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Passed West Virginia Firearm Legislation HB2793

  this is an pro-gun bill
Legislation Overview

Title: Permit out of state residents to obtain West Virginia concealed carry permits

Subject: Crime

Description: Permit out of state residents to obtain West Virginia concealed carry permits

Session: 2021 Regular Session

Last Action: Chapter 278, Acts, Regular Session, 2021

Last Action Date: May 20, 2021

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: Gary Howell (R); Charles Horst (R); John Hott (R); Patrick Martin (R); Tom Fast (R); Laura Kimble (R); Danny Hamrick (R); Ken Reed (R); Zachery Maynard (R); Joseph Statler (R); Erikka Storch (R);

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

History
Chamber Date Action
House May 20, 2021 Chapter 278, Acts, Regular Session, 2021
House Apr 10, 2021 Approved by Governor 4/9/21 - House Journal
House Apr 9, 2021 To Governor 4/8/21 - House Journal
Senate Apr 9, 2021 Approved by Governor 4/9/21 - Senate Journal
House Apr 9, 2021 Approved by Governor 4/9/21
Senate Apr 8, 2021 To Governor 4/8/21 - Senate Journal
House Apr 8, 2021 To Governor 4/8/21
Senate Apr 8, 2021 House Message received
Senate Apr 7, 2021 Read 3rd time
House Apr 7, 2021 Completed legislative action
House Apr 7, 2021 Communicated to Senate
House Apr 7, 2021 House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 505)
House Apr 7, 2021 House received Senate message
Senate Apr 7, 2021 Senate requests House to concur
Senate Apr 7, 2021 Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 348)
Senate Apr 7, 2021 On 3rd reading
Senate Apr 6, 2021 On 2nd reading
Senate Apr 6, 2021 Read 2nd time
Senate Apr 6, 2021 Committee Amendment Reported
Senate Apr 6, 2021 Amendment to committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
Senate Apr 6, 2021 Committee amendment as amended adopted (Voice vote)
Senate Apr 5, 2021 Read 1st time
Senate Apr 5, 2021 On 1st reading
Senate Apr 2, 2021 Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment
Senate Mar 30, 2021 Introduced in Senate
Senate Mar 30, 2021 To Judiciary
Senate Mar 30, 2021 To Judiciary
House Mar 29, 2021 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
House Mar 29, 2021 Communicated to Senate
House Mar 29, 2021 Passed House (Roll No. 310)
House Mar 29, 2021 Read 3rd time
House Mar 26, 2021 Read 2nd time
House Mar 26, 2021 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
House Mar 25, 2021 Read 1st time
House Mar 25, 2021 On 1st reading, Special Calendar
House Mar 24, 2021 By substitute, do pass
House Mar 17, 2021 With amendment, do pass, but first to Finance
House Mar 17, 2021 To House Finance
House Mar 1, 2021 To Judiciary then Finance
House Mar 1, 2021 Introduced in House
House Mar 1, 2021 To House Judiciary
House Mar 1, 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
HB2793 SFA _1 TRUMP 4-5 HB2793 SFA _1 TRUMP 4-5 Apr 5, 2021 State Link amendment text No
HB2793 SFA _1 TRUMP 4-5 adopted HB2793 SFA _1 TRUMP 4-5 adopted Apr 5, 2021 State Link amendment text Yes
HB2793 S JUD AM _1 4-1 HB2793 S JUD AM _1 4-1 Apr 1, 2021 State Link amendment text No
HB2793 S JUD AM _1 4-1 adopted HB2793 S JUD AM _1 4-1 adopted Apr 1, 2021 State Link amendment text Yes
HB2793 S JUD AM _1 4-1 as amended HB2793 S JUD AM _1 4-1 as amended Apr 1, 2021 State Link amendment text No
HB2793 S JUD AMT _1 4-1 HB2793 S JUD AMT _1 4-1 Apr 1, 2021 State Link amendment text No
HB2793 H JUD AM _1 3-12 HB2793 H JUD AM _1 3-12 Mar 12, 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
03/29/2021 98 0 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) Yea
  • Ellington, Joe (R) Yea
  • Espinosa, Paul (R) Yea
  • Evans, Edward (D) Yea
  • Fast, Tom (R) Yea
  • Ferrell, Dana (R) Yea
  • Fleischauer, Barbara (D) Yea
  • 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
  • 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) 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) Yea
  • 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
04/7/2021 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
04/7/2021 87 0 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
  • Bruce, Barry (R) Yea
  • Burkhammer, Adam (R) Yea
  • Capito, Moore (R) Yea
  • Clark, Wayne (R) Yea
  • Conley, Roger (R) Yea
  • Criss, Adrian (R) Yea
  • Dean, Daniel (R) Yea
  • Diserio, Phillip (D) Yea
  • Doyle, John (D) Yea
  • Ellington, Joe (R) Yea
  • Espinosa, Paul (R) Yea
  • Evans, Edward (D) Yea
  • Fast, Tom (R) Yea
  • Ferrell, Dana (R) Yea
  • Fleischauer, Barbara (D) Yea
  • 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
  • Haynes, Austin (R) Yea
  • Holstein, Joshua (R) Yea
  • Hornbuckle, Sean (D) Yea
  • Horst, Charles (R) Yea
  • Hott, John (R) Yea
  • Howell, Gary (R) Yea
  • Jeffries, Joseph (R) Yea
  • Jeffries, Warren (R) Yea
  • Jennings, D. Roland (R) Yea
  • Keaton, Nicholas (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
  • 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
  • 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) Yea
  • Ward, Bryan (R) Yea
  • Ward, Guy (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

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