---
type: "Bill"
title: "Permit out of state residents to obtain West Virginia concealed carry permits"
description: "Permit out of state residents to obtain West Virginia concealed carry permits"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 2793"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2793 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crime"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Howell"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 42
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-01"
last_action: "2021-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6fca9666-a31d-44e7-a183-a8881f9cdda1"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2793&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "ecf8f5e25787a323fefddfa8b2361d378e92bb80269ca2a27460aee134194034"
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 2793 (2021) — Permit out of state residents to obtain West Virginia concealed carry permits

## 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=HB2793%20SUB.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2793)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2793%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2793)
3. **HB2793 S JUD AM _1 4-1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/com_amends/HB2793 S JUD AM _1 4-1 adopted.htm)
4. **HB2793 S JUD AMT _1 4-1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/com_amends/HB2793 S JUD AMT _1 4-1 adopted.htm)
5. **HB2793 SFA _1 TRUMP 4-5 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/HB2793 SFA _1 TRUMP 4-5 adopted.htm)
6. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2793%20INTR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2793)

## Votes

- Passage — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Howell — primary (person)
- Fast — cosponsor (person)
- Hamrick — cosponsor (person)
- Horst — cosponsor (person)
- Hott — cosponsor (person)
- Kimble — cosponsor (person)
- Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Maynard — cosponsor (person)
- Reed — cosponsor (person)
- Statler — cosponsor (person)
- Storch — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-01** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2021-03-01** To Judiciary then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2021-03-01** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** With amendment, do pass, but first to Finance `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-17** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** By substitute, do pass
- **2021-03-25** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-25** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-03-26** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-29** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-29** Passed House (Roll No. 310) `passage`
- **2021-03-29** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-03-30** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-03-30** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-02** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-05** On 1st reading
- **2021-04-05** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-04-06** On 2nd reading
- **2021-04-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-06** Committee Amendment Reported
- **2021-04-06** Amendment to committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2021-04-06** Committee amendment as amended adopted (Voice vote)
- **2021-04-07** On 3rd reading
- **2021-04-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-07** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 348) `passage`
- **2021-04-07** Senate requests House to concur
- **2021-04-07** House received Senate message
- **2021-04-07** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 505)
- **2021-04-07** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-04-07** Completed legislative action
- **2021-04-08** House Message received
- **2021-04-08** To Governor 4/8/21 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-09** To Governor 4/8/21 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-08** To Governor 4/8/21 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/9/21 - House Journal
- **2021-04-09** Approved by Governor 4/9/21 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-09** Approved by Governor 4/9/21 - Senate Journal
- **2021-05-20** Chapter 278, Acts, Regular Session, 2021

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6fca9666-a31d-44e7-a183-a8881f9cdda1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).