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Passed West Virginia Firearm Legislation HB5232

  this is an pro-gun bill
Legislation Overview

Title: The Business Liability Protection Act

Subject: Public Safety

Description: The purpose of this bill is to update the Business Liability Protection Act.

Session: 2024 Regular Session

Last Action: Chapter 269, Acts, Regular Session, 2024

Last Action Date: April 22, 2024

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: Jordan Maynor (R); Chris Phillips (R); Doug Smith (R); Kathie Crouse (R); Pat McGeehan (R); Chuck Horst (R); Brandon Steele (R); Jimmy Willis (R); Marty Gearheart (R); Michael Hornby (R); Michael Hite (R);

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

History
Chamber Date Action
House Apr 22, 2024 Chapter 269, Acts, Regular Session, 2024
House Mar 26, 2024 Approved by Governor 3/26/24
House Mar 21, 2024 To Governor 3/21/2024
House Mar 9, 2024 To Governor 3/21/2024 - House Journal
Senate Mar 9, 2024 House Message received
Senate Mar 9, 2024 To Governor 3/21/2024 - Senate Journal
House Mar 9, 2024 Approved by Governor 3/26/24 - House Journal
Senate Mar 9, 2024 Approved by Governor 3/26/2024 - Senate Journal
Senate Mar 8, 2024 Read 3rd time
House Mar 8, 2024 Completed legislative action
House Mar 8, 2024 Communicated to Senate
House Mar 8, 2024 House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 694)
House Mar 8, 2024 House received Senate message
Senate Mar 8, 2024 Senate requests House to concur
Senate Mar 8, 2024 Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 445)
Senate Mar 8, 2024 On 3rd reading
Senate Mar 7, 2024 Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment
Senate Mar 7, 2024 Immediate consideration
Senate Mar 7, 2024 Read 2nd time
Senate Mar 7, 2024 Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
Senate Mar 6, 2024 Immediate consideration
Senate Mar 6, 2024 Rereferred to Judiciary
Senate Mar 6, 2024 Read 1st time
Senate Mar 6, 2024 Without recommendation, but first to Judiciary
Senate Feb 13, 2024 To Judiciary
Senate Feb 13, 2024 To Judiciary
Senate Feb 13, 2024 Introduced in Senate
House Feb 9, 2024 Read 3rd time
House Feb 9, 2024 Communicated to Senate
House Feb 9, 2024 Passed House (Roll No. 139)
House Feb 9, 2024 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
House Feb 8, 2024 Read 2nd time
House Feb 8, 2024 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
House Feb 7, 2024 Read 1st time
House Feb 7, 2024 On 1st reading, Special Calendar
House Feb 6, 2024 By substitute, do pass
House Jan 26, 2024 Filed for introduction
House Jan 26, 2024 To Judiciary
House Jan 26, 2024 Introduced in House
House Jan 26, 2024 To House Judiciary
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
hb5232 s jud amt _1 3-5 hb5232 s jud amt _1 3-5 Mar 5, 2024 State Link amendment text No
hb5232 s jud amt _1 3-5 adopted hb5232 s jud amt _1 3-5 adopted Mar 5, 2024 State Link amendment text Yes
hb5232 s jud am _1 3-3 hb5232 s jud am _1 3-3 Mar 3, 2024 State Link amendment text No
hb5232 s jud am _1 3-3 adopted hb5232 s jud am _1 3-3 adopted Mar 3, 2024 State Link amendment text Yes
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
Description Vote Date Yea Votes Nay Votes No Votes Absent Passed
02/9/2024 98 0 0 2 Yes
  • Adkins, David (R) Yea
