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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Allow all law enforcement officers to purchase gun upon retirement"
+description: "Allow all law enforcement officers to purchase gun upon retirement"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 3181"
+citation: "West Virginia HB 3181 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Public Safety"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Howell, G."]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 42
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-03-06"
+last_action: "2025-07-31"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f03339dc-d382-4db2-b3f0-49fecf3008d4"
+source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=3181&year=2025&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "57618865318e87d8afb7a16b561cfa2b0ba228e6fa97a0465b21f7ebfb06f598"
+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 3181 (2025) — Allow all law enforcement officers to purchase gun upon retirement
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3181%20sub1.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=3181)
+2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3181%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=3181)
+3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3181%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=3181)
+4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3181%20intr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=3181)
+5. **hb3181 s gov am _1 4-9 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/com_amends/hb3181%20s%20gov%20am%20_1%204-9%20adopted.htm)
+6. **hb3181 sfat rucker _1 4-9 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/floor_amends/hb3181%20sfat%20rucker%20_1%204-9%20adopted.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **97–0** (pass) · lower
+- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Howell, G. — primary (person)
+- Heckert — cosponsor (person)
+- Kelly — cosponsor (person)
+- Linville — cosponsor (person)
+- Marple — cosponsor (person)
+- Masters — cosponsor (person)
+- Phillips — cosponsor (person)
+- Pinson — cosponsor (person)
+- Ridenour — cosponsor (person)
+- Stephens — cosponsor (person)
+- Ward — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-03-06** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2025-03-06** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-06** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2025-03-06** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-24** Markup Discussion
+- **2025-03-26** By substitute, do pass
+- **2025-03-27** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2025-03-27** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2025-03-28** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2025-03-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2025-03-31** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2025-03-31** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-31** Passed House (Roll No. 283) `passage`
+- **2025-03-31** Communicated to Senate
+- **2025-04-01** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2025-04-01** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-01** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-09** Reported do pass, with amendment `committee-passage`
+- **2025-04-09** Immediate consideration
+- **2025-04-09** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2025-04-10** On 2nd reading
+- **2025-04-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-10** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2025-04-11** On 3rd reading
+- **2025-04-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-11** Passed Senate (Roll No. 490) `passage`
+- **2025-04-11** Title amendment adopted
+- **2025-04-11** Senate requests House to concur
+- **2025-04-12** House received Senate message
+- **2025-04-12** House refused to concur; requested Senate to recede (Voice)
+- **2025-04-12** Communicated to Senate
+- **2025-04-12** House Message received
+- **2025-04-12** Senate receded and passed (Roll No. 592)
+- **2025-04-12** Communicated to House
+- **2025-04-12** Completed legislative action
+- **2025-04-22** To Governor 4/22/2025 `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-04-12** To Governor 4/22/2025 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-04-12** To Governor 4/22/2025 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-04-28** Approved by Governor 4/28/2025 `executive-signature`
+- **2025-04-12** Approved by Governor 4/28/2025 - House Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2025-04-12** Approved by Governor 4/28/2025 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2025-07-31** Chapter 161, Acts, Regular Session, 2025 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f03339dc-d382-4db2-b3f0-49fecf3008d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+