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type: "Bill"
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title: "Firearms; purchase, possession, or transportation."
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description: "Provides that any person who is not a resident of the Commonwealth and who is prohibited from purchasing, possessing, or transporting any firearm in the Commonwealth due to an acquittal by reason of insanity, being adjudicated mentally incompetent or incapacitated, or being involuntarily admitted or ordered to outpatient treatment may petition for the restoration of such rights in the general district court of the city or county in which the most recent of such proceedings occurred. Current law provides that a person so prohibited may petition for the restoration of such rights in the general district court of the city or county in which he resides."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "HB 2429"
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citation: "Virginia HB 2429 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Behavioral Health and Developmental Services", "Crimes and Offenses Generally", "Weapons"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Israel D. O'Quinn"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2017-01-19"
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last_action: "2017-03-16"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c958f517-a678-4e94-a160-e32ad571ef0b"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB2429"
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source_hash: "725a4f42f96f8e259c35e01e5be29dc996466619e180e41aaf19a918abe6ac97"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 2429 (2017) — Firearms; purchase, possession, or transportation.
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Provides that any person who is not a resident of the Commonwealth and who is prohibited from purchasing, possessing, or transporting any firearm in the Commonwealth due to an acquittal by reason of insanity, being adjudicated mentally incompetent or incapacitated, or being involuntarily admitted or ordered to outpatient treatment may petition for the restoration of such rights in the general district court of the city or county in which the most recent of such proceedings occurred. Current law provides that a person so prohibited may petition for the restoration of such rights in the general district court of the city or county in which he resides.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0516)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0516)
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2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2429ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2429ER)
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3. **House: Committee substitute printed 17104704D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2429H1)
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4. **House: Presented and ordered printed 17104501D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2429)
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## Votes
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- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **10–1** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — **19–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed Senate — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Courts of Justice — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Israel D. O'Quinn — primary (person)
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- Terry G. Kilgore — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-19** Presented and ordered printed 17104501D `introduction`
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- **2017-01-19** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-24** Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-04** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-06** Committee substitute agreed to 17104704D-H1
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- **2017-02-06** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2429H1
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- **2017-02-07** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2017-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2017-02-08** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-23** Enrolled
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- **2017-02-23** Signed by Speaker
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- **2017-02-24** Signed by President
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- **2017-02-28** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/28/17
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- **2017-02-28** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
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- **2017-03-16** Approved by Governor-Chapter 516 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c958f517-a678-4e94-a160-e32ad571ef0b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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