republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2021/hb-2310.md

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Bill	Concealed handgun permits; demonstration of competence.	Concealed handgun permits; demonstration of competence; emergency. Provides that any applicant for a concealed handgun permit who completed an online course to demonstrate competence with a handgun and contacted the circuit court clerk's office prior to January 1, 2021, but was prohibited from appearing in person at a circuit court clerk's office because of COVID-19 restrictions is eligible to apply for such permit through April 30, 2021. The bill contains an emergency clause.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2021	HB 2310	Virginia HB 2310 (2021)	bill		enacted	Chris S. Runion	4	28	6	2021-01-20	2021-03-11	openstates	ocd-bill/caf2b264-839b-4884-a5af-a653ce99fa94	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB2310	36553eed153d8c00c0e7aa9723de95ef936ccf8ce6d1392b3381888f067fc979	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 2310 (2021) — Concealed handgun permits; demonstration of competence.

Concealed handgun permits; demonstration of competence; emergency. Provides that any applicant for a concealed handgun permit who completed an online course to demonstrate competence with a handgun and contacted the circuit court clerk's office prior to January 1, 2021, but was prohibited from appearing in person at a circuit court clerk's office because of COVID-19 restrictions is eligible to apply for such permit through April 30, 2021. The bill contains an emergency clause.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0085 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 21104074D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB2310ER (committee substitute) — source
4. Presented and ordered printed with emergency clause 21102421D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Public Safety with substitute (15-Y 4-N) — 15–4 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Judiciary (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage Emergency (81-Y 17-N) — 81–16 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Chris S. Runion — primary (person)
• Tony O. Wilt — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-20 Presented and ordered printed with emergency clause 21102421D introduction
• 2021-01-20 Referred to Committee on Public Safety referral-committee
• 2021-01-22 Impact statement from DPB (HB2310)
• 2021-01-25 Assigned PS sub: Firearms referral-committee
• 2021-01-29 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2021-01-29 Reported from Public Safety with substitute (15-Y 4-N) committee-passage
• 2021-01-29 Committee substitute printed 21104074D-H1 substitution
• 2021-01-29 Impact statement from DPB (HB2310H1)
• 2021-02-01 Read first time reading-1
• 2021-02-02 Read second time reading-2
• 2021-02-02 Committee substitute agreed to 21104074D-H1
• 2021-02-02 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2310H1
• 2021-02-03 Read third time and passed House (81-Y 17-N) passage, reading-3
• 2021-02-03 VOTE: Passage Emergency (81-Y 17-N)
• 2021-02-04 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2021-02-04 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary referral-committee
• 2021-02-05 Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Judiciary (14-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-10 Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2021-02-12 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-15 Read third time reading-3
• 2021-02-15 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2021-02-19 Enrolled
• 2021-02-19 Impact statement from DPB (HB2310ER)
• 2021-02-19 Signed by Speaker
• 2021-02-22 Signed by President
• 2021-02-24 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 24, 2021
• 2021-02-24 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
• 2021-03-11 Approved by Governor-Chapter 85 (effective 3/11/21) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/caf2b264-839b-4884-a5af-a653ce99fa94. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).