---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to possession of firearms by individuals during state of emergency"
description: "Relating to possession of firearms by individuals during state of emergency"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 458"
citation: "West Virginia SB 458 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Phillips"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 37
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-25"
last_action: "2021-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fb9e4828-3b79-4fa6-8b8d-828f81d93156"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=458&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "ae50336e2610c420b722107aea14477264bac9c4fecae1f42908022108c6b2b0"
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 458 (2021) — Relating to possession of firearms by individuals during state of emergency

## 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=SB458%20SUB1.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=458)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB458%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=458)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB458%20INTR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=458)
4. **SB458 H JUD AM _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/com_amends/SB458 H JUD AM _1 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Phillips — primary (person)
- Azinger — cosponsor (person)
- Grady — cosponsor (person)
- Karnes — cosponsor (person)
- Maynard — cosponsor (person)
- Roberts — cosponsor (person)
- Rucker — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Woodrum — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-25** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2021-02-25** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-25** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-02-25** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** Committee substitute reported
- **2021-03-25** On 1st reading
- **2021-03-25** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-03-26** On 2nd reading
- **2021-03-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-27** On 3rd reading
- **2021-03-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-27** Passed Senate (Roll No. 217) `passage`
- **2021-03-27** Ordered to House
- **2021-03-29** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2021-03-29** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-29** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-05** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-06** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-04-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-04-07** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-04-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-07** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2021-04-08** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-04-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-08** Passed House (Roll No. 515) `passage`
- **2021-04-08** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-04-09** House Message received
- **2021-04-09** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 395)
- **2021-04-09** Communicated to House
- **2021-04-09** Completed legislative action
- **2021-04-16** To Governor 4/16/21 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-10** To Governor 4/16/21 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-10** To Governor 4/16/21 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-21** Approved by Governor 4/21/21 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/21/21 - Senate Journal
- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/21/21 - House Journal
- **2021-05-24** Chapter 276, 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/fb9e4828-3b79-4fa6-8b8d-828f81d93156`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).