WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE

2026 REGULAR SESSION

Introduced

House Bill 4185

By Delegate Horst

[Introduced January 14, 2026; referred to the Committee on the Judiciary]

A BILL to repeal §61-7-9 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to the possession of machine guns.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

§1. Repeal of section relating to possession of machine guns; penalties.

That §61-7-9 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, is repealed.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to repeal the section of code making it unlawful to possess a fully automatic weapon.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.