  • Akers, James (R) Yea
  • Anderson, William (R) Yea
  • Barnhart, Trenton (R) Yea
  • Bridges, Jordan (R) Yea
  • Brooks, Eric (R) Yea
  • Burkhammer, Adam (R) Yea
  • Butler, Jim (R) Yea
  • Campbell, Jeff (R) Yea
  • Cannon, Jarred (R) Yea
  • Chiarelli, Eugene (R) Yea
  • Clark, Thomas (R) Yea
  • Clark, Wayne (R) Yea
  • Coop-Gonzalez, Elias (R) Yea
  • Cooper, Roy (R) Yea
  • Criss, Adrian (R) Yea
  • Crouse, Kathie (R) Yea
  • Dean, Daniel (R) Yea
  • Devault, Mike (R) Yea
  • Dillon, Henry (R) Yea
  • Dittman, Lori (R) Yea
  • Ellington, Joe (R) Absent
  • Espinosa, Paul (R) Yea
  • Fast, Tom (R) Yea
  • Fehrenbacher, Bob (R) Yea
  • Ferrell, Dana (R) Yea
  • Fluharty, Shawn (D) Yea
  • Foggin, Dave (R) Yea
  • Forsht, Donald (R) Yea
  • Foster, Geoff (R) Yea
  • Garcia, Joseph (D) Yea
  • Gearheart, Marty (R) Yea
  • Glasko-Tully, Heather (R) Yea
  • Green, David (R) Yea
  • Griffith, Rickey (D) Yea
  • Hall, Walter (R) Yea
  • Hamilton, Anitra (D) Yea
  • Hansen, Evan (D) Yea
  • Hanshaw, Roger (R) Yea
  • Hardy, John (R) Yea
  • Heckert, Scot (R) Yea
  • Hillenbrand, Rick (R) Yea
  • Hite, Michael (R) Yea
  • Holstein, Joshua (R) Yea
  • Hornbuckle, Sean (D) Yea
  • Hornby, Michael (R) Yea
  • Horst, Charles (R) Yea
  • Hott, John (R) Absent
  • Householder, Eric (R) Yea
  • Howell, Gary (R) Yea
  • Jeffries, Warren (R) Yea
  • Jennings, D. Roland (R) Yea
  • Kelly, David (R) Yea
  • Kimble, Laura (R) Yea
  • Kirby, Todd (R) Yea
  • Kump, Larry (R) Yea
  • Lewis, Hollis (D) Yea
  • Linville, Daniel (R) Yea
  • Longanacre, William (R) Yea
  • Lucas, Patrick (R) Yea
  • Mallow, Phil (R) Yea
  • Marple, Keith (R) Yea
  • Martin, Carl (R) Yea
  • Maynor, Jordan (R) Yea
  • McGeehan, Pat (R) Yea
  • Miller, George (R) Yea
  • Moore, Erica (R) Yea
  • Nestor, William (R) Yea
  • Petitto, Mickey (R) Yea
  • Phillips, Chris (R) Yea
  • Pinson, Jonathan (R) Yea
  • Pritt, Christopher (R) Yea
  • Pritt, David (D) Yea
  • Pushkin, Mike (D) Yea
  • Ridenour, William (R) Yea
  • Riley, Clay (R) Yea
  • Rohrbach, Matthew (R) Yea
  • Ross, Mark (R) Yea
  • Rowe, Larry (D) Yea
  • Schaaf-Mazzocchi, Margitta (R) Yea
  • Shamblin, Andy (R) Yea
  • Sheedy, Charles (R) Yea
  • Smith, Douglas (R) Yea
  • Statler, Joseph (R) Yea
  • Steele, Brandon (R) Yea
  • Stephens, Jeffrey (R) Yea
  • Street, George (R) Yea
  • Summers, Amy (R) Yea
  • Thorne, Darren (R) Yea
  • Toney, Christopher (R) Yea
  • Vance, Adam (R) Yea
  • Ward, Bryan (R) Yea
  • Warner, Debbie (R) Yea
  • Westfall, Steve (R) Yea
  • Williams, John (D) Yea
  • Willis, Jimmy (R) Yea
  • Winzenreid, Diana (R) Yea
  • Worrell, Evan (R) Yea
  • Young, Kayla (D) Yea
  • Zatezalo, Mark (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
03/8/2024 33 0 0 1 Yes
  • Azinger, Mike (R) Yea
  • Barrett, Jason (D) Yea
  • Blair, Craig (R) Yea
  • Boley, Donna (R) Yea
  • Caputo, Michael (D) Yea
  • Clements, Charles (R) Yea
  • Deeds, Vince (R) Yea
  • Grady, Amy (R) Yea
  • Hamilton, Bill (R) Yea
  • Hunt, Mark (D) Yea
  • Jeffries, Glenn (D) Yea
  • Karnes, Robert (R) Yea
  • Maroney, Michael (R) Yea
  • Martin, Patrick (R) Yea
  • Maynard, Mark (R) Yea
  • Nelson, Fredrik (R) Yea
  • Oliverio, Mike (R) Yea
  • Phillips, Rupert (D) Yea
  • Plymale, Robert (D) Yea
  • Queen, Bennett (R) Yea
