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Passed West Virginia Firearm Legislation HB4065

  this is an pro-gun bill
Legislation Overview

Title: Allowing the Division of Natural Resources to teach hunter’s safety courses in school

Subject: Natural Resources

Description: Allowing the Division of Natural Resources to teach hunter’s safety courses in school

Session: 2022 Regular Session

Last Action: Chapter 102, Acts, Regular Session, 2022

Last Action Date: April 19, 2022

Sponsors

Note: the first sponsor listed is normally the primary sponsor. If a sponsor's name is a hyperlink you can click on it to 'follow the money'.

11 sponsors: Josh Booth (R);Doug Smith (R); Chris Phillips (R); Trenton Barnhart (R); Johnnie Wamsley (R); Evan Worrell (R); Gary Howell (R); Mark Dean (R); Jordan Bridges (R); Amy Summers (R); Anthony Paynter (R);

Percentage of House Of Delegates sponsoring bill: 11% (11 of 100)

History
Chamber Date Action
House Apr 19, 2022 Chapter 102, Acts, Regular Session, 2022
House Mar 28, 2022 Approved by Governor 3/28/22
House Mar 17, 2022 To Governor 3/17/22
House Mar 12, 2022 To Governor 3/17/22 - House Journal
Senate Mar 12, 2022 To Governor 3/17/2022 - Senate Journal
Senate Mar 12, 2022 Approved by Governor 3/28/22 - Senate Journal
House Mar 12, 2022 Approved by Governor 3/28/22 - House Journal
Senate Mar 10, 2022 House Message received
House Mar 9, 2022 House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 436)
House Mar 9, 2022 Completed legislative action
House Mar 9, 2022 Communicated to Senate
House Mar 9, 2022 House received Senate message
Senate Mar 7, 2022 Read 3rd time
Senate Mar 7, 2022 Senate requests House to concur
Senate Mar 7, 2022 Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 342)
Senate Mar 7, 2022 On 3rd reading
Senate Mar 4, 2022 On 2nd reading
Senate Mar 4, 2022 Read 2nd time
Senate Mar 4, 2022 Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
Senate Mar 3, 2022 Read 1st time
Senate Mar 3, 2022 On 1st reading
Senate Mar 2, 2022 Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment
Senate Jan 26, 2022 Introduced in Senate
Senate Jan 26, 2022 To Education
Senate Jan 26, 2022 To Education
House Jan 25, 2022 Read 3rd time
House Jan 25, 2022 Communicated to Senate
House Jan 25, 2022 Passed House (Roll No. 39)
House Jan 25, 2022 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
House Jan 24, 2022 Read 2nd time
House Jan 24, 2022 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
House Jan 21, 2022 Read 1st time
House Jan 21, 2022 On 1st reading, Special Calendar
House Jan 20, 2022 By substitute, do pass
House Jan 13, 2022 Filed for introduction
House Jan 13, 2022 To House Education
House Jan 13, 2022 To Education
House Jan 13, 2022 Introduced in House
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
HB4065 S ED AM _1 3-1 HB4065 S ED AM _1 3-1 Mar 1, 2022 State Link amendment text No
HB4065 S ED AMT _1 3-1 HB4065 S ED AMT _1 3-1 Mar 1, 2022 State Link amendment text No
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
Description Vote Date Yea Votes Nay Votes No Votes Absent Passed
01/25/2022 95 1 0 4 Yes
  • Anderson, William (R) Yea
  • Barach, James (D) Yea
  • Barnhart, Trenton (R) Yea
  • Barrett, Jason (D) Yea
