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Passed West Virginia Firearm Legislation SB96

  this is an pro-gun bill
Legislation Overview

Title: Prohibiting municipalities from limiting persons' rights to possess certain weapons

Subject: Crime

Description: Prohibiting municipalities from limiting persons' rights to possess certain weapons

Session: 2020 Regular Session

Last Action: Chapter 64, 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'.

11 sponsors: Charles Trump (R); Sue Cline (R); Patricia Rucker (R); Mike Azinger (R); Mark Maynard (R); Rollan Roberts (R); Dave Sypolt (R); Randy Smith (R); Bill Hamilton (R); Douglas Facemire (D); Michael Romano (D);

Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 32% (11 of 34)

History
Chamber Date Action
Senate Apr 14, 2020 Chapter 64, Acts, Regular Session, 2020
Senate Mar 25, 2020 Approved by Governor 3/25/20
Senate Mar 13, 2020 To Governor 3/13/20
Senate Mar 7, 2020 Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - Senate Journal
House Mar 7, 2020 Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - House Journal
House Mar 7, 2020 To Governor 3/13/20 - House Journal
Senate Mar 7, 2020 To Governor 3/13/20 - Senate Journal
Senate Mar 3, 2020 House Message received
House Mar 2, 2020 Completed legislative action
House Mar 2, 2020 Communicated to Senate
House Mar 2, 2020 Passed House (Roll No. 438)
House Mar 2, 2020 Read 3rd time
House Mar 2, 2020 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
House Feb 29, 2020 Committee amendment rejected (Roll No. 436)
House Feb 29, 2020 Read 2nd time
House Feb 29, 2020 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
House Feb 28, 2020 On 1st reading, Special Calendar
House Feb 28, 2020 Read 1st time
House Feb 27, 2020 With amendment, do pass
House Feb 25, 2020 To House Judiciary
House Feb 25, 2020 With amendment, do pass, but first to Judiciary
House Feb 11, 2020 Introduced in House
House Feb 11, 2020 To House Political Subdivisions
House Feb 11, 2020 To Political Subdivisions then Judiciary
Senate Feb 10, 2020 On 3rd reading
Senate Feb 10, 2020 Ordered to House
Senate Feb 10, 2020 Passed Senate (Roll No. 89)
Senate Feb 10, 2020 Read 3rd time
Senate Feb 7, 2020 Read 2nd time
Senate Feb 7, 2020 On 2nd reading
Senate Feb 6, 2020 On 1st reading
Senate Feb 6, 2020 Read 1st time
Senate Feb 5, 2020 Committee substitute for committee substitute reported
Senate Jan 17, 2020 To Judiciary
Senate Jan 17, 2020 Committee substitute reported, but first to Judiciary
Senate Jan 8, 2020 To Government Organization then Judiciary
Senate Jan 8, 2020 To Government Organization
Senate Jan 8, 2020 Introduced in Senate
Senate Jan 8, 2020 Filed for introduction
Texts
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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
02/10/2020 30 2 0 2 Yes
  • Azinger, Mike (R) Yea
  • Baldwin, Stephen (D) Yea
  • Beach, Robert (D) Absent
  • Blair, Craig (R) Yea
  • Boley, Donna (R) Yea
  • Carmichael, Mitch (R) Yea
  • Clements, Charles (R) Yea
  • Cline, Sue (R) Yea
  • Facemire, Douglas (D) Absent
  • Hamilton, Bill (R) Yea
  • Hardesty, Paul (D) Yea
  • Ihlenfeld, William (D) Yea
  • Jeffries, Glenn (D) Yea
  • Lindsay, Richard (D) Nay
  • Mann, Kenny (R) Yea
  • Maroney, Michael (R) Yea
  • Maynard, Mark (R) Yea
  • Palumbo, Corey (D) Nay
  • 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) Yea
  • Weld, Ryan (R) Yea
  • Woelfel, Michael (D) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
02/29/2020 27 67 6 0 No
  • Anderson, William (R) Nay
  • Angelucci, Michael (D) NV
  • Atkinson, Martin (R) Nay
  • Azinger, Tom (R) Yea
  • Barnhart, Trenton (R) Nay
  • Barrett, Jason (D) Nay
  • Bartlett, Kevan (R) Nay
  • Bates, Mick (D) Yea
  • Bibby, Thomas (R) Nay
  • Boggs, Brent (D) Nay
  • Brown, Nathan (D) Nay
  • Brown, Samantha (D) Nay
  • Butler, Jim (R) Nay
  • Byrd, Andrew (D) Yea
  • Cadle, Scott (R) Nay
  • Campbell, Jeff (R) Nay
  • Canestraro, Joseph (D) Nay
  • Capito, Moore (R) Yea
  • Caputo, Michael (D) Yea
  • Cooper, Roy (R) Yea
  • Cowles, Daryl (R) Yea
  • Criss, Adrian (R) Nay