  • Roberts, Rollan (R) Yea
  • Rucker, Patricia (R) Yea
  • Smith, Randy (R) Yea
  • Stover, David (R) Yea
  • Stuart, Mike (R) Yea
  • Swope, William (R) Yea
  • Takubo, Tamejiro (R) Absent
  • Tarr, Eric (R) Yea
  • Taylor, John (R) Yea
  • Trump, Charles (R) Yea
  • Wakim Chapman, Laura (R) Yea
  • Weld, Ryan (R) Yea
  • Woelfel, Michael (D) Yea
  • Woodrum, Jack (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
03/8/2024 94 0 0 6 Yes
  • Adkins, David (R) Yea
  • Akers, James (R) Yea
  • Anderson, William (R) Yea
  • Barnhart, Trenton (R) Yea
  • Bridges, Jordan (R) Absent
  • Brooks, Eric (R) Yea
  • Burkhammer, Adam (R) Yea
  • Butler, Jim (R) Yea
  • Campbell, Jeff (R) Yea
  • Cannon, Jarred (R) Yea
  • Chiarelli, Eugene (R) Yea
  • Clark, Thomas (R) Yea
  • Clark, Wayne (R) Yea
  • Coop-Gonzalez, Elias (R) Yea
  • Cooper, Roy (R) Yea
  • Criss, Adrian (R) Yea
  • Crouse, Kathie (R) Yea
  • Dean, Daniel (R) Yea
  • Devault, Mike (R) Yea
  • Dillon, Henry (R) Absent
  • Dittman, Lori (R) Yea
  • Ellington, Joe (R) Yea
  • Espinosa, Paul (R) Yea
  • Fast, Tom (R) Yea
  • Fehrenbacher, Bob (R) Yea
  • Ferrell, Dana (R) Yea
  • Fluharty, Shawn (D) Yea
  • Foggin, Dave (R) Yea
  • Forsht, Donald (R) Yea
  • Foster, Geoff (R) Yea
  • Garcia, Joseph (D) Yea
  • Gearheart, Marty (R) Yea
  • Glasko-Tully, Heather (R) Yea
  • Green, David (R) Yea
  • Griffith, Rickey (D) Yea
  • Hall, Walter (R) Yea
  • Hamilton, Anitra (D) Yea
  • Hansen, Evan (D) Yea
  • Hanshaw, Roger (R) Yea
  • Hardy, John (R) Yea
  • Heckert, Scot (R) Yea
  • Hillenbrand, Rick (R) Yea
  • Hite, Michael (R) Yea
  • Holstein, Joshua (R) Yea
  • Hornbuckle, Sean (D) Yea
  • Hornby, Michael (R) Yea
  • Horst, Charles (R) Yea
  • Hott, John (R) Yea
  • Householder, Eric (R) Yea
  • Howell, Gary (R) Yea
  • Jeffries, Warren (R) Yea
  • Jennings, D. Roland (R) Yea
  • Kelly, David (R) Yea
  • Kimble, Laura (R) Yea
  • Kirby, Todd (R) Yea
  • Kump, Larry (R) Absent
  • Lewis, Hollis (D) Yea
  • Linville, Daniel (R) Yea
  • Longanacre, William (R) Yea
  • Lucas, Patrick (R) Yea
  • Mallow, Phil (R) Yea
  • Marple, Keith (R) Yea
  • Martin, Carl (R) Absent
  • Maynor, Jordan (R) Yea
  • McGeehan, Pat (R) Yea
  • Miller, George (R) Yea
  • Moore, Erica (R) Yea
  • Nestor, William (R) Yea
  • Petitto, Mickey (R) Yea
  • Phillips, Chris (R) Yea
  • Pinson, Jonathan (R) Yea
  • Pritt, Christopher (R) Yea
  • Pritt, David (D) Yea
  • Pushkin, Mike (D) Yea
  • Ridenour, William (R) Yea
  • Riley, Clay (R) Yea
  • Rohrbach, Matthew (R) Yea
  • Ross, Mark (R) Absent
  • Rowe, Larry (D) Yea
  • Schaaf-Mazzocchi, Margitta (R) Yea
  • Shamblin, Andy (R) Yea
  • Sheedy, Charles (R) Yea
  • Smith, Douglas (R) Yea
  • Statler, Joseph (R) Yea
  • Steele, Brandon (R) Absent
  • Stephens, Jeffrey (R) Yea
  • Street, George (R) Yea
  • Summers, Amy (R) Yea
  • Thorne, Darren (R) Yea
  • Toney, Christopher (R) Yea
  • Vance, Adam (R) Yea
  • Ward, Bryan (R) Yea
  • Warner, Debbie (R) Yea
  • Westfall, Steve (R) Yea
  • Williams, John (D) Yea
  • Willis, Jimmy (R) Yea
  • Winzenreid, Diana (R) Yea
  • Worrell, Evan (R) Yea
  • Young, Kayla (D) Yea
  • Zatezalo, Mark (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name

Link: link to state bill page

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