republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/sb-953.md

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Bill	Muzzleloader firearms; definition.	Incorporates the Virginia criminal law definition of a muzzleloader into the current statutory definitions of muzzleloading pistol, muzzleloading rifle, and muzzleloading shotgun located in Title 29.1 (Game, Inland Fisheries and Boating).	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	SB 953	Virginia SB 953 (2017)	bill	Game Inland Fisheries and Boating Weapons	enacted	Frank M. Ruff, Jr.	3	18	7	2016-12-31	2017-02-23	openstates	ocd-bill/b43dd62e-c30e-4b6f-9c24-3657147bf8b8	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB953	6cf545c4eed788f4c92cd69b431662d5b9ae23697db60131c8bfc55d258d428b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 953 (2017) — Muzzleloader firearms; definition.

Incorporates the Virginia criminal law definition of a muzzleloader into the current statutory definitions of muzzleloading pistol, muzzleloading rifle, and muzzleloading shotgun located in Title 29.1 (Game, Inland Fisheries and Boating).

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0161) (committee substitute) — source
2. Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB953ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102126D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE — 95–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources — 22–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources — 15–0 (pass) · legislature
• House amendment agreed to by Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Rereferred from Courts of Justice — 14–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Frank M. Ruff, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-12-31 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102126D introduction
• 2016-12-31 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2017-01-18 Rereferred to Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2017-01-31 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 Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2017-02-09 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-10 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-10 Amendment by Delegate Marshall, D.W. agreed to amendment-passage
• 2017-02-10 Engrossed by House as amended
• 2017-02-10 Passed House with amendment BLOCK VOTE (95-Y 0-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 161 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b43dd62e-c30e-4b6f-9c24-3657147bf8b8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).