Proposed West Virginia Firearm Legislation SJR1
Legislation Overview
Title: Protection of Right to Bear Arms Amendment
Description: The purpose of this resolution is to amend the State Constitution to prohibit the state, counties, municipalities, or other political subdivisions of the state from restricting the right to keep and bear arms.
Session: 2023 Regular Session
Last Action: To Judiciary
Last Action Date: January 11, 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'.
8 sponsors: Eric Tarr (R); Rupert Phillips (R); Jack Woodrum (R); Mark Hunt (D); Laura Wakim Chapman (R); Robert Karnes (R); Randy Smith (R); Michael Maroney (R);
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 24% (8 of 34)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Jan 11, 2023 | Filed for introduction |
| Senate | Jan 11, 2023 | To Judiciary then Finance |
| Senate | Jan 11, 2023 | Introduced in Senate |
| Senate | Jan 11, 2023 | To Judiciary |
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
