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Passed West Virginia Firearm Legislation SB46

  this is an pro-gun bill
Legislation Overview

Title: Defining "pepper spray" and exempting from definition of "deadly weapons"

Subject: Crime

Description: Providing certain persons be allowed to carry pepper spray in State Capitol Complex

Session: 2020 Regular Session

Last Action: Chapter 81, Acts, Regular Session, 2020

Last Action Date: April 14, 2020

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'.

1 sponsors: Patricia Rucker (R);

Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 3% (1 of 34)

History
Chamber Date Action
Senate Apr 14, 2020 Chapter 81, Acts, Regular Session, 2020
House Feb 25, 2020 Approved by Governor 2/24/20 - House Journal
Senate Feb 24, 2020 Approved by Governor 2/24/20
House Feb 19, 2020 To Governor 2/18/20 - House Journal
Senate Feb 19, 2020 To Governor 2/18/20 - Senate Journal
Senate Feb 18, 2020 To Governor 2/18/20
Senate Feb 12, 2020 House Message received
House Feb 11, 2020 Completed legislative action
House Feb 11, 2020 Passed House (Roll No. 135)
House Feb 11, 2020 Read 3rd time
House Feb 11, 2020 From House Calendar, 3rd reading, placed on Special Calendar
House Feb 11, 2020 On 3rd reading, House Calendar
House Feb 11, 2020 Communicated to Senate
House Feb 10, 2020 From Special Calendar, 3rd reading, placed on House Calendar
House Feb 7, 2020 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
House Feb 6, 2020 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
House Feb 6, 2020 Read 2nd time
House Feb 5, 2020 Read 1st time
House Feb 5, 2020 On 1st reading, Special Calendar
House Feb 4, 2020 Do pass
House Jan 20, 2020 Introduced in House
House Jan 20, 2020 To House Judiciary
House Jan 20, 2020 To Judiciary
Senate Jan 17, 2020 Read 3rd time
Senate Jan 17, 2020 Ordered to House
Senate Jan 17, 2020 Passed Senate (Roll No. 3)
Senate Jan 17, 2020 On 3rd reading
Senate Jan 16, 2020 Read 2nd time
Senate Jan 16, 2020 On 2nd reading
Senate Jan 15, 2020 On 1st reading
Senate Jan 15, 2020 Read 1st time
Senate Jan 14, 2020 Committee substitute reported
Senate Jan 8, 2020 To Judiciary
Senate Jan 8, 2020 To Judiciary
Senate Jan 8, 2020 Introduced in Senate
Senate Jan 8, 2020 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
Description Vote Date Yea Votes Nay Votes No Votes Absent Passed
01/17/2020 31 0 0 3 Yes
  • Azinger, Mike (R) Yea
  • Baldwin, Stephen (D) Yea
  • Beach, Robert (D) Yea
  • Blair, Craig (R) Yea
  • Boley, Donna (R) Yea
  • Carmichael, Mitch (R) Yea
  • Clements, Charles (R) Yea
  • Cline, Sue (R) Yea
  • Facemire, Douglas (D) Yea
  • Hamilton, Bill (R) Yea
  • Hardesty, Paul (D) Yea
  • Ihlenfeld, William (D) Yea
  • Jeffries, Glenn (D) Yea
  • Lindsay, Richard (D) Yea
  • Mann, Kenny (R) Absent
  • Maroney, Michael (R) Absent
  • Maynard, Mark (R) Yea
  • Palumbo, Corey (D) Yea
  • Pitsenbarger, John (R) Yea
  • Plymale, Robert (D) Yea
  • Prezioso, Roman (D) Yea
  • Roberts, Rollan (R) Yea
