, 2017
• 2017-02-20 Approved by Governor-Chapter 101 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/da380868-c1cf-4f85-afe7-48b8c2c5e277. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).