republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-2325.md

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Bill	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.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	HB 2325	Virginia HB 2325 (2017)	bill	Crimes and Offenses Generally Weapons	enacted	C. Matthew Fariss	4	17	6	2017-01-13	2017-02-23	openstates	ocd-bill/f18ae502-60c8-4d2c-8c14-35ad1357e32a	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB2325	761e3b20daf06010807b9b13678da5de763e28a6465948c7c1a28e7b9c852394	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2325ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Committee substitute printed 17104517D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Presented and ordered printed 17103590D (committee substitute) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/f18ae502-60c8-4d2c-8c14-35ad1357e32a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).