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Proposed West Virginia Firearm Legislation HB4616

  this is an pro-gun bill
Legislation Overview

Title: Remove sales tax on gun safes and certain firearm safety devices

Subject: Taxation

Description: Remove sales tax on gun safes and certain firearm safety devices

Session: 2022 Regular Session

Last Action: To Finance

Last Action Date: March 2, 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: Daniel Linville (R); Eric Householder (R); Laura Kimble (R); Riley Keaton (R); Josh Booth (R);Phil Mallow (R); Trenton Barnhart (R); Zachery Maynard (R); Gary Howell (R); Jordan Maynor (R);Johnnie Wamsley (R);

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

History
Chamber Date Action
Senate Mar 2, 2022 Introduced in Senate
Senate Mar 2, 2022 To Finance
Senate Mar 2, 2022 To Finance
House Mar 1, 2022 Read 3rd time
House Mar 1, 2022 Communicated to Senate
House Mar 1, 2022 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
House Mar 1, 2022 Passed House (Roll No. 301)
House Feb 28, 2022 Read 2nd time
House Feb 28, 2022 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
House Feb 25, 2022 On 1st reading, Special Calendar
House Feb 25, 2022 Read 1st time
House Feb 24, 2022 By substitute, do pass
House Feb 10, 2022 Filed for introduction
House Feb 10, 2022 To House Finance
House Feb 10, 2022 Introduced in House
House Feb 10, 2022 To Finance
Texts
Type Date State Link 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
Description Vote Date Yea Votes Nay Votes No Votes Absent Passed
03/1/2022 92 1 0 0 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
  • Criss, Adrian (R) Yea
  • Crouse, Kathie (R) Yea
  • Dean, Daniel (R) Yea
  • Diserio, Phillip (D) Yea
  • Doyle, John (D) Nay
  • 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
  • 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) 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
  • Householder, Eric (R) Yea
  • Jeffries, Joseph (R) Yea
  • Jeffries, Warren (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, Patrick (R) Yea
  • Maynard, Zachery (R) Yea
  • Maynor, Jordan (R) Yea
  • McGeehan, Pat (R) Yea
  • Miller, George (R) Yea
  • Nestor, William (R) Yea
  • Pack, Jeffrey (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
  • Sypolt, Terrishie (R) Yea
  • Thompson, Cody (D) 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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