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type: "Bill"
title: "Concealed handgun permit fees; exemptions; retired probation and parole officers."
description: "Concealed handgun permit fees; exemptions; retired probation and parole officers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 889"
citation: "Virginia SB 889 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes and Offenses Generally", "Prisons and Other Methods of Correction", "Weapons"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["A. Benton \"Ben\" Chafin"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2016-12-20"
last_action: "2017-02-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0fdeedda-6f26-417e-b067-3afe6be4f545"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB889"
source_hash: "8e3e16ad7d1785c6c766193015fbd69608b2411f89c652b4e10ab00abfe5d2da"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia SB 889 (2017) — Concealed handgun permit fees; exemptions; retired probation and parole officers.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0241)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0241)
2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB889ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB889ER)
3. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100219D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB889)
## Votes
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **70** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **400** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Finance — **160** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Courts of Justice — **150** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate — **400** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **400** (pass) · legislature
- Passed House — **8513** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Militia, Police and Public Safety — **191** (pass) · legislature
## Sponsors
- A. Benton "Ben" Chafin — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2016-12-20** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100219D `introduction`
- **2016-12-20** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-23** Rereferred to Finance `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-02** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-06** Placed on Calendar
- **2017-02-06** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2017-02-06** Referred to Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-06** Assigned MPPS sub: #2 `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-13** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2017-02-14** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2017-02-14** Passed House (85-Y 13-N) `passage`
- **2017-02-16** Enrolled
- **2017-02-16** 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 241 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0fdeedda-6f26-417e-b067-3afe6be4f545`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).