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<br><center><b>HOUSE BILL NO. 2310</b></center>

<center>AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE</center>

<center>(Proposed by the House Committee on Public Safety</center>

<center>on January 29, 2021)</center>

<center>(Patron Prior to Substitute--Delegate Runion)</center>

<i>A BILL relating to concealed handgun permits; demonstration of
competence; emergency.</i>

<p>Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:</p>

<p><b>1. </b><i class=new>&sect;1. Any applicant who completed an online course
to demonstrate competence with a handgun as required in subsection B of
&sect;<a href="http://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/18.2-308.02">18.2-308.02</a> of the Code of Virginia for the purposes of applying for a
concealed handgun permit 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 restrictions due to COVID-19 shall be eligible
to apply for a concealed handgun permit through April 30, 2021.</i></p>

<p>2. That an emergency exists and this act is in force from its
passage.</p>