Passed West Virginia Firearm Legislation HB2866
Legislation Overview
Title: Providing an exception to allow a resident of a dwelling house to discharge a firearm in a lawful manner within five hundred feet
Subject: Firearms: Weapons
Description: The purpose of this bill is to provide an exception to allow a resident of a dwelling house to discharge a firearm in a lawful manner within five hundred feet of that dwelling house in which the person lives if no other dwelling house is located within five hundred feet of the person shooting. The bill also corrects an anomaly that allows a person to shoot a firearm at a closer distance to a school or church than to a dwelling house. This bill raises the distance for a school or church from 400 feet to 500 feet to bring it into conformity with the 500 feet shooting distance for dwelling houses.
Session: 2013 Regular Session
Last Action: Chapter 84, Acts, 2013
Last Action Date: May 15, 2013
Sponsors
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11 sponsors: Bill Hamilton; Allen V. Evans; Troy Andes; Lynwood "Woody" Ireland; David Walker; Ricky Moye; Dana Lynch;Smith, P.;Joshua Nelson;Cindy Frich;Isaac Sponaugle
Percentage of House Of Delegates sponsoring bill: 11% (11 of 100)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | May 15, 2013 | Chapter 84, Acts, 2013 |
| House | Apr 29, 2013 | Approved by Governor 4/29/13 |
| House | Apr 25, 2013 | To Governor 4/25/13 |
| House | Apr 17, 2013 | To Governor 4/25/13 - House Journal |
| House | Apr 17, 2013 | Approved by Governor 4/29/13 - House Journal |
| Senate | Apr 17, 2013 | To Governor 4/25/13 - Senate Journal |
| Senate | Apr 17, 2013 | Approved by Governor 4/29/13 - Senate Journal |
| Senate | Apr 12, 2013 | Read 3rd time |
| House | Apr 12, 2013 | House received Senate message |
| Senate | Apr 12, 2013 | Completed legislative action |
| Senate | Apr 12, 2013 | Communicated to House |
| Senate | Apr 12, 2013 | Passed Senate (Roll No. 28) |
| Senate | Apr 12, 2013 | On 3rd reading |
| Senate | Apr 11, 2013 | Read 2nd time |
| Senate | Apr 11, 2013 | On 2nd reading |
| Senate | Apr 10, 2013 | Read 1st time |
| Senate | Apr 10, 2013 | On 1st reading |
| Senate | Apr 9, 2013 | Reported do pass |
| Senate | Apr 3, 2013 | House Message received |
| Senate | Apr 3, 2013 | To Judiciary |
| Senate | Apr 3, 2013 | Introduced in Senate |
| House | Apr 2, 2013 | On 3rd reading, Special Calendar |
| House | Apr 2, 2013 | Communicated to Senate |
| House | Apr 2, 2013 | Passed House (Roll No. 130) |
| House | Apr 2, 2013 | Read 3rd time |
| House | Apr 1, 2013 | Read 2nd time |
| House | Apr 1, 2013 | On 2nd reading, Special Calendar |
| House | Mar 29, 2013 | From House Calendar, 1st reading, placed on Special Calendar |
| House | Mar 29, 2013 | Read 1st time |
| House | Mar 28, 2013 | By substitute, do pass |
| House | Mar 21, 2013 | To House Judiciary |
| House | Mar 21, 2013 | With amendment, do pass, but first to Judiciary |
| House | Mar 7, 2013 | To Natural Resources then Judiciary |
| House | Mar 7, 2013 | To House Natural Resources |
| House | Mar 7, 2013 | Introduced in House |
| House | Mar 7, 2013 | Filed for introduction |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Enrolled | not available | state link | bill text |
| Comm Sub | not available | state link | bill text |
| Introduced | not available | state link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
Passed House (Roll No. 130)
Passed Senate (Roll No. 28)
Link: link to state bill page
