republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/sb-593.md

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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 HB 600.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	SB 593	Virginia SB 593 (2020)	bill		enacted	Emmett W. Hanger, Jr.	5	40	10	2020-01-07	2020-04-09	openstates	ocd-bill/36a5c20f-767c-44ae-9e86-941cd797a345	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB593	3e5833dc08ab7f0d7f101bfd419ae224cba09a264e570e60eaabb5e71a245492	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 593 (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 HB 600.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0911) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB593ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Impact statement from DPB (SB593) (committee substitute) — source
4. Impact statement from DPB (SB593H1) (committee substitute) — source
5. Impact statement from DPB (SB593S1) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N 1-A) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Public Safety with substitute (13-Y 9-N) — 13–9 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Adoption (53-Y 43-N) — 52–43 (pass) · lower
• Read third time and passed Senate (30-Y 10-N) — 30–10 (pass) · upper
• House substitute rejected by Senate (2-Y 37-N) — 2–37 (fail) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Conference report agreed to by Senate (24-Y 16-N) — 24–16 (pass) · upper
• Senate acceded to request (32-Y 8-N) — 32–8 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (54-Y 46-N) — 53–46 (pass) · lower
• Rereferred from Judiciary (12-Y 3-N) — 12–3 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

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

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101435D introduction
• 2020-01-07 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary referral-committee
• 2020-01-16 Impact statement from DPB (SB593)
• 2020-01-22 Rereferred from Judiciary (12-Y 3-N)
• 2020-01-22 Rereferred to Rehabilitation and Social Services referral-committee
• 2020-01-31 Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N 1-A) committee-passage
• 2020-02-03 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-04 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2020-02-05 Read third time and passed Senate (30-Y 10-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-13 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-02-13 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-13 Referred to Committee on Public Safety referral-committee
• 2020-02-14 Reported from Public Safety with substitute (13-Y 9-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-14 Committee substitute printed 20108290D-H1 substitution
• 2020-02-17 Impact statement from DPB (SB593H1)
• 2020-02-18 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-19 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-19 Committee substitute agreed to 20108290D-H1
• 2020-02-19 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB593H1
• 2020-02-19 Passed House with substitute (54-Y 46-N) passage
• 2020-02-19 VOTE: Passage (54-Y 46-N)
• 2020-02-21 House substitute rejected by Senate (2-Y 37-N)
• 2020-02-24 House insisted on substitute
• 2020-02-24 House requested conference committee
• 2020-02-26 Senate acceded to request (32-Y 8-N)
• 2020-02-26 Conferees appointed by Senate
• 2020-02-27 Conferees appointed by House
• 2020-03-05 Amended by conference committee
• 2020-03-05 Conference substitute printed 20109759D-S1
• 2020-03-07 Conference report agreed to by Senate (24-Y 16-N)
• 2020-03-08 Conference report agreed to by House (53-Y 43-N)
• 2020-03-08 VOTE: Adoption (53-Y 43-N)
• 2020-03-09 Impact statement from DPB (SB593S1)
• 2020-03-18 Enrolled
• 2020-03-18 Signed by President
• 2020-03-19 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-03-20 Impact statement from DPB (SB593ER)
• 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 911 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/36a5c20f-767c-44ae-9e86-941cd797a345. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).