republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/sb-173.md

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Bill	Stun weapons; prohibits possession on school property, exemptions.	Prohibition on possession of stun weapon on school property; exemptions. Allows the holder of a valid concealed handgun permit to possess a stun weapon on school property while in a motor vehicle in a parking lot, traffic circle, or other means of vehicular ingress or egress to the school. The bill also allows a stun weapon to be stored in a closed container in a motor vehicle while such vehicle is on school property.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	SB 173	Virginia SB 173 (2020)	bill		enacted	Emmett W. Hanger, Jr.	4	29	6	2019-12-20	2020-04-06	openstates	ocd-bill/0059e353-ce1f-4d75-8d5c-66397ce9a39d	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB173	38d42df745c69abee6c61faa3a8230029d7631991d9f75fe04bf830ba024c3a0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 173 (2020) — Stun weapons; prohibits possession on school property, exemptions.

Prohibition on possession of stun weapon on school property; exemptions. Allows the holder of a valid concealed handgun permit to possess a stun weapon on school property while in a motor vehicle in a parking lot, traffic circle, or other means of vehicular ingress or egress to the school. The bill also allows a stun weapon to be stored in a closed container in a motor vehicle while such vehicle is on school property.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0693) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB173ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by Senate as amended SB173E (committee substitute) — source
4. Engrossed by Senate as amended SB173E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Judiciary with amendments (13-Y 0-N) — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Public Safety (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Emmett W. Hanger, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-12-20 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101379D introduction
• 2019-12-20 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary referral-committee
• 2020-01-08 Moved from Courts of Justice to Judiciary due to a change of the committee name
• 2020-01-22 Reported from Judiciary with amendments (13-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-01-24 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2020-01-27 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-01-27 Reading of amendments waived
• 2020-01-27 Committee amendments agreed to
• 2020-01-27 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB173E
• 2020-01-27 Printed as engrossed 20101379D-E
• 2020-01-28 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-01-29 Impact statement from DPB (SB173E)
• 2020-02-03 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-02-03 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-03 Referred to Committee on Public Safety referral-committee
• 2020-02-13 Assigned PS sub: Firearms referral-committee
• 2020-02-18 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-21 Reported from Public Safety (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-25 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-26 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-26 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-02-26 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
• 2020-03-03 Enrolled
• 2020-03-03 Impact statement from DPB (SB173ER)
• 2020-03-03 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-03-04 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
• 2020-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 693 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0059e353-ce1f-4d75-8d5c-66397ce9a39d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).