---
type: "Bill"
title: "Specifying conditions for unlawful possession of firearm at school-sponsored activities"
description: "Specifying conditions for unlawful possession of firearm at school-sponsored activities"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 244"
citation: "West Virginia SB 244 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crime"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Azinger"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 51
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-11"
last_action: "2018-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/47ff09d1-52cc-4c52-9025-2a267effb2f4"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=244&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "05fac7b4149ed37bd14006d12519d729bf1d69ca1483090871c3f304aab5f8d3"
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 SB 244 (2018) — Specifying conditions for unlawful possession of firearm at school-sponsored activities

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB244%20SUB1.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=244)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB244%20SUB1%20ENG.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=244)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB244%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=244)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB244%20INTR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=244)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **86–12** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE — **86–12** (pass) · legislature
- HFA PUSHKIN & LANE 3-8 — **18–79** (fail) · legislature
- Passage — **30–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Azinger — primary (person)
- Rucker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-11** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2018-01-11** To Education then Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-11** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-01-11** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-31** Committee substitute reported, but first to Judiciary
- **2018-01-31** 2nd reference dispensed
- **2018-02-01** On 1st reading
- **2018-02-01** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-02-02** On 2nd reading
- **2018-02-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-05** On 3rd reading
- **2018-02-05** Laid over on 3rd reading 2/5/18
- **2018-02-06** Unanimous consent to amend
- **2018-02-06** Amended on 3rd reading (Voice vote)
- **2018-02-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-06** Passed Senate (Roll No. 69) `passage`
- **2018-02-06** Ordered to House
- **2018-02-07** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-02-07** To Education then Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** To House Education `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-27** With amendment, do pass, but first to Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-27** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-06** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-07** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-03-07** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-03-08** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-03-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-08** Committee amendment withdrawn (Voice)
- **2018-03-08** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2018-03-08** Amendment rejected (Roll No. 421) `amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-09** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-09** Passed House (Roll No. 442) `passage`
- **2018-03-09** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2018-03-09** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-03-10** House Message received
- **2018-03-10** Senate amends House amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 470)
- **2018-03-10** Senate requests House to concur
- **2018-03-10** House received Senate message
- **2018-03-10** House concurred in Senate title amendment
- **2018-03-10** Passed House (Roll No. 524) `passage`
- **2018-03-10** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-03-10** Completed legislative action
- **2018-03-10** House Message received
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/21/18 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-21** To Governor 3/21/18 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/21/18 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 - House Journal
- **2018-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 - Senate Journal
- **2018-04-23** Chapter 69, Acts, Regular Session, 2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/47ff09d1-52cc-4c52-9025-2a267effb2f4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).