Proposed West Virginia Firearm Legislation HB4427
Legislation Overview
Title: Providing identification to qualified law-enforcement officers to allow them to carry firearms for self-defense under the federal Law-Enforcement Officers Safety Act, and clarifying that prosecuting attorneys and assistant prosecuting attorneys may carry firearms for self-defense
Subject: Public Safety
Description: The purpose of this bill is to require law-enforcement agencies to provide identification to qualified law-enforcement officers to allow them to carry firearms for self-defense under the federal Law-Enforcement Officers Safety Act; The bill provides that upon completion of required training and annual background checks, prosecuting attorneys and assistant prosecuting attorneys have the statutory authority necessary for the option to carry firearms for self-defense pursuant to the applicable federal act in order to have legal authority to carry firearms while crossing state lines (18 U.S.C. §926C includes persons who prosecute as “Qualified Law-Enforcement Officers”). The bill also requires law-enforcement agencies to provide qualified retired law-enforcement officers the opportunity to receive annual firearms qualification as required under the federal act.
Session: 2016 Regular Session
Last Action: To House Judiciary
Last Action Date: February 8, 2016
Sponsors
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1 sponsors: Walter Duke;
Percentage of House Of Delegates sponsoring bill: 1% (1 of 100)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Feb 8, 2016 | Filed for introduction |
| House | Feb 8, 2016 | To Judiciary |
| House | Feb 8, 2016 | Introduced in House |
| House | Feb 8, 2016 | To House Judiciary |
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
