republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-2424.md

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Bill	Concealed weapons; carrying of firearms by former attorneys for the Commonwealth, etc.	Exempts from the prohibition on carrying a concealed handgun a retired or resigned attorney for the Commonwealth or assistant attorney for the Commonwealth who (i) was not terminated for cause and served at least 10 years prior to his retirement or resignation; (ii) during the most recent 12-month period, has met, at his own expense, the standards for qualification in firearms training for active law-enforcement officers in the Commonwealth; (iii) carries with him written proof of consultation with and favorable review of the need to carry a concealed handgun issued by the attorney for the Commonwealth from whose office he retired or resigned; and (iv) meets the requirements of a "qualified retired law enforcement officer" pursuant to the federal Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act of 2004 (18 U.S.C. § 926C). The bill provides that a retired or resigned attorney for the Commonwealth or assistant attorney for the Commonwealth who has received such proof of consultation and favorable review shall have the opportunity to annually participate, at his expense, in the same training and testing to carry firearms as is required of active law-enforcement officers in the Commonwealth.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	HB 2424	Virginia HB 2424 (2017)	bill	Counties Cities and Towns Crimes and Offenses Generally Weapons	enacted	Jackson H. Miller	3	15	6	2017-01-19	2017-03-24	openstates	ocd-bill/19b18df7-5d9b-4be3-87fe-be8f4d189b2c	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB2424	cd30a37ff88adb346c7226e1069fc01e99ac80709fe0ba393709ec94b91bce57	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 2424 (2017) — Concealed weapons; carrying of firearms by former attorneys for the Commonwealth, etc.

Exempts from the prohibition on carrying a concealed handgun a retired or resigned attorney for the Commonwealth or assistant attorney for the Commonwealth who (i) was not terminated for cause and served at least 10 years prior to his retirement or resignation; (ii) during the most recent 12-month period, has met, at his own expense, the standards for qualification in firearms training for active law-enforcement officers in the Commonwealth; (iii) carries with him written proof of consultation with and favorable review of the need to carry a concealed handgun issued by the attorney for the Commonwealth from whose office he retired or resigned; and (iv) meets the requirements of a "qualified retired law enforcement officer" pursuant to the federal Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act of 2004 (18 U.S.C. § 926C). The bill provides that a retired or resigned attorney for the Commonwealth or assistant attorney for the Commonwealth who has received such proof of consultation and favorable review shall have the opportunity to annually participate, at his expense, in the same training and testing to carry firearms as is required of active law-enforcement officers in the Commonwealth.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0689) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2424ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Presented and ordered printed 17103842D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Courts of Justice — 13–1 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House — 83–14 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 2–1 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Militia, Police and Public Safety — 18–2 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 30–10 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Jackson H. Miller — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-19 Presented and ordered printed 17103842D introduction
• 2017-01-19 Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety referral-committee
• 2017-01-24 Assigned MPPS sub: #1 referral-committee
• 2017-02-04 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-02-06 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2017-02-07 Read third time and passed House (83-Y 14-N) passage, reading-3
• 2017-02-08 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2017-02-08 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2017-02-15 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-20 Enrolled
• 2017-02-20 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-21 Signed by President
• 2017-02-21 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
• 2017-02-21 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
• 2017-03-24 Approved by Governor-Chapter 689 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/19b18df7-5d9b-4be3-87fe-be8f4d189b2c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).