Proposed West Virginia Firearm Legislation SB555
Legislation Overview
Title: Prohibiting banks and payment networks from tracking firearm-related data and outlining penalties
Subject: Banking and Finance
Description: The purpose of this bill is to prohibit banking institutions and payment networks from requiring firearms retailers to adopt a merchant category code or transmit B2B data that would specifically identify the firearms retailer as a retailer of firearms, firearm accessories, or ammunition. Banking institutions violating this prohibition would receive a 10-point deduction on the technical section of the procurement scoring of the local or State purchasing card contract when bids are tabulated.
Session: 2023 Regular Session
Last Action: To Banking and Insurance
Last Action Date: February 3, 2023
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'.
6 sponsors: Ryan Weld (R); Patricia Rucker (R); Bill Hamilton (R); Vince Deeds (R); Jack Woodrum (R); Mike Stuart (R);
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 18% (6 of 34)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Feb 3, 2023 | Filed for introduction |
| Senate | Feb 3, 2023 | To Banking and Insurance then Finance |
| Senate | Feb 3, 2023 | Introduced in Senate |
| Senate | Feb 3, 2023 | To Banking and Insurance |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | 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
There have not been any votes on this bill
Link: link to state bill page
