Passed West Virginia Firearm Legislation HB2679
Legislation Overview
Title: Relating to the possession of firearms in parks and park facilities
Subject: Counties: Natural Resources
Description: The purpose of this bill is to prohibit county park commissions from prohibiting firearms in their facilities and to clarify that a firearm may be carried by a person for self defense in state parks, state forests and state recreational areas managed by the Department of Natural Resources, provided that such person is not otherwise prohibited from possessing firearms.
Session: 2017 Regular Session
Last Action: Chapter 163, Acts, Regular Session, 2017
Last Action Date: May 23, 2017
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: Amy Summers (R); Cindy Frich (R); John Overington (R); Anthony Paynter (R); Jason Harshbarger (R); Riley Moore (R); Daniel Dean (R); Geoff Foster (R); Joshua Higginbotham (R); Jim Butler (R); Tom Fast (R);
Percentage of House Of Delegates sponsoring bill: 11% (11 of 100)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | May 23, 2017 | Chapter 163, Acts, Regular Session, 2017 |
| House | Apr 26, 2017 | Approved by Governor 4/26/17 |
| House | Apr 20, 2017 | To Governor 4/20/17 |
| House | Apr 9, 2017 | To Governor 4/20/17 - House Journal |
| House | Apr 9, 2017 | Approved by Governor 4/26/17 - House Journal |
| Senate | Apr 9, 2017 | To Governor 4/20/17 - Senate Journal |
| Senate | Apr 9, 2017 | Approved by Governor 4/26/17 - Senate Journal |
| House | Apr 8, 2017 | Communicated to Senate |
| Senate | Apr 8, 2017 | House Message received |
| House | Apr 8, 2017 | Completed legislative action |
| House | Apr 8, 2017 | House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 526) |
| House | Apr 8, 2017 | House received Senate message |
| Senate | Apr 1, 2017 | Senate requests House to concur |
| Senate | Apr 1, 2017 | Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 314) |
| Senate | Apr 1, 2017 | Read 3rd time |
| Senate | Mar 31, 2017 | On 3rd reading |
| Senate | Mar 31, 2017 | Laid over on 3rd reading 3/31/17 |
| Senate | Mar 30, 2017 | Read 2nd time |
| Senate | Mar 30, 2017 | Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote) |
| Senate | Mar 30, 2017 | On 2nd reading |
| Senate | Mar 29, 2017 | Laid over on 2nd reading 3/29/17 |
| Senate | Mar 28, 2017 | Read 1st time |
| Senate | Mar 28, 2017 | On 1st reading |
| Senate | Mar 27, 2017 | Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment |
| Senate | Mar 25, 2017 | House Message received |
| Senate | Mar 25, 2017 | To Judiciary |
| Senate | Mar 25, 2017 | To Judiciary |
| Senate | Mar 25, 2017 | Introduced in Senate |
| House | Mar 24, 2017 | Read 3rd time |
| House | Mar 24, 2017 | Communicated to Senate |
| House | Mar 24, 2017 | Passed House (Roll No. 160) |
| House | Mar 24, 2017 | On 3rd reading, Special Calendar |
| House | Mar 23, 2017 | Read 2nd time |
| House | Mar 23, 2017 | Amendment rejected (Roll No. 150) |
| House | Mar 23, 2017 | On 2nd reading, Special Calendar |
| House | Mar 22, 2017 | On 1st reading, Special Calendar |
| House | Mar 22, 2017 | Read 1st time |
| House | Mar 21, 2017 | By substitute, do pass |
| House | Mar 15, 2017 | To House Judiciary |
| House | Mar 15, 2017 | With amendment, do pass, but first to Judiciary |
| House | Feb 23, 2017 | To Agriculture and Natural Resources then Judiciary |
| House | Feb 23, 2017 | To House Agriculture and Natural Resources |
| House | Feb 23, 2017 | Introduced in House |
| House | Feb 23, 2017 | 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 |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
Amendment rejected (Roll No. 150)
Passed House (Roll No. 160)
Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 314)
House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 526)
Link: link to state bill page