  • Bates, Mick (D) Yea
  • Boggs, Brent (D) Yea
  • Booth, Josh (R) Yea
  • Bridges, Jordan (R) Yea
  • Brown, Nathan (D) Yea
  • Burkhammer, Adam (R) Yea
  • Capito, Moore (R) Yea
  • Clark, Wayne (R) Yea
  • Conley, Roger (R) Yea
  • Cooper, Roy (R) Yea
  • Criss, Adrian (R) Yea
  • Crouse, Kathie (R) Yea
  • Dean, Daniel (R) Yea
  • Diserio, Phillip (D) Yea
  • Doyle, John (D) Yea
  • Ellington, Joe (R) Absent
  • Espinosa, Paul (R) Yea
  • Evans, Edward (D) Yea
  • Fast, Tom (R) Yea
  • Ferrell, Dana (R) Yea
  • Fleischauer, Barbara (D) Yea
  • Fluharty, Shawn (D) Yea
  • Forsht, Donald (R) Yea
  • Foster, Geoff (R) Yea
  • Garcia, Joseph (D) Yea
  • Gearheart, Marty (R) Yea
  • Glasko-Tully, Heather (R) Yea
  • Graves, Dianna (R) Yea
  • Griffith, Rickey (D) Yea
  • Hamrick, Danny (R) Yea
  • Hanna, Caleb (R) Yea
  • Hansen, Evan (D) Yea
  • Hanshaw, Roger (R) Absent
  • Hardy, John (R) Yea
  • Haynes, Austin (R) Yea
  • Holstein, Joshua (R) Yea
  • Honaker, Michael (R) Yea
  • Hornbuckle, Sean (D) Yea
  • Horst, Charles (R) Yea
  • Hott, John (R) Yea
  • Householder, Eric (R) Yea
  • Howell, Gary (R) Yea
  • Jeffries, Joseph (R) Yea
  • Jeffries, Warren (R) Yea
  • Jennings, D. Roland (R) Yea
  • Keaton, Nicholas (R) Yea
  • Kelly, David (R) Yea
  • Kelly, John (R) Yea
  • Kessinger, Kayla (R) Yea
  • Kimble, Laura (R) Yea
  • Kimes, Dennis (R) Nay
  • Linville, Daniel (R) Yea
  • Longanacre, William (R) Yea
  • Lovejoy, Chad (D) Yea
  • Mallow, Phil (R) Yea
  • Mandt, John (R) Yea
  • Martin, Carl (R) Yea
  • Maynard, Zachery (R) Yea
  • Maynor, Jordan (R) Yea
  • McGeehan, Pat (R) Yea
  • Miller, George (R) Yea
  • Nestor, William (R) Yea
  • Pack, Lawrence (R) Absent
  • Paynter, Anthony (R) Yea
  • Pethtel, David (D) Yea
  • Phillips, Chris (R) Yea
  • Pinson, Jonathan (R) Yea
  • Pritt, Christopher (R) Yea
  • Pushkin, Mike (D) Yea
  • Queen, Bennett (R) Yea
  • Reed, Kenneth (R) Yea
  • Reynolds, Charles (R) Yea
  • Riley, Clay (R) Yea
  • Rohrbach, Matthew (R) Yea
  • Rowan, Ruth (R) Yea
  • Rowe, Larry (D) Yea
  • Schaaf-Mazzocchi, Margitta (R) Yea
  • Skaff, Doug (D) Yea
  • Smith, Douglas (R) Yea
  • Statler, Joseph (R) Yea
  • Steele, Brandon (R) Yea
  • Storch, Erikka (R) Absent
  • Summers, Amy (R) Yea
  • Sypolt, Terrishie (R) Yea
  • Thompson, Cody (D) Yea
  • Toney, Christopher (R) Yea
  • Walker, Danielle (D) Yea
  • Wamsley, Johnnie (R) Yea
  • Ward, Bryan (R) Yea
  • Ward, Guy (R) Yea
  • Westfall, Steve (R) Yea
  • Williams, John (D) Yea
  • Worrell, Evan (R) Yea
  • Young, Kayla (D) Yea
  • Zatezalo, Mark (R) Yea
  • Zukoff, Lisa (D) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
03/7/2022 33 0 0 1 Yes
  • Azinger, Mike (R) Yea
  • Baldwin, Stephen (D) Yea
  • Beach, Robert (D) Yea
  • Blair, Craig (R) Yea
  • Boley, Donna (R) Yea
  • Brown, Owens (D) Yea
  • Caputo, Michael (D) Yea
  • Clements, Charles (R) Yea
  • Geffert, Hannah (D) Yea
  • Grady, Amy (R) Yea
  • Hamilton, Bill (R) Yea
  • Jeffries, Glenn (D) Yea
  • Karnes, Robert (R) Yea
  • Lindsay, Richard (D) Yea
  • Maroney, Michael (R) Yea
  • Martin, Patrick (R) Yea
  • Maynard, Mark (R) Yea
  • Nelson, Fredrik (R) Yea
  • Phillips, Rupert (D) Yea
  • Plymale, Robert (D) Yea
  • Roberts, Rollan (R) Yea
