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During the 2026 General Assembly session, lawmakers passed SB 115, which became Chapter 879 after Gov. Abigail Spanberger approved it on April 13. The law rewrites how Virginia will recognize concealed carry permits from other states and, beginning July 1, 2027, replaces our current broad-recognition system with one requiring another state's permit laws to pass a new “substantially similar” test.

Over the last couple of days, I've spent a lot of time digging through the Washington County, VA case, Santolla v. Katz (Case No. CL26-1139), reading the court documents, comparing statements from the Attorney General's Office... which are limited... and Senator Bill Stanley, and trying to answer one question that kept nagging at me: If Judge Campbell's Letter Opinion directed the plaintiffs to draft an "Order Granting Preliminary Injunction," why does everyone keep pointing