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Passed West Virginia Firearm Legislation HB4782

Legislation Overview

Title: Preventing municipalities from targeting protected businesses with planning and zoning ordinances more restrictive than those placed upon other businesses.

Subject: Municipalities

Description: The purpose of this bill is to prevent municipalities from targeting protected businesses with planning and zoning ordinances more restrictive than those placed upon other businesses. The bill shall be known as the Second Amendment Business Protection Act.

Session: 2024 Regular Session

Last Action: Chapter 268, Acts, Regular Session, 2024

Last Action Date: April 22, 2024

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: Chuck Horst (R); Geno Chiarelli (R); Amy Summers (R); Eric Householder (R); Laura Kimble (R); Chris Phillips (R); Michael Hite (R); Jordan Maynor (R); John Hardy (R); Gary Howell (R); Paul Espinosa (R);

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

History

Chamber	Date	Action
House	Apr 22, 2024	Chapter 268, Acts, Regular Session, 2024
House	Mar 27, 2024	Approved by Governor 3/27/24
House	Mar 21, 2024	To Governor 3/21/2024
House	Mar 9, 2024	To Governor 3/21/2024 - House Journal
Senate	Mar 9, 2024	To Governor 3/21/2024 - Senate Journal
House	Mar 9, 2024	Approved by Governor 3/27/24 - House Journal
Senate	Mar 9, 2024	Approved by Governor 3/27/2024 - Senate Journal
Senate	Mar 4, 2024	House Message received
House	Mar 1, 2024	Communicated to Senate
House	Mar 1, 2024	Completed legislative action
House	Mar 1, 2024	House concurred in Senate amendment (Roll No. 422)
House	Mar 1, 2024	Immediate consideration
Senate	Feb 19, 2024	On 3rd reading with right to amend
Senate	Feb 19, 2024	Senate requests House to concur
Senate	Feb 19, 2024	Title amendment adopted
Senate	Feb 19, 2024	Passed Senate (Roll No. 167)
Senate	Feb 19, 2024	Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
Senate	Feb 19, 2024	Read 3rd time
Senate	Feb 16, 2024	Read 2nd time
Senate	Feb 16, 2024	On 2nd reading
Senate	Feb 15, 2024	Read 1st time
Senate	Feb 15, 2024	On 1st reading
Senate	Feb 14, 2024	Committee reference dispensed
Senate	Feb 14, 2024	Introduced in Senate
House	Feb 13, 2024	On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
House	Feb 13, 2024	Communicated to Senate
House	Feb 13, 2024	Passed House (Roll No. 160)
House	Feb 13, 2024	Read 3rd time
House	Feb 12, 2024	Read 2nd time
House	Feb 12, 2024	Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
House	Feb 12, 2024	Amendment reported by the Clerk
House	Feb 12, 2024	On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
House	Feb 9, 2024	On 1st reading, Special Calendar
House	Feb 9, 2024	Read 1st time
House	Feb 8, 2024	By substitute, do pass
House	Jan 31, 2024	To House Judiciary
House	Jan 31, 2024	Do pass, but first to Judiciary
House	Jan 16, 2024	To Political Subdivisions then Judiciary
House	Jan 16, 2024	To House Political Subdivisions
House	Jan 16, 2024	Introduced in House
House	Jan 16, 2024	Filed for introduction

Texts

Type	Date	State Link	Text
Enrolled	not available	state link	bill text
Engrossed	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
hb4782 sfat tarr _1 2-19	hb4782 sfat tarr _1 2-19	Feb 19, 2024	State Link	amendment text	No
hb4782 sfa tarr _1 2-19	hb4782 sfa tarr _1 2-19	Feb 19, 2024	State Link	amendment text	No
hb4782 sfat tarr _1 2-19 adopted	hb4782 sfat tarr _1 2-19 adopted	Feb 19, 2024	State Link	amendment text	Yes
hb4782 sfa tarr _1 2-19 adopted	hb4782 sfa tarr _1 2-19 adopted	Feb 19, 2024	State Link	amendment text	Yes
hb4782 hfa horst 2-10 _1	hb4782 hfa horst 2-10 _1	Feb 10, 2024	State Link	amendment text	No
hb4782 hfa horst 2-10 _1 adopted	hb4782 hfa horst 2-10 _1 adopted	Feb 10, 2024	State Link	amendment text	Yes

Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call

Description	Vote Date	Yea Votes	Nay Votes	No Votes	Absent	Passed
Passed House (Roll No. 160)	02/13/2024	92	8	0	0	Yes
Adkins, David (R) Yea Akers, James (R) Yea Anderson, William (R) Yea Barnhart, Trenton (R) Yea Bridges, Jordan (R) Yea Brooks, Eric (R) Yea Burkhammer, Adam (R) Yea Butler, Jim (R) Yea Campbell, Jeff (R) Yea Cannon, Jarred (R) Yea Chiarelli, Eugene (R) Yea Clark, Thomas (R) Yea Clark, Wayne (R) Yea Coop-Gonzalez, Elias (R) Yea Cooper, Roy (R) Yea Criss, Adrian (R) Yea Crouse, Kathie (R) Yea Dean, Daniel (R) Yea Devault, Mike (R) Yea Dillon, Henry (R) Yea Dittman, Lori (R) Yea Ellington, Joe (R) Yea Espinosa, Paul (R) Yea Fast, Tom (R) Yea Fehrenbacher, Bob (R) Yea Ferrell, Dana (R) Yea Fluharty, Shawn (D) Yea Foggin, Dave (R) Yea Forsht, Donald (R) Yea Foster, Geoff (R) Yea Garcia, Joseph (D) Nay Gearheart, Marty (R) Yea Glasko-Tully, Heather (R) Yea Green, David (R) Yea Griffith, Rickey (D) Yea Hall, Walter (R) Yea Hamilton, Anitra (D) Nay Hansen, Evan (D) Nay Hanshaw, Roger (R) Yea Hardy, John (R) Yea Heckert, Scot (R) Yea Hillenbrand, Rick (R) Yea Hite, Michael (R) Yea Holstein, Joshua (R) Yea Hornbuckle, Sean (D) Yea Hornby, Michael (R) Yea Horst, Charles (R) Yea Hott, John (R) Yea Householder, Eric (R) Yea Howell, Gary (R) Yea Jeffries, Warren (R) Yea Jennings, D. Roland (R) Yea Kelly, David (R) Yea Kimble, Laura (R) Yea Kirby, Todd (R) Yea Kump, Larry (R) Yea Lewis, Hollis (D) Nay Linville, Daniel (R) Yea Longanacre, William (R) Yea Lucas, Patrick (R) Yea Mallow, Phil (R) Yea Marple, Keith (R) Yea Martin, Carl (R) Yea Maynor, Jordan (R) Yea McGeehan, Pat (R) Yea Miller, George (R) Yea Moore, Erica (R) Yea Nestor, William (R) Yea Petitto, Mickey (R) Yea Phillips, Chris (R) Yea Pinson, Jonathan (R) Yea Pritt, Christopher (R) Yea Pritt, David (D) Yea Pushkin, Mike (D) Nay Ridenour, William (R) Yea Riley, Clay (R) Yea Rohrbach, Matthew (R) Yea Ross, Mark (R) Yea Rowe, Larry (D) Nay Schaaf-Mazzocchi, Margitta (R) Yea Shamblin, Andy (R) Yea Sheedy, Charles (R) Yea Smith, Douglas (R) Yea Statler, Joseph (R) Yea Steele, Brandon (R) Yea Stephens, Jeffrey (R) Yea Street, George (R) Yea Summers, Amy (R) Yea Thorne, Darren (R) Yea Toney, Christopher (R) Yea Vance, Adam (R) Yea Ward, Bryan (R) Yea Warner, Debbie (R) Yea Westfall, Steve (R) Yea Williams, John (D) Nay Willis, Jimmy (R) Yea Winzenreid, Diana (R) Yea Worrell, Evan (R) Yea Young, Kayla (D) Nay Zatezalo, Mark (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
Passed Senate (Roll No. 167)	02/19/2024	33	1	0	0	Yes
