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Bill Antique firearms; possession by nonviolent felons. Permits nonviolent felons to possess, transport, and carry muzzle-loading firearms and black powder in a quantity not exceeding five pounds if it is intended to be used solely for sporting, recreational, or cultural purposes in muzzle-loading firearms. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2017 SB 1533 Virginia SB 1533 (2017)
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Crimes and Offenses Generally
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Virginia SB 1533 (2017) — Antique firearms; possession by nonviolent felons.

Permits nonviolent felons to possess, transport, and carry muzzle-loading firearms and black powder in a quantity not exceeding five pounds if it is intended to be used solely for sporting, recreational, or cultural purposes in muzzle-loading firearms.

Version chain

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

  1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0767) (committee substitute) — source
  2. House: Committee substitute printed 17105395D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1533ER) (committee substitute) — source
  4. Senate: Presented and ordered printed 17103505D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • House substitute agreed to by Senate — 380 (pass) · legislature
  • Constitutional reading dispensed — 390 (pass) · legislature
  • Passed House with substitute — 944 (pass) · legislature
  • Reported from Militia, Police and Public Safety with substitute — 201 (pass) · legislature
  • Read third time and passed Senate — 400 (pass) · legislature
  • Reported from Courts of Justice — 140 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

  • Mark D. Obenshain — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2017-01-20 Presented and ordered printed 17103505D introduction
  • 2017-01-20 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
  • 2017-01-30 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 2017-02-03 Placed on Calendar
  • 2017-02-03 Read first time reading-1
  • 2017-02-03 Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety referral-committee
  • 2017-02-13 Read second time reading-2
  • 2017-02-14 Read third time reading-3
  • 2017-02-14 Committee substitute agreed to 17105395D-H1
  • 2017-02-14 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1533H1
  • 2017-02-14 Passed House with substitute (94-Y 4-N) passage
  • 2017-02-16 Title replaced 17105395D-H1
  • 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
  • 2017-03-27 Approved by Governor-Chapter 767 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/da7a1f0e-6cfb-440b-8cfb-cd959afe97c8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).