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Passed West Virginia Firearm Legislation HB2694

  this is an pro-gun bill
Legislation Overview

Title: Create the 2nd Amendment Preservation Act

Subject: Human Rights

Description: Create the 2nd Amendment Preservation Act

Session: 2021 Regular Session

Last Action: Chapter 277, Acts, Regular Session, 2021

Last Action Date: May 20, 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'.

11 sponsors: Brandon Steele (R); Geoff Foster (R); Amy Summers (R); Jeffrey Pack (R); Chris Phillips (R); Dean Jeffries (R); Wayne Clark (R); Terrishie Sypolt (R); Zachery Maynard (R); Dianna Graves (R); Gary Howell (R);

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

History
Chamber Date Action
House May 20, 2021 Chapter 277, Acts, Regular Session, 2021
House Apr 27, 2021 Approved by Governor 4/27/21
House Apr 22, 2021 To Governor 4/22/21
Senate Apr 10, 2021 To Governor 4/22/21 - Senate Journal
House Apr 10, 2021 To Governor 4/22/21 - House Journal
Senate Apr 10, 2021 Completed legislative action
Senate Apr 10, 2021 Communicated to House
Senate Apr 10, 2021 Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 491)
Senate Apr 10, 2021 House Message received
House Apr 10, 2021 Communicated to Senate
House Apr 10, 2021 House concurred in Senate amend with title amend, passed (Roll No. 646)
House Apr 10, 2021 House received Senate message
Senate Apr 10, 2021 Senate requests House to concur
Senate Apr 10, 2021 Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 470)
Senate Apr 10, 2021 Read 3rd time
Senate Apr 10, 2021 Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
Senate Apr 10, 2021 On 3rd reading with right to amend
Senate Apr 10, 2021 Committee amendment withdrawn by unanimous consent
House Apr 10, 2021 Approved by Governor 4/27/21 - House Journal
Senate Apr 10, 2021 Approved by Governor 4/27/21 - Senate Journal
Senate Apr 9, 2021 Read 2nd time
Senate Apr 9, 2021 On 2nd reading
Senate Apr 8, 2021 On 1st reading
Senate Apr 8, 2021 Read 1st time
Senate Apr 7, 2021 Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment
Senate Mar 31, 2021 To Judiciary
Senate Mar 31, 2021 Reported do pass, but first to Judiciary
Senate Mar 27, 2021 To Government Organization
Senate Mar 27, 2021 To Government Organization then Judiciary
Senate Mar 27, 2021 Introduced in Senate
House Mar 26, 2021 On 3rd reading with right to amend, Special Calendar
House Mar 26, 2021 Amendment reported by the Clerk
House Mar 26, 2021 Communicated to Senate
House Mar 26, 2021 Passed House (Roll No. 295)
House Mar 26, 2021 Read 3rd time
House Mar 26, 2021 Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
House Mar 26, 2021 Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
House Mar 25, 2021 Amendment pending
House Mar 25, 2021 Read 2nd time
House Mar 25, 2021 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
House Mar 24, 2021 Read 1st time
House Mar 24, 2021 On 1st reading, Special Calendar
House Mar 23, 2021 By substitute, do pass
House Feb 23, 2021 To House Judiciary
House Feb 23, 2021 Introduced in House
House Feb 23, 2021 To Judiciary
House Feb 23, 2021 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
HB2694 SFAT _1 TRUMP 4-10 HB2694 SFAT _1 TRUMP 4-10 Apr 10, 2021 State Link amendment text No
HB2694 HFAT _1 CAPITO 4-10 adopted HB2694 HFAT _1 CAPITO 4-10 adopted Apr 10, 2021 State Link amendment text Yes
HB2694 SFA TRUMP 4-9 _1 HB2694 SFA TRUMP 4-9 _1 Apr 9, 2021 State Link amendment text No
HB2694 S JUD AM _1 HB2694 S JUD AM _1 Apr 7, 2021 State Link amendment text No
HB2694 S JUD AMT _1 4-6 adopted HB2694 S JUD AMT _1 4-6 adopted Apr 6, 2021 State Link amendment text Yes
HB2694 S JUD AMT _1 4-6 HB2694 S JUD AMT _1 4-6 Apr 6, 2021 State Link amendment text No
HB2694 HFA CAPITO 3-25 _1 HB2694 HFA CAPITO 3-25 _1 Mar 25, 2021 State Link amendment text No
HB2694 HFA D JEFFRIES AM _1 HB2694 HFA D JEFFRIES AM _1 Mar 24, 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
03/26/2021 74 22 0 0 Yes
  • Anderson, William (R) Yea
  • Barach, James (D) Nay
  • Barnhart, Trenton (R) Yea
  • Barrett, Jason (D) Yea
  • Bates, Mick (D) Nay
  • Boggs, Brent (D) Yea
  • Booth, Josh (R) Yea
  • Bridges, Jordan (R) Yea
  • Brown, Nathan (D) Yea
  • Burkhammer, Adam (R) Yea
  • 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) Nay
  • Doyle, John (D) Nay
  • Espinosa, Paul (R) Yea
  • Evans, Edward (D) Nay
  • Fast, Tom (R) Yea
