Passed West Virginia Firearm Legislation HB2499

Legislation Overview

Title: Tax reduction for arms and ammo manufacturing

Subject: Taxation

Description: The purpose of this bill is to stimulate economic growth in manufacturing industries by amending the definition of manufacturing for purposes of special method for appraising qualified capital additions to manufacturing facilities for property tax purposes; by amending the formula for calculating credit allowed for manufacturing investment to include small arms ammunition manufacturing and small arms, ordinance and ordinance accessories manufacturing; by creating the West Virginia Tax Credit For Federal Excise Tax Imposed Upon Small Arms And Ammunition Manufacturers and providing for its administration and enforcement of the tax credit; and by exempting sales of small arms and small arms ammunition from state sales and use tax.

Session: 2021 Regular Session

Last Action: Chapter 260, Acts, Regular Session, 2021

Last Action Date: May 20, 2021

History

Chamber	Date	Action
House	May 20, 2021	Chapter 260, Acts, Regular Session, 2021
House	Apr 8, 2021	Approved by Governor 4/8/21
House	Apr 8, 2021	Approved by Governor 4/8/21 - House Journal
Senate	Apr 8, 2021	Approved by Governor 4/8/21 - Senate Journal
House	Apr 5, 2021	To Governor 4/2/21 - House Journal
Senate	Apr 2, 2021	To Governor 4/2/21 - Senate Journal
House	Apr 2, 2021	To Governor 4/2/21
Senate	Apr 2, 2021	House Message received
House	Apr 1, 2021	Completed legislative action
House	Apr 1, 2021	Communicated to Senate
House	Apr 1, 2021	House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 393)
House	Apr 1, 2021	House received Senate message
Senate	Mar 31, 2021	Read 3rd time
Senate	Mar 31, 2021	Senate requests House to concur
Senate	Mar 31, 2021	Passed Senate (Roll No. 287)
Senate	Mar 31, 2021	On 3rd reading
Senate	Mar 30, 2021	Read 2nd time
Senate	Mar 30, 2021	Floor amendment rejected (Roll No. 259)
Senate	Mar 30, 2021	Committee amendments adopted (Voice vote)
Senate	Mar 29, 2021	Laid over on 2nd reading 3/29/21
Senate	Mar 29, 2021	On 2nd reading
Senate	Mar 27, 2021	Read 1st time
Senate	Mar 27, 2021	On 1st reading
Senate	Mar 26, 2021	Reported do pass, with amendments
Senate	Mar 22, 2021	Introduced in Senate
Senate	Mar 22, 2021	To Finance
Senate	Mar 22, 2021	To Finance
House	Mar 19, 2021	Read 3rd time
House	Mar 19, 2021	Communicated to Senate
House	Mar 19, 2021	Passed House (Roll No. 222)
House	Mar 19, 2021	On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
House	Mar 18, 2021	Read 2nd time
House	Mar 18, 2021	On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
House	Mar 17, 2021	On 1st reading, Special Calendar
House	Mar 17, 2021	Read 1st time
House	Mar 16, 2021	By substitute, do pass
House	Feb 15, 2021	To Finance
House	Feb 15, 2021	To House Finance
House	Feb 15, 2021	Introduced in House
House	Feb 15, 2021	Filed for introduction

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
HB2499 SFA _2 BALDWIN 3-30	HB2499 SFA _2 BALDWIN 3-30	Mar 30, 2021	State Link	amendment text	No
HB2499 SFA _1 BALDWIN 3-29	HB2499 SFA _1 BALDWIN 3-29	Mar 29, 2021	State Link	amendment text	No
HB2499 S FIN AM _1 3-25	HB2499 S FIN AM _1 3-25	Mar 25, 2021	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
Passed House (Roll No. 222)	03/19/2021	93	4	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 Bruce, Barry (R) Yea Capito, Moore (R) Yea Clark, Wayne (R) Yea Conley, Roger (R) Yea Cooper, Roy (R) Yea Criss, Adrian (R) Yea Dean, Daniel (R) Yea Diserio, Phillip (D) Yea Doyle, John (D) Nay Espinosa, Paul (R) Yea Evans, Edward (D) Yea Fast, Tom (R) Yea Ferrell, Dana (R) Yea Fleischauer, Barbara (D) Nay 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) Yea Hardy, John (R) Yea Haynes, Austin (R) Yea Higginbotham, Joshua (R) Yea Holstein, Joshua (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 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 McGeehan, Pat (R) Yea Miller, George (R) Yea Nestor, William (R) Yea Pack, Jeffrey (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) Nay 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
Floor amendment rejected (Roll No. 259)	03/30/2021	16	18	0	0	No
Azinger, Mike (R) Nay Baldwin, Stephen (D) Yea Beach, Robert (D) Yea Blair, Craig (R) Nay Boley, Donna (R) Nay Caputo, Michael (D) Yea Clements, Charles (R) Nay Grady, Amy (R) Nay Hamilton, Bill (R) Yea Ihlenfeld, William (D) Yea Jeffries, Glenn (D) Yea Karnes, Robert (R) Nay Lindsay, Richard (D) Yea Maroney, Michael (R) Nay Martin, Patrick (R) Nay Maynard, Mark (R) Nay Nelson, Fredrik (R) Yea Phillips, Rupert (D) Nay Plymale, Robert (D) Yea Roberts, Rollan (R) Nay Romano, Michael (D) Yea Rucker, Patricia (R) Nay Smith, Randy (R) Nay Stollings, Ron (D) Yea Stover, David (R) Nay Swope, William (R) Nay Sypolt, Dave (R) Nay Takubo, Tamejiro (R) Yea Tarr, Eric (R) Nay Trump, Charles (R) Yea Unger, John (D) Yea Weld, Ryan (R) Yea Woelfel, Michael (D) Yea Woodrum, Jack (R) Nay
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
Passed Senate (Roll No. 287)	03/31/2021	34	0	0	0	Yes
Azinger, Mike (R) Yea Baldwin, Stephen (D) Yea Beach, Robert (D) Yea Blair, Craig (R) Yea Boley, Donna (R) Yea Caputo, Michael (D) Yea Clements, Charles (R) Yea Grady, Amy (R) Yea Hamilton, Bill (R) Yea Ihlenfeld, William (D) 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) Yea Tarr, Eric (R) Yea Trump, Charles (R) Yea Unger, John (D) Yea Weld, Ryan (R) Yea Woelfel, Michael (D) Yea Woodrum, Jack (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 393)	04/1/2021	96	3	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 Bruce, Barry (R) 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 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) Nay 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) Yea Hardy, John (R) Yea Haynes, Austin (R) Yea Higginbotham, Joshua (R) Yea Holstein, Joshua (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) Yea Maynard, Zachery (R) Yea McGeehan, Pat (R) Yea Miller, George (R) Yea Nestor, William (R) Yea Pack, Jeffrey (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) Nay Wamsley, Johnnie (R) Yea Ward, Bryan (R) Yea Ward, Guy (R) Yea Westfall, Steve (R) Yea Williams, John (D) 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