  • Romano, Michael (D) Yea
  • Rucker, Patricia (R) Yea
  • Smith, Randy (R) Yea
  • Stollings, Ron (D) Yea
  • Swope, William (R) Yea
  • Sypolt, Dave (R) Yea
  • Takubo, Tamejiro (R) Yea
  • Tarr, Eric (R) Yea
  • Trump, Charles (R) Yea
  • Unger, John (D) Absent
  • Weld, Ryan (R) Yea
  • Woelfel, Michael (D) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
02/11/2020 98 0 2 0 Yes
  • Anderson, William (R) Yea
  • Angelucci, Michael (D) Yea
  • Atkinson, Martin (R) Yea
  • Azinger, Tom (R) Yea
  • Barnhart, Trenton (R) Yea
  • Barrett, Jason (D) Yea
  • Bartlett, Kevan (R) Yea
  • Bates, Mick (D) Yea
  • Bibby, Thomas (R) Yea
  • Boggs, Brent (D) Yea
  • Brown, Nathan (D) Yea
  • Brown, Samantha (D) Yea
  • Butler, Jim (R) Yea
  • Byrd, Andrew (D) Yea
  • Cadle, Scott (R) Yea
  • Campbell, Jeff (R) Yea
  • Canestraro, Joseph (D) Yea
  • Capito, Moore (R) Yea
  • Caputo, Michael (D) Yea
  • Cooper, Roy (R) Yea
  • Cowles, Daryl (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
  • Estep-Burton, Amanda (D) NV
  • Evans, Edward (D) Yea
  • Fast, Tom (R) Yea
  • Fleischauer, Barbara (D) Yea
  • Fluharty, Shawn (D) Yea
  • Foster, Geoff (R) Yea
  • Graves, Dianna (R) Yea
  • Hamrick, Danny (R) Yea
  • Hanna, Caleb (R) Yea
  • Hansen, Evan (D) Yea
  • Hanshaw, Roger (R) Yea
  • Hardy, John (R) Yea
  • Hartman, William (D) Yea
  • Hicks, Kenneth (D) Yea
  • Higginbotham, Joshua (R) Yea
  • Hill, Jordan (R) Yea
  • Hornbuckle, Sean (D) 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
  • Kelly, David (R) Yea
  • Kelly, John (R) Yea
  • Kessinger, Kayla (R) Yea
  • Kump, Larry (R) Yea
  • Lavender-Bowe, Cindy (D) Yea
  • Linville, Daniel (R) NV
  • Little, Chuck (R) Yea
  • Longstreth, Linda (D) Yea
  • Lovejoy, Chad (D) Yea
  • Mandt, John (R) Yea
  • Martin, Carl (R) Yea
  • Martin, Patrick (R) Yea
  • Maynard, Zachery (R) Yea
  • McGeehan, Pat (R) Yea
  • Miley, Tim (D) Yea
  • Miller, Rodney (D) Yea
  • Nelson, Fredrik (R) Yea
  • Pack, Jeffrey (R) Yea
  • Paynter, Anthony (R) Yea
  • Pethtel, David (D) Yea
  • Phillips, Chris (R) Yea
  • Porterfield, Eric (R) Yea
  • Pushkin, Mike (D) Yea
  • Pyles, Rodney (D) Yea
  • Queen, Bennett (R) Yea
  • Robinson, Andrew (D) Yea
  • Rodighiero, Ralph (D) Yea
  • Rohrbach, Matthew (R) Yea
  • Rowan, Ruth (R) Yea
  • Rowe, Larry (D) Yea
  • Shott, John (R) Yea
  • Skaff, Doug (D) Yea
  • Sponaugle, Isaac (D) Yea
  • Staggers, Margaret (D) Yea
  • Steele, Brandon (R) Yea
  • Storch, Erikka (R) Yea
  • Summers, Amy (R) Yea
  • Swartzmiller, Randal (D) Yea
  • Sypolt, Terrishie (R) Yea
  • Thompson, Cody (D) Yea
  • Thompson, Robert (D) Yea
  • Tomblin, Timothy (D) Yea
  • Toney, Christopher (R) Yea
  • Walker, Danielle (D) Yea
  • Waxman, Theresa (R) Yea
  • Westfall, Steve (R) Yea
  • Williams, John (D) Yea
  • Wilson, Stephen (R) Yea
  • Worrell, Evan (R) Yea
  • Zukoff, Lisa (D) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name

Link: link to state bill page

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