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Proposed West Virginia Firearm Legislation SB485

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Legislation Overview

Title: Relating to use or presentation of firearm during commission of felony

Subject: Crime

Description: Relating to use or presentation of firearm during commission of felony

Session: 2021 Regular Session

Last Action: Communicated to House

Last Action Date: April 10, 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'.

3 sponsors: Ryan Weld (R); Michael Woelfel (D); Jack Woodrum (R);

Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 9% (3 of 34)

History
Chamber Date Action
Senate Apr 10, 2021 House Message received
Senate Apr 10, 2021 Communicated to House
Senate Apr 10, 2021 Senate refused to concur; requested House recede(Voice vote)
House Apr 9, 2021 Read 3rd time
House Apr 9, 2021 Communicated to Senate
House Apr 9, 2021 Passed House (Roll No. 552)
House Apr 9, 2021 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
House Apr 8, 2021 Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
House Apr 8, 2021 Read 2nd time
House Apr 8, 2021 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
House Apr 7, 2021 On 1st reading, Special Calendar
House Apr 7, 2021 Read 1st time
House Apr 6, 2021 With amendment, do pass
House Apr 1, 2021 To Judiciary
House Apr 1, 2021 Introduced in House
House Apr 1, 2021 To House Judiciary
Senate Mar 31, 2021 Ordered to House
Senate Mar 31, 2021 Passed Senate (Roll No. 265)
Senate Mar 31, 2021 Read 3rd time
Senate Mar 31, 2021 On 3rd reading
Senate Mar 30, 2021 On 2nd reading
Senate Mar 30, 2021 Read 2nd time
Senate Mar 29, 2021 Immediate consideration
Senate Mar 29, 2021 Read 1st time
Senate Mar 29, 2021 Committee substitute reported
Senate Mar 1, 2021 Filed for introduction
Senate Mar 1, 2021 Introduced in Senate
Senate Mar 1, 2021 To Judiciary
Senate Mar 1, 2021 To Judiciary
Texts
Type Date State Link Text
Comm Sub not available state link bill text
Introduced not available state link bill text
Amendments
Title Description Date State Link Text Adopted
SB485 H JUD AM _1 SB485 H JUD AM _1 Apr 6, 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
03/31/2021 34 0 0 0 Yes
  • Azinger, Mike (R) Yea
  • Baldwin, Stephen (D) Yea
  • Beach, Robert (D) Yea
  • Boley, Donna (R) Yea
  • Caputo, Michael (D) Yea
  • Carmichael, Mitch (R) 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
04/9/2021 83 15 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) Nay
  • Brown, Nathan (D) Yea
  • Bruce, Barry (R) Yea
  • Burkhammer, Adam (R) Nay
  • 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) Nay
  • Fleischauer, Barbara (D) Nay
  • Fluharty, Shawn (D) Nay
  • Forsht, Donald (R) Yea
  • Foster, Geoff (R) Yea
  • Garcia, Joseph (D) Yea
  • Gearheart, Marty (R) Yea
  • Glasko-Tully, Heather (R) Yea
  • Graves, Dianna (R) Nay
  • 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
  • Hornbuckle, Sean (D) Yea
  • Horst, Charles (R) Nay
  • Hott, John (R) Yea
  • Householder, Eric (R) Yea
  • Howell, Gary (R) Yea
  • Jeffries, Joseph (R) Nay
  • Jeffries, Warren (R) Yea
  • Jennings, D. Roland (R) Yea
  • Keaton, Nicholas (R) Yea
  • Kelly, David (R) Yea
  • Kelly, John (R) Yea
  • Kessinger, Kayla (R) Yea
  • Kimble, Laura (R) Yea
  • Kimes, Dennis (R) Nay
  • Linville, Daniel (R) Yea
  • Longanacre, William (R) Yea
  • Lovejoy, Chad (D) Yea
  • Mallow, Phil (R) Yea
  • Mandt, John (R) Yea
  • Martin, Patrick (R) Yea
  • Maynard, Zachery (R) Yea
  • McGeehan, Pat (R) Nay
  • 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) Nay
  • Pinson, Jonathan (R) Yea
  • Pritt, Christopher (R) Nay
  • Pushkin, Mike (D) Nay
  • 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
  • Toney, Christopher (R) Yea
  • Walker, Danielle (D) Nay
  • Wamsley, Johnnie (R) Yea
  • Ward, Bryan (R) Yea
  • Ward, Guy (R) Yea
  • Westfall, Steve (R) Yea
  • Williams, John (D) Yea
  • Young, Kayla (D) Nay
  • 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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