Azinger, Mike (R) Yea Barrett, Jason (D) Yea Blair, Craig (R) Yea Boley, Donna (R) Yea Caputo, Michael (D) Nay Clements, Charles (R) Yea Deeds, Vince (R) Yea Grady, Amy (R) Yea Hamilton, Bill (R) Yea Hunt, Mark (D) Yea Jeffries, Glenn (D) Yea Karnes, Robert (R) Yea Maroney, Michael (R) Yea Martin, Patrick (R) Yea Maynard, Mark (R) Yea Nelson, Fredrik (R) Yea Oliverio, Mike (R) Yea Phillips, Rupert (D) Yea Plymale, Robert (D) Yea Queen, Bennett (R) Yea Roberts, Rollan (R) Yea Rucker, Patricia (R) Yea Smith, Randy (R) Yea Stover, David (R) Yea Stuart, Mike (R) Yea Swope, William (R) Yea Takubo, Tamejiro (R) Yea Tarr, Eric (R) Yea Taylor, John (R) Yea Trump, Charles (R) Yea Wakim Chapman, Laura (R) 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 (Roll No. 422)	03/1/2024	86	10	0	4	Yes
Adkins, David (R) Yea Akers, James (R) Yea Anderson, William (R) Yea Barnhart, Trenton (R) Yea Bridges, Jordan (R) Yea Brooks, Eric (R) Yea Burkhammer, Adam (R) Yea Butler, Jim (R) Yea Campbell, Jeff (R) Yea Cannon, Jarred (R) Yea Chiarelli, Eugene (R) Yea Clark, Thomas (R) Yea Clark, Wayne (R) Yea Coop-Gonzalez, Elias (R) Yea Cooper, Roy (R) Yea Criss, Adrian (R) Yea Crouse, Kathie (R) Yea Dean, Daniel (R) Yea Devault, Mike (R) Yea Dillon, Henry (R) Yea Dittman, Lori (R) Yea Ellington, Joe (R) Yea Espinosa, Paul (R) Yea Fast, Tom (R) Yea Fehrenbacher, Bob (R) Yea Ferrell, Dana (R) Yea Fluharty, Shawn (D) Yea Foggin, Dave (R) Yea Forsht, Donald (R) Yea Foster, Geoff (R) Yea Garcia, Joseph (D) Nay Gearheart, Marty (R) Yea Glasko-Tully, Heather (R) Yea Green, David (R) Yea Griffith, Rickey (D) Nay Hall, Walter (R) Yea Hamilton, Anitra (D) Nay Hansen, Evan (D) Nay Hanshaw, Roger (R) Yea Hardy, John (R) Yea Heckert, Scot (R) Yea Hillenbrand, Rick (R) Yea Hite, Michael (R) Yea Holstein, Joshua (R) Yea Hornbuckle, Sean (D) Nay Hornby, Michael (R) Yea Horst, Charles (R) Yea Hott, John (R) Yea Householder, Eric (R) Yea Howell, Gary (R) Yea Jeffries, Warren (R) Yea Jennings, D. Roland (R) Yea Kelly, David (R) Yea Kimble, Laura (R) Yea Kirby, Todd (R) Yea Kump, Larry (R) Yea Lewis, Hollis (D) Nay Linville, Daniel (R) Yea Longanacre, William (R) Yea Lucas, Patrick (R) Yea Mallow, Phil (R) Yea Marple, Keith (R) Yea Martin, Carl (R) Absent Maynor, Jordan (R) Yea McGeehan, Pat (R) Yea Miller, George (R) Yea Moore, Erica (R) Yea Nestor, William (R) Yea Petitto, Mickey (R) Yea Phillips, Chris (R) Yea Pinson, Jonathan (R) Yea Pritt, Christopher (R) Yea Pritt, David (D) Yea Pushkin, Mike (D) Nay Ridenour, William (R) Yea Riley, Clay (R) Yea Rohrbach, Matthew (R) Yea Ross, Mark (R) Yea Rowe, Larry (D) Nay Schaaf-Mazzocchi, Margitta (R) Absent Shamblin, Andy (R) Yea Sheedy, Charles (R) Absent Smith, Douglas (R) Yea Statler, Joseph (R) Yea Steele, Brandon (R) Yea Stephens, Jeffrey (R) Yea Street, George (R) Absent Summers, Amy (R) Yea Thorne, Darren (R) Yea Toney, Christopher (R) Yea Vance, Adam (R) Yea Ward, Bryan (R) Yea Warner, Debbie (R) Yea Westfall, Steve (R) Yea Williams, John (D) Nay Willis, Jimmy (R) Yea Winzenreid, Diana (R) Yea Worrell, Evan (R) Yea Young, Kayla (D) Nay Zatezalo, Mark (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name

Link: link to state bill page