Proposed West Virginia Firearm Legislation SB321
Legislation Overview
Title: Limiting municipalities’ authority to restrict purchase and storage of weapons and ammunition
Subject: Municipalities
Description: The purpose of this bill is to prevent municipalities from targeting protected businesses with planning and zoning ordinances more restrictive than those placed upon other businesses.
Session: 2024 Regular Session
Last Action: Rereferred to Rules on 2nd reading
Last Action Date: February 14, 2024
Sponsors
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11 sponsors: Charles Trump (R); Vince Deeds (R); Patricia Rucker (R); Laura Wakim Chapman (R); Rupert Phillips (R); Jack Woodrum (R); Eric Tarr (R); Randy Smith (R); Bill Hamilton (R); Mike Stuart (R); Glenn Jeffries (D);
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 32% (11 of 34)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Feb 14, 2024 | Rereferred to Rules on 2nd reading |
| Senate | Feb 13, 2024 | Laid over on 2nd reading 2/13/2024 |
| Senate | Feb 13, 2024 | On 2nd reading |
| Senate | Feb 12, 2024 | On 1st reading |
| Senate | Feb 12, 2024 | Read 1st time |
| Senate | Feb 9, 2024 | Committee substitute for committee substitute reported |
| Senate | Jan 25, 2024 | Referred to Rules on 1st reading |
| Senate | Jan 25, 2024 | On 1st reading |
| Senate | Jan 24, 2024 | Committee substitute reported |
| Senate | Jan 12, 2024 | Filed for introduction |
| Senate | Jan 12, 2024 | To Government Organization |
| Senate | Jan 12, 2024 | Introduced in Senate |
| Senate | Jan 11, 2024 | To Government Organization |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Comm Sub | 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
There have not been any votes on this bill
Link: link to state bill page
