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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the definition of small arms for purposes of taxation"
+description: "Relating to the definition of small arms for purposes of taxation"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "HB 5261"
+citation: "West Virginia HB 5261 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Taxation"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Horst"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 34
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2024-01-29"
+last_action: "2024-04-22"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/daf20cc2-d2fd-4ccd-a7bb-a8cf5012bfe1"
+source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=5261&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "b937316095b4a51c21b9abb6147ac4a8d5da16df76a39cad9c21a25945e53b47"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wv"]
+---
+
+# West Virginia HB 5261 (2024) — Relating to the definition of small arms for purposes of taxation
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5261%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=5261)
+2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5261%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=5261)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **98–0** (pass) · lower
+- EFFECT July 01, 2024 — **96–0** (pass) · lower
+- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Horst — primary (person)
+- Criss — cosponsor (person)
+- Hardy — cosponsor (person)
+- Hite — cosponsor (person)
+- Howell — cosponsor (person)
+- Maynor — cosponsor (person)
+- McGeehan — cosponsor (person)
+- Phillips — cosponsor (person)
+- Steele — cosponsor (person)
+- Summers — cosponsor (person)
+- Thorne — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-29** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2024-01-29** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-29** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2024-01-29** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-08** Do pass
+- **2024-02-09** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2024-02-09** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2024-02-12** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2024-02-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2024-02-13** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2024-02-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-13** Passed House (Roll No. 164) `passage`
+- **2024-02-13** Effective July 1, 2024 (Roll No. 165)
+- **2024-02-13** Communicated to Senate
+- **2024-02-14** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2024-02-14** Committee reference dispensed
+- **2024-02-15** On 1st reading
+- **2024-02-15** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2024-02-16** On 2nd reading
+- **2024-02-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2024-02-19** On 3rd reading
+- **2024-02-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-19** Passed Senate (Roll No. 170) `passage`
+- **2024-02-19** Effective July 1, 2024 (Roll No. 170)
+- **2024-02-19** Communicated to House
+- **2024-02-19** Completed legislative action
+- **2024-02-20** House received Senate message
+- **2024-02-29** To Governor 2/29/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-03-01** To Governor 2/29/2024 `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-03-01** To Governor 2/29/2024 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-03-06** Approved by Governor 3/6/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2024-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/6/2024 `executive-signature`
+- **2024-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/6/2024 - House Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2024-04-22** Chapter 262, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/daf20cc2-d2fd-4ccd-a7bb-a8cf5012bfe1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+