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Proposed West Virginia Firearm Legislation HB2209

  this is an pro-gun bill
Legislation Overview

Title: Limiting the authority of municipalities to regulate the purchasing, possessing, transferring, owning, carrying, transporting, selling and storing of knives

Subject: Municipalities

Description: The purpose of this bill is to limit the authority of municipalities to regulate the purchasing, possessing, transferring, owning, carrying, transporting, selling and storing of knives.

Session: 2017 Regular Session

Last Action: To House Judiciary

Last Action Date: March 15, 2017

Sponsors

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4 sponsors: Linda Phillips (D); Michael Folk (R); Jeff Eldridge (D); Kelli Sobonya (R);

Percentage of House Of Delegates sponsoring bill: 4% (4 of 100)

History
Chamber Date Action
House Mar 15, 2017 Do pass, but first to Judiciary
House Mar 15, 2017 To House Judiciary
House Feb 8, 2017 To Political Subdivisions then Judiciary
House Feb 8, 2017 Introduced in House
House Feb 8, 2017 To House Political Subdivisions
House Feb 7, 2017 Filed for introduction
Texts
Type Date State Link 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

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