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| Bill | Family day homes, licensed, etc.; storage of unloaded firearms in a locked container, cabinet, etc. | Family day homes; storage of firearms. Requires that during hours of operation, all firearms in a licensed family day home, registered family day home, or family day home approved by a family day system be stored unloaded in a locked container, compartment, or cabinet, and that all ammunition be stored in a separate locked container, compartment, or cabinet. The bill requires that the key or combination to such locked containers, compartments, or cabinets be inaccessible to all children in the home. This bill is identical to SB 593. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2020 | HB 600 | Virginia HB 600 (2020) |
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Virginia HB 600 (2020) — Family day homes, licensed, etc.; storage of unloaded firearms in a locked container, cabinet, etc.
Family day homes; storage of firearms. Requires that during hours of operation, all firearms in a licensed family day home, registered family day home, or family day home approved by a family day system be stored unloaded in a locked container, compartment, or cabinet, and that all ammunition be stored in a separate locked container, compartment, or cabinet. The bill requires that the key or combination to such locked containers, compartments, or cabinets be inaccessible to all children in the home. This bill is identical to SB 593.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0910) (committee substitute) — source
- Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB600ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Impact statement from DPB (HB600) (committee substitute) — source
- Impact statement from DPB (HB600H1) (committee substitute) — source
- Impact statement from DPB (HB600S1) (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- VOTE: Adoption (55-Y 44-N) — 54–44 (pass) · lower
- Senate insisted on substitute (24-Y 16-N) — 24–16 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (14-Y 1-N) — 14–1 (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate with substitute (27-Y 12-N) — 27–12 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: REJECTED (1-Y 98-N) — 1–97 (fail) · lower
- Rereferred from Judiciary (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Public Safety (13-Y 9-N) — 13–9 (pass) · lower
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (24-Y 16-N) — 24–16 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (54-Y 45-N) — 53–45 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N) — 6–2 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Patrick A. Hope — primary (person)
- Jeffrey M. Bourne — cosponsor (person)
- Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2020-01-06 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102002D
introduction - 2020-01-06 Referred to Committee on Public Safety
referral-committee - 2020-01-15 Impact statement from DPB (HB600)
- 2020-02-03 Assigned PS sub: Firearms
referral-committee - 2020-02-04 Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N)
- 2020-02-07 Reported from Public Safety (13-Y 9-N)
committee-passage - 2020-02-09 Read first time
reading-1 - 2020-02-10 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2020-02-11 Read third time and passed House (54-Y 45-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2020-02-11 VOTE: Passage (54-Y 45-N)
- 2020-02-12 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2020-02-12 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
referral-committee - 2020-02-17 Rereferred from Judiciary (14-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-17 Rereferred to Rehabilitation and Social Services
referral-committee - 2020-02-21 Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with substitute (14-Y 1-N)
committee-passage - 2020-02-21 Committee substitute printed 20108813D-S1
substitution - 2020-02-21 Impact statement from DPB (HB600S1)
- 2020-02-24 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-25 Read third time
reading-3 - 2020-02-25 Reading of substitute waived
- 2020-02-25 Committee substitute agreed to 20108813D-S1
- 2020-02-25 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB600S1
- 2020-02-25 Passed Senate with substitute (27-Y 12-N)
passage - 2020-02-27 Placed on Calendar
- 2020-02-27 Senate substitute rejected by House 20108813D-S1 (1-Y 98-N)
- 2020-02-27 VOTE: REJECTED (1-Y 98-N)
- 2020-03-02 Senate insisted on substitute (24-Y 16-N)
- 2020-03-02 Senate requested conference committee
- 2020-03-03 House acceded to request
- 2020-03-03 Conferees appointed by House
- 2020-03-04 Conferees appointed by Senate
- 2020-03-05 Amended by conference committee
- 2020-03-05 Conference substitute printed 20109752D-H1
- 2020-03-07 Conference report agreed to by Senate (24-Y 16-N)
- 2020-03-07 Conference report agreed to by House (55-Y 44-N)
- 2020-03-07 VOTE: Adoption (55-Y 44-N)
- 2020-03-09 Impact statement from DPB (HB600H1)
- 2020-03-18 Enrolled
- 2020-03-18 Signed by President
- 2020-03-19 Signed by Speaker
- 2020-03-20 Impact statement from DPB (HB600ER)
- 2020-03-20 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 20, 2020
- 2020-03-20 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- 2020-04-09 Approved by Governor-Chapter 910 (effective 7/1/20)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/579bfd08-33b1-4c84-921b-ebc2a6c3d1ae. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).