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Handguns; limitation on purchases, penalty.

Purchase of handguns; limitation on handgun purchases; penalty. Prohibits any person who is not a licensed firearms dealer from purchasing more than one handgun in a 30-day period and establishes such an offense as a Class 1 misdemeanor. The bill exempts from this provision (i) persons who have been issued a certificate by the Department of State Police under certain circumstances and with an enhanced background check, (ii) law-enforcement agencies and officers, (iii) state and local correctional facilities, (iv) licensed private security companies, (v) persons who hold a valid Virginia concealed handgun permit, (vi) persons whose handgun has been stolen or irretrievably lost or who are trading in a handgun, (vii) purchases of handguns in a private sale, and (viii) purchases of antique firearms. This bill incorporates SB 22. This bill is identical to HB 812.

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Virginia General Assembly

2020

SB 69

Virginia SB 69 (2020)

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enacted

Mamie E. Locke

2019-11-22

2020-04-09

openstates

ocd-bill/828c8c4b-69a3-481a-87d1-bba6c40a9788

https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB69

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https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump

2026-07-06

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Virginia SB 69 (2020) — Handguns; limitation on purchases, penalty.

Version chain

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

Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0992) (committee substitute) — source
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB69ER) (committee substitute) — source
Impact statement from VCSC (SB69) (committee substitute) — source
Impact statement from VCSC (SB69H1) (committee substitute) — source
Impact statement from VCSC (SB69S1) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

House substitute rejected by Senate (1-Y 39-N) — 1–39 (fail) · upper
Senate acceded to request (23-Y 17-N) — 23–17 (pass) · upper
Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 19-N) — 21–19 (pass) · upper
Reported from Public Safety with substitute (13-Y 9-N) — 13–9 (pass) · lower
Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
VOTE: Passage (53-Y 47-N) — 52–47 (pass) · lower
Reported from Judiciary with substitute (9-Y 5-N) — 9–5 (pass) · upper
VOTE: Adoption (52-Y 47-N) — 51–47 (pass) · lower
Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N) — 21–19 (pass) · upper

Timeline

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

2019-11-22 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101200D introduction
2019-11-22 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary referral-committee
2019-11-27 Impact statement from VCSC (SB69)
2020-01-08 Moved from Courts of Justice to Judiciary due to a change of the committee name
2020-01-13 Reported from Judiciary with substitute (9-Y 5-N) committee-passage
2020-01-13 Incorporates SB22 (Saslaw)
2020-01-13 Committee substitute printed 20105654D-S1 substitution
2020-01-14 Impact statement from VCSC (SB69S1)
2020-01-14 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2020-01-15 Impact statement from DPB (SB69S1)
2020-01-15 Read second time reading-2
2020-01-15 Reading of substitute waived
2020-01-15 Committee substitute agreed to 20105654D-S1
2020-01-15 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB69S1
2020-01-16 Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-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 20108288D-H1 substitution
2020-02-18 Impact statement from VCSC (SB69H1)
2020-02-18 Impact statement from DPB (SB69H1)
2020-02-18 Read second time reading-2
2020-02-19 Read third time reading-3
2020-02-19 Committee substitute agreed to 20108288D-H1
2020-02-19 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB69H1
2020-02-19 Passed House with substitute (53-Y 47-N) passage
2020-02-19 VOTE: Passage (53-Y 47-N)
2020-02-21 Passed by for the day
2020-02-24 House substitute rejected by Senate (1-Y 39-N)
2020-02-25 House insisted on substitute
2020-02-25 House requested conference committee
2020-02-27 Senate acceded to request (23-Y 17-N)
2020-02-27 Conferees appointed by Senate
2020-02-28 Conferees appointed by House
2020-03-05 Amended by conference committee
2020-03-05 Conference report agreed to by House (52-Y 47-N)
2020-03-05 VOTE: Adoption (52-Y 47-N)
2020-03-07 Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 19-N)
2020-03-18 Enrolled
2020-03-18 Signed by President
2020-03-19 Signed by Speaker
2020-03-20 Impact statement from DPB (SB69ER)
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 992 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/828c8c4b-69a3-481a-87d1-bba6c40a9788. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).

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