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| Bill | Firearms shows; mandatory background check. | Firearms shows; mandatory background check.Requires the Department of State Police to perform a criminal history record information check on the prospective purchaser ortransferee prior to the completion of any firearms transaction ata firearms show held in the Commonwealth. Current law requires theDepartment of State Police to be available at every firearms showheld in the Commonwealth to perform criminal history record informationchecks but does not require such checks to be performed unless requestedby a party involved in the transaction. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2020 | SB 543 | Virginia SB 543 (2020) |
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Virginia SB 543 (2020) — Firearms shows; mandatory background check.
Firearms shows; mandatory background check.Requires the Department of State Police to perform a criminal history record information check on the prospective purchaser ortransferee prior to the completion of any firearms transaction ata firearms show held in the Commonwealth. Current law requires theDepartment of State Police to be available at every firearms showheld in the Commonwealth to perform criminal history record informationchecks but does not require such checks to be performed unless requestedby a party involved in the transaction.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0828) (committee substitute) — source
- Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB543ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Impact statement from DPB (SB543) (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (54-Y 44-N) — 53–44 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Judiciary (8-Y 5-N) — 8–5 (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (26-Y 14-N) — 26–14 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Public Safety (15-Y 7-N) — 15–7 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- John S. Edwards — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2020-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101849D
introduction - 2020-01-07 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 Impact statement from DPB (SB543)
- 2020-02-05 Reported from Judiciary (8-Y 5-N)
committee-passage - 2020-02-07 Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-10 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2020-02-11 Read third time and passed Senate (26-Y 14-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2020-02-18 Placed on Calendar
- 2020-02-18 Read first time
reading-1 - 2020-02-18 Referred to Committee on Public Safety
referral-committee - 2020-02-28 Reported from Public Safety (15-Y 7-N)
committee-passage - 2020-03-03 Read second time
reading-2 - 2020-03-04 Read third time
reading-3 - 2020-03-04 Passed House (54-Y 44-N)
passage - 2020-03-04 VOTE: Passage (54-Y 44-N)
- 2020-03-07 Enrolled
- 2020-03-07 Signed by President
- 2020-03-08 Signed by Speaker
- 2020-03-09 Impact statement from DPB (SB543ER)
- 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
- 2020-04-07 Approved by Governor-Chapter 828 (effective 7/1/20)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/072c222a-036b-400d-93c5-5bae4d1ecab5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).