republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-264.md

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Bill	Concealed handgun permits; demonstration of competence, effective date.	Concealed handgun permits; demonstration of competence. Removes the option for concealed handgun permit applicants to demonstrate competence with a handgun by completing an electronic, video, or online course conducted by a state-certified or National Rifle Association-certified firearms instructor. The bill does not affect any in-person means of satisfying the requirement to demonstrate competence with a handgun under current law. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2021. This bill is identical to SB 263.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 264	Virginia HB 264 (2020)	bill		enacted	Alfonso H. Lopez	5	35	7	2019-12-30	2020-03-23	openstates	ocd-bill/945f6d1e-ea8a-4515-8810-8b2ffe837e50	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB264	ced890397aeeb7510c1047d87f482d6287b4ab750bdfd5548368862502d19908	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 264 (2020) — Concealed handgun permits; demonstration of competence, effective date.

Concealed handgun permits; demonstration of competence. Removes the option for concealed handgun permit applicants to demonstrate competence with a handgun by completing an electronic, video, or online course conducted by a state-certified or National Rifle Association-certified firearms instructor. The bill does not affect any in-person means of satisfying the requirement to demonstrate competence with a handgun under current law. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2021. This bill is identical to SB 263.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0390) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB264ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB264H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Impact statement from DPB (HB264) (committee substitute) — source
5. Impact statement from DPB (HB264S1) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N) — 5–3 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N) — 21–19 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (54-Y 46-N) — 53–46 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Adoption (52-Y 45-N) — 51–45 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Public Safety with substitute (13-Y 9-N) — 13–9 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Judiciary with substitute (9-Y 6-N) — 9–6 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Alfonso H. Lopez — primary (person)
• Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-12-30 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101680D introduction
• 2019-12-30 Referred to Committee on Public Safety referral-committee
• 2020-01-13 Impact statement from DPB (HB264)
• 2020-01-20 Assigned PS sub: Firearms referral-committee
• 2020-02-04 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N)
• 2020-02-07 Reported from Public Safety with substitute (13-Y 9-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-07 Committee substitute printed 20107665D-H1 substitution
• 2020-02-09 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-10 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-10 Committee substitute agreed to 20107665D-H1
• 2020-02-10 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB264H1
• 2020-02-11 Read third time and passed House (54-Y 46-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-11 VOTE: Passage (54-Y 46-N)
• 2020-02-11 Impact statement from DPB (HB264H1)
• 2020-02-12 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2020-02-12 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary referral-committee
• 2020-02-24 Reported from Judiciary with substitute (9-Y 6-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-24 Committee substitute printed 20108960D-S1 substitution
• 2020-02-25 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-25 Impact statement from DPB (HB264S1)
• 2020-02-26 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-26 Reading of substitute waived
• 2020-02-26 Committee substitute agreed to 20108960D-S1
• 2020-02-26 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB264S1
• 2020-02-26 Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N) passage
• 2020-02-28 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-02-28 Senate substitute agreed to by House 20108960D-S1 (52-Y 45-N)
• 2020-02-28 VOTE: Adoption (52-Y 45-N)
• 2020-03-05 Enrolled
• 2020-03-05 Impact statement from DPB (HB264ER)
• 2020-03-06 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-03-06 Signed by President
• 2020-03-12 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
• 2020-03-12 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
• 2020-03-23 Approved by Governor-Chapter 390 (effective 1/1/21) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/945f6d1e-ea8a-4515-8810-8b2ffe837e50. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).