  • Ferrell, Dana (R) Yea
  • Fleischauer, Barbara (D) Nay
  • Fluharty, Shawn (D) Nay
  • Forsht, Donald (R) Yea
  • Foster, Geoff (R) Yea
  • Garcia, Joseph (D) Nay
  • Gearheart, Marty (R) Yea
  • Glasko-Tully, Heather (R) Yea
  • Graves, Dianna (R) Yea
  • Griffith, Rickey (D) Nay
  • Hamrick, Danny (R) Yea
  • Hanna, Caleb (R) Yea
  • Hansen, Evan (D) Nay
  • Hanshaw, Roger (R) Yea
  • Hardy, John (R) Yea
  • Haynes, Austin (R) Yea
  • Higginbotham, Joshua (R) Yea
  • Holstein, Joshua (R) Yea
  • Hornbuckle, Sean (D) Nay
  • Horst, Charles (R) 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
  • Keaton, Nicholas (R) Yea
  • Kelly, David (R) Nay
  • Kelly, John (R) Yea
  • Kessinger, Kayla (R) Yea
  • Kimble, Laura (R) Yea
  • Kimes, Dennis (R) Yea
  • Linville, Daniel (R) Yea
  • Longanacre, William (R) Yea
  • Lovejoy, Chad (D) Nay
  • Mallow, Phil (R) Yea
  • Mandt, John (R) Yea
  • Martin, Carl (R) Yea
  • Maynard, Zachery (R) Yea
  • McGeehan, Pat (R) Yea
  • Miller, George (R) Yea
  • Nestor, William (R) Yea
  • Pack, Jeffrey (R) Yea
  • Paynter, Anthony (R) Yea
  • Pethtel, David (D) Yea
  • Phillips, Chris (R) Yea
  • Pinson, Jonathan (R) Yea
  • Pritt, Christopher (R) Yea
  • 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) Nay
  • Schaaf-Mazzocchi, Margitta (R) Yea
  • Skaff, Doug (D) Nay
  • Smith, Douglas (R) Yea
  • Statler, Joseph (R) Yea
  • Storch, Erikka (R) Nay
  • Summers, Amy (R) Yea
  • Sypolt, Terrishie (R) Yea
  • Thompson, Cody (D) Yea
  • Toney, Christopher (R) Yea
  • Walker, Danielle (D) Nay
  • Wamsley, Johnnie (R) Yea
  • Ward, Bryan (R) Yea
  • Ward, Guy (R) Yea
  • Westfall, Steve (R) Nay
  • Williams, John (D) Nay
  • Worrell, Evan (R) Yea
  • Young, Kayla (D) Nay
  • Zatezalo, Mark (R) Yea
  • Zukoff, Lisa (D) Nay
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
04/10/2021 30 4 0 0 Yes
  • Azinger, Mike (R) Yea
  • Baldwin, Stephen (D) Yea
  • Beach, Robert (D) Nay
  • Blair, Craig (R) Yea
  • Boley, Donna (R) Yea
  • Caputo, Michael (D) Nay
  • Clements, Charles (R) Yea
  • Grady, Amy (R) Yea
  • Hamilton, Bill (R) Yea
  • Ihlenfeld, William (D) Nay
  • Jeffries, Glenn (D) Yea
  • Karnes, Robert (R) Yea
  • Lindsay, Richard (D) Nay
  • 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
04/10/2021 92 7 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) Yea
  • Brown, Nathan (D) Yea
  • Bruce, Barry (R) Yea
  • Burkhammer, Adam (R) Yea
  • Capito, Moore (R) Yea
  • Clark, Wayne (R) Yea
  • Conley, Roger (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
  • Evans, Edward (D) Yea
  • Fast, Tom (R) Yea
  • Ferrell, Dana (R) Yea
  • Fleischauer, Barbara (D) Nay
  • Fluharty, Shawn (D) Yea
  • Forsht, Donald (R) Yea
  • Foster, Geoff (R) Yea
  • Garcia, Joseph (D) Yea
  • Gearheart, Marty (R) Yea
  • Glasko-Tully, Heather (R) Yea
  • Graves, Dianna (R) Yea
  • Griffith, Rickey (D) Yea
  • Hamrick, Danny (R) Yea
  • Hanna, Caleb (R) Yea
  • Hansen, Evan (D) Nay
  • 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) 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
  • Keaton, Nicholas (R) Yea
  • Kelly, David (R) Yea
  • Kelly, John (R) Yea
  • Kessinger, Kayla (R) Yea
  • Kimble, Laura (R) Yea
  • Kimes, Dennis (R) Yea
  • Linville, Daniel (R) Yea
  • Longanacre, William (R) Yea
  • Lovejoy, Chad (D) Yea
  • Mallow, Phil (R) Yea
  • Mandt, John (R) Yea
  • Martin, Carl (R) Yea
  • Maynard, Zachery (R) Yea
  • McGeehan, Pat (R) Yea
  • 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) Yea
  • Pinson, Jonathan (R) Yea
  • Pritt, Christopher (R) Yea
  • 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) Nay
  • 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
  • Thompson, Cody (D) 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) Nay
  • Worrell, Evan (R) Yea
  • Young, Kayla (D) Yea
  • Zatezalo, Mark (R) Yea
  • Zukoff, Lisa (D) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
04/10/2021 30 4 0 0 Yes
  • Azinger, Mike (R) Yea
  • Baldwin, Stephen (D) Yea
  • Beach, Robert (D) Nay
  • Blair, Craig (R) Yea
  • Boley, Donna (R) Yea
  • Caputo, Michael (D) Nay
  • Clements, Charles (R) Yea
  • Grady, Amy (R) Yea
  • Hamilton, Bill (R) Yea
  • Ihlenfeld, William (D) Nay
  • Jeffries, Glenn (D) Yea
  • Karnes, Robert (R) Yea
  • Lindsay, Richard (D) Nay
  • 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

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