republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/sb-904.md

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Bill	VWC; permits commissioners and deputy commissioners to carry a concealed weapon.	Provides an exception from the prohibition against carrying a weapon into courthouses in the Commonwealth for a commissioner or deputy commissioner of the Workers' Compensation Commission while in the conduct of official duties.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	SB 904	Virginia SB 904 (2017)	bill	Crimes and Offenses Generally Weapons Workers' Compensation	enacted	Mark D. Obenshain	5	23	6	2016-12-22	2017-03-24	openstates	ocd-bill/2397a440-b660-41ce-984a-4dd6dde00be4	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB904	f221b4ab11cd0ba88d3e507bb4b7238d84e94e028afb7195bad9bd24484dafe8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 904 (2017) — VWC; permits commissioners and deputy commissioners to carry a concealed weapon.

Provides an exception from the prohibition against carrying a weapon into courthouses in the Commonwealth for a commissioner or deputy commissioner of the Workers' Compensation Commission while in the conduct of official duties.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0761) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Committee substitute printed 17105645D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB904ER) (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate: Committee substitute printed 17104400D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
5. Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100985D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Militia, Police and Public Safety with substitute — 15–7 (pass) · legislature
• Passed House with substitute — 61–36 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• House substitute agreed to by Senate — 38–2 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — 13–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Mark D. Obenshain — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-12-22 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100985D introduction
• 2016-12-22 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2017-01-30 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-01-30 Reading of substitute waived
• 2017-01-30 Committee substitute agreed to 17104400D-S1
• 2017-01-30 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB904S1
• 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
• 2017-02-10 Assigned MPPS sub: #1 referral-committee
• 2017-02-16 Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote
• 2017-02-20 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-21 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-21 Committee substitute agreed to 17105645D-H1
• 2017-02-21 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB904H1
• 2017-02-21 Passed House with substitute (61-Y 36-N) passage
• 2017-02-22 Title replaced 17105645D-H1
• 2017-03-07 Enrolled
• 2017-03-07 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-03-10 Signed by President
• 2017-03-13 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 3/13/17
• 2017-03-13 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
• 2017-03-24 Approved by Governor-Chapter 761 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2397a440-b660-41ce-984a-4dd6dde00be4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).