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type: "Bill"
title: "Concealed handgun permits; Virginia Criminal Information Network, disclosure of information."
description: "Concealed handgun permits; Virginia Criminal Information Network, disclosure of information."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 2449"
citation: "Virginia HB 2449 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ballard"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-01-20"
last_action: "2023-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a616ef21-3614-4233-80a6-634ed561476a"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2449"
source_hash: "43d84dfc5e11880968ece2af38ed52a4b5fc9eb99c4458c888e2d2bcd911f8ae"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia HB 2449 (2023) — Concealed handgun permits; Virginia Criminal Information Network, disclosure of information.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0279** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0279)
2. **HB2449ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2449ER)
3. **Presented and ordered printed 23104483D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2449)
## Votes
- VOTE: Adoption (53-Y 46-N) — **00** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (52-Y 48-N) — **00** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Judiciary with amendments (14-Y 1-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Public Safety (12-Y 10-N) — **00** (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 4-N) — **00** (fail) · lower
## Sponsors
- Ballard — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-20** Presented and ordered printed 23104483D `introduction`
- **2023-01-20** Referred to Committee on Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24** Impact statement from DPB (HB2449)
- **2023-01-25** Assigned PS sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26** Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 4-N)
- **2023-01-27** Reported from Public Safety (12-Y 10-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-01** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-02-02** Read third time and passed House (52-Y 48-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-02** VOTE: Passage (52-Y 48-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-03** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Reported from Judiciary with amendments (14-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-15** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-15** Reading of amendments waived
- **2023-02-15** Committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-15** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2023-02-15** Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-17** Senate amendments agreed to by House (53-Y 46-N) `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-17** VOTE: Adoption (53-Y 46-N)
- **2023-02-22** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-22** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2449ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-22** Impact statement from DPB (HB2449ER)
- **2023-02-22** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-22** Approved by Governor-Chapter 279 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-22** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0279)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a616ef21-3614-4233-80a6-634ed561476a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).