  • Dean, Daniel (R) Nay
  • Diserio, Phillip (D) Nay
  • Doyle, John (D) Yea
  • Ellington, Joe (R) Nay
  • Espinosa, Paul (R) Nay
  • Estep-Burton, Amanda (D) Yea
  • Evans, Edward (D) NV
  • Fast, Tom (R) Nay
  • Fleischauer, Barbara (D) Yea
  • Fluharty, Shawn (D) Nay
  • Foster, Geoff (R) Nay
  • Graves, Dianna (R) Nay
  • Hamrick, Danny (R) Nay
  • Hanna, Caleb (R) Nay
  • Hansen, Evan (D) Yea
  • Hanshaw, Roger (R) Yea
  • Hardy, John (R) Nay
  • Hartman, William (D) Nay
  • Hicks, Kenneth (D) Nay
  • Higginbotham, Joshua (R) Nay
  • Hill, Jordan (R) Nay
  • Hornbuckle, Sean (D) Yea
  • Hott, John (R) Nay
  • Householder, Eric (R) Nay
  • Howell, Gary (R) Nay
  • Jeffries, Joseph (R) Nay
  • Jeffries, Warren (R) Nay
  • Jennings, D. Roland (R) Nay
  • Kelly, David (R) Yea
  • Kelly, John (R) Nay
  • Kessinger, Kayla (R) NV
  • Kump, Larry (R) NV
  • Lavender-Bowe, Cindy (D) Nay
  • Linville, Daniel (R) Nay
  • Little, Chuck (R) Nay
  • Longstreth, Linda (D) Yea
  • Lovejoy, Chad (D) Nay
  • Mandt, John (R) Nay
  • Martin, Carl (R) Nay
  • Martin, Patrick (R) Nay
  • Maynard, Zachery (R) Nay
  • McGeehan, Pat (R) Nay
  • Miley, Tim (D) Yea
  • Miller, Rodney (D) Nay
  • Nelson, Fredrik (R) Yea
  • Pack, Jeffrey (R) Nay
  • Paynter, Anthony (R) Nay
  • Pethtel, David (D) Nay
  • Phillips, Chris (R) Yea
  • Porterfield, Eric (R) Nay
  • Pushkin, Mike (D) Yea
  • Pyles, Rodney (D) Yea
  • Queen, Bennett (R) Nay
  • Robinson, Andrew (D) Yea
  • Rodighiero, Ralph (D) Nay
  • Rohrbach, Matthew (R) Nay
  • Rowan, Ruth (R) Nay
  • Rowe, Larry (D) Yea
  • Shott, John (R) Yea
  • Skaff, Doug (D) Yea
  • Sponaugle, Isaac (D) Nay
  • Staggers, Margaret (D) Nay
  • Steele, Brandon (R) NV
  • Storch, Erikka (R) NV
  • Summers, Amy (R) Nay
  • Swartzmiller, Randal (D) Nay
  • Sypolt, Terrishie (R) Nay
  • Thompson, Cody (D) Nay
  • Thompson, Robert (D) Nay
  • Tomblin, Timothy (D) Nay
  • Toney, Christopher (R) Nay
  • Walker, Danielle (D) Yea
  • Waxman, Theresa (R) Nay
  • Westfall, Steve (R) Yea
  • Williams, John (D) Yea
  • Wilson, Stephen (R) Nay
  • Worrell, Evan (R) Nay
  • Zukoff, Lisa (D) Nay
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
03/2/2020 81 17 2 0 Yes
  • Anderson, William (R) Yea
  • Angelucci, Michael (D) Nay
  • Atkinson, Martin (R) Yea
  • Azinger, Tom (R) Yea
  • Barnhart, Trenton (R) Yea
  • Barrett, Jason (D) Yea
  • Bartlett, Kevan (R) Yea
  • Bates, Mick (D) Nay
  • Bibby, Thomas (R) Yea
  • Boggs, Brent (D) Yea
  • Brown, Nathan (D) Yea
  • Brown, Samantha (D) Yea
  • Butler, Jim (R) Yea
  • Byrd, Andrew (D) Nay
  • Cadle, Scott (R) Yea
  • Campbell, Jeff (R) Yea
  • Canestraro, Joseph (D) Yea
  • Capito, Moore (R) Yea
  • Caputo, Michael (D) Nay
  • Cooper, Roy (R) Yea
  • Cowles, Daryl (R) Yea
  • Criss, Adrian (R) Yea
  • Dean, Daniel (R) Yea
  • Diserio, Phillip (D) Yea
  • Doyle, John (D) Nay
  • Ellington, Joe (R) Yea
  • Espinosa, Paul (R) Yea
  • Estep-Burton, Amanda (D) Yea
  • Evans, Edward (D) Yea
  • Fast, Tom (R) Yea
  • Fleischauer, Barbara (D) Nay
  • Fluharty, Shawn (D) Yea
  • Foster, Geoff (R) Yea
  • Graves, Dianna (R) Yea
  • Hamrick, Danny (R) Yea
  • Hanna, Caleb (R) Yea
  • Hansen, Evan (D) Nay
  • 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) Nay
  • 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) NV
  • Kump, Larry (R) Yea
  • Lavender-Bowe, Cindy (D) Yea
  • Linville, Daniel (R) Yea
  • Little, Chuck (R) Yea
  • Longstreth, Linda (D) Nay
  • 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) Nay
  • 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) Nay
  • Pyles, Rodney (D) Nay
  • Queen, Bennett (R) Yea
  • Robinson, Andrew (D) Yea
  • Rodighiero, Ralph (D) Yea
  • Rohrbach, Matthew (R) Yea
  • Rowan, Ruth (R) Yea
  • Rowe, Larry (D) Nay
  • Shott, John (R) Nay
  • Skaff, Doug (D) Nay
  • 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) Nay
  • Waxman, Theresa (R) Yea
  • Westfall, Steve (R) Yea
  • Williams, John (D) Nay
  • Wilson, Stephen (R) NV
  • 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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