  • Romano, Michael (D) Yea
  • Rucker, Patricia (R) Yea
  • Smith, Randy (R) Yea
  • Stollings, Ron (D) Yea
  • Stover, David (R) Yea
  • Swope, William (R) Yea
  • Sypolt, Dave (R) Yea
  • Takubo, Tamejiro (R) Absent
  • Tarr, Eric (R) Yea
  • Trump, Charles (R) Yea
  • Weld, Ryan (R) Yea
  • Woelfel, Michael (D) Yea
  • Woodrum, Jack (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
03/9/2022 98 0 0 2 Yes
  • Anderson, William (R) Yea
  • Barach, James (D) Yea
  • Barnhart, Trenton (R) Yea
  • Barrett, Jason (D) Yea
  • Bates, Mick (D) Yea
  • Boggs, Brent (D) Yea
  • Booth, Josh (R) Yea
  • Bridges, Jordan (R) Yea
  • Brown, Nathan (D) Yea
  • Burkhammer, Adam (R) Yea
  • Capito, Moore (R) Yea
  • Clark, Wayne (R) Yea
  • Conley, Roger (R) Yea
  • Cooper, Roy (R) Yea
  • Criss, Adrian (R) Yea
  • Crouse, Kathie (R) Yea
  • Dean, Daniel (R) Yea
  • Diserio, Phillip (D) Yea
  • Doyle, John (D) Yea
  • Ellington, Joe (R) Yea
  • Espinosa, Paul (R) Yea
  • Evans, Edward (D) Yea
  • Fast, Tom (R) Yea
  • Ferrell, Dana (R) Yea
  • Fleischauer, Barbara (D) Yea
  • Fluharty, Shawn (D) Yea
  • Forsht, Donald (R) Yea
  • Foster, Geoff (R) Yea
  • Garcia, Joseph (D) Yea
  • Gearheart, Marty (R) Yea
  • Glasko-Tully, Heather (R) Yea
  • Graves, Dianna (R) Yea
  • Griffith, Rickey (D) Yea
  • Hamrick, Danny (R) Absent
  • Hanna, Caleb (R) Yea
  • Hansen, Evan (D) Yea
  • Hanshaw, Roger (R) Yea
  • Hardy, John (R) Yea
  • Haynes, Austin (R) Yea
  • Holstein, Joshua (R) Yea
  • Honaker, Michael (R) Yea
  • Hornbuckle, Sean (D) Yea
  • Horst, Charles (R) Yea
  • Hott, John (R) Yea
  • Householder, Eric (R) Yea
  • Howell, Gary (R) Yea
  • Jeffries, Joseph (R) Yea
  • Jeffries, Warren (R) Yea
  • Jennings, D. Roland (R) Yea
  • Keaton, Nicholas (R) Yea
  • Kelly, David (R) Yea
  • Kelly, John (R) Yea
  • Kessinger, Kayla (R) Yea
  • Kimble, Laura (R) Yea
  • Kimes, Dennis (R) Yea
  • Linville, Daniel (R) Yea
  • Longanacre, William (R) Yea
  • Lovejoy, Chad (D) Yea
  • Mallow, Phil (R) Yea
  • Mandt, John (R) Yea
  • Martin, Carl (R) Absent
  • Maynard, Zachery (R) Yea
  • Maynor, Jordan (R) Yea
  • McGeehan, Pat (R) Yea
  • Miller, George (R) Yea
  • Nestor, William (R) Yea
  • Pack, Lawrence (R) Yea
  • Paynter, Anthony (R) Yea
  • Pethtel, David (D) Yea
  • Phillips, Chris (R) Yea
  • Pinson, Jonathan (R) Yea
  • Pritt, Christopher (R) Yea
  • Pushkin, Mike (D) Yea
  • Queen, Bennett (R) Yea
  • Reed, Kenneth (R) Yea
  • Reynolds, Charles (R) Yea
  • Riley, Clay (R) Yea
  • Rohrbach, Matthew (R) Yea
  • Rowan, Ruth (R) Yea
  • Rowe, Larry (D) Yea
  • Schaaf-Mazzocchi, Margitta (R) Yea
  • Skaff, Doug (D) Yea
  • Smith, Douglas (R) Yea
  • Statler, Joseph (R) Yea
  • Steele, Brandon (R) Yea
  • Storch, Erikka (R) Yea
  • Summers, Amy (R) Yea
  • Sypolt, Terrishie (R) Yea
  • Thompson, Cody (D) Yea
  • Toney, Christopher (R) Yea
  • Walker, Danielle (D) Yea
  • Wamsley, Johnnie (R) Yea
  • Ward, Bryan (R) Yea
  • Ward, Guy (R) Yea
  • Westfall, Steve (R) Yea
  • Williams, John (D) Yea
  • Worrell, Evan (R) Yea
  • Young, Kayla (D) Yea
  • Zatezalo, Mark (R) Yea
  • Zukoff, Lisa (D) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name

Link: link to state bill page

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