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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Allowing constitutional carry for 18- to 20-year-olds"
+description: "Allowing constitutional carry for 18- to 20-year-olds"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 4106"
+citation: "West Virginia HB 4106 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Crime"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Horst"]
+version_count: 8
+action_count: 49
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2026-01-14"
+last_action: "2026-04-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c22c33c7-5437-42d7-9cbe-d566fd333a65"
+source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4106&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "ecd252bdf3ff598bf2ab2d323d27a6a7055cfdc3960d5f52a9facacf06d8fc8c"
+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 4106 (2026) — Allowing constitutional carry for 18- to 20-year-olds
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4106%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4106)
+2. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4106%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4106)
+3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4106%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4106)
+4. **hb4106 hfa akers 3-13 _1 adopted adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/hb4106%20hfa%20akers%203-13%20_1%20adopted%20adopted.htm)
+5. **hb4106 hfa akers 3-13 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/hb4106%20hfa%20akers%203-13%20_1%20adopted.htm)
+6. **hb4106 hfat mcgeehan 3-14 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/hb4106%20hfat%20mcgeehan%203-14%20adopted.htm)
+7. **hb4106 s jud am 3-12 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/hb4106%20s%20jud%20am%203-12%20adopted.htm)
+8. **hb4106 s jud amt 3-12 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/hb4106%20s%20jud%20amt%203-12%20adopted.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **31–3** (pass) · upper
+- PASSAGE — **87–9** (pass) · lower
+- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **89–8** (pass) · lower
+- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **85–8** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Horst — primary (person)
+- Brooks — cosponsor (person)
+- Dean — cosponsor (person)
+- Holstein — cosponsor (person)
+- Kimble — cosponsor (person)
+- Mallow — cosponsor (person)
+- Martin — cosponsor (person)
+- Masters — cosponsor (person)
+- Phillips — cosponsor (person)
+- Ridenour — cosponsor (person)
+- Ward — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-14** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2026-01-14** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-14** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2026-01-14** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-06** To House Homeland Security `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-06** Markup Discussion
+- **2026-02-09** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-10** Markup Discussion
+- **2026-02-12** Do pass
+- **2026-02-13** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-02-13** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2026-02-16** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-02-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-16** Amendment reported by the Clerk
+- **2026-02-16** Amendment rejected (Voice vote) `amendment-failure`
+- **2026-02-17** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-02-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-17** Passed House (Roll No. 101) `passage`
+- **2026-02-17** Communicated to Senate
+- **2026-02-18** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2026-02-18** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-18** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-11** Without recommendation, but first rereferred to Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-11** Immediate consideration
+- **2026-03-11** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2026-03-11** On 2nd reading, rereferred to Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-12** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
+- **2026-03-12** Immediate consideration
+- **2026-03-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-13** On 3rd reading with right to amend
+- **2026-03-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-13** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2026-03-13** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 530) `passage`
+- **2026-03-13** Senate requests House to concur
+- **2026-03-14** House received Senate message
+- **2026-03-14** House refused to agree to Senate title amendment (Voice vote)
+- **2026-03-14** House concurred in Senate amendment with amendment (Roll No. 596)
+- **2026-03-14** Motion to reconsider
+- **2026-03-14** House concurred in Senate amendment with amendment (Roll No. 688)
+- **2026-03-14** Communicated to Senate
+- **2026-03-14** House Message received
+- **2026-03-14** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 701)
+- **2026-03-14** Communicated to House
+- **2026-03-14** Completed legislative action
+- **2026-03-14** To Governor 3/25/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-25** To Governor 3/25/2026 `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2026-04-01** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c22c33c7-5437-42d7-9cbe-d566fd333a65`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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