---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating generally to authorizing security personnel employed by the State Treasurer to carry concealed weapons while performing his or her official duties"
description: "Relating generally to authorizing security personnel employed by the State Treasurer to carry concealed weapons while performing his or her official duties"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 5182"
citation: "West Virginia HB 5182 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Professions and Occupations", "Public Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Phillips"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-04"
last_action: "2026-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/47c1bc9e-5015-4f4f-9da7-829d2b7bb039"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=5182&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "dc7b44857b181af6eaff060478bfdf17852546ce93b7f9df6d872b256b530bfd"
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 5182 (2026) — Relating generally to authorizing security personnel employed by the State Treasurer to carry concealed weapons while performing his or her official duties

## 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=hb5182%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5182)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5182%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5182)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5182%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5182)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5182%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5182)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Phillips — primary (person)
- B — cosponsor (person)
- Flanigan — cosponsor (person)
- Funkhouser — cosponsor (person)
- Heckert — cosponsor (person)
- Jennings — cosponsor (person)
- Marple — cosponsor (person)
- Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Masters — cosponsor (person)
- Ridenour — cosponsor (person)
- Roop — cosponsor (person)
- Ward — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-04** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-02-04** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-04** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-02-04** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-09** To House Homeland Security `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-09** Markup Discussion
- **2026-02-10** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11** Markup Discussion
- **2026-02-13** By substitute, do pass
- **2026-02-16** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-16** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-17** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-18** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-18** Passed House (Roll No. 125) `passage`
- **2026-02-18** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-02-19** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-02-19** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-19** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-11** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-11** Immediate consideration
- **2026-03-11** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-03-12** On 2nd reading
- **2026-03-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-13** On 3rd reading
- **2026-03-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-13** Passed Senate (Roll No. 560) `passage`
- **2026-03-13** Communicated to House
- **2026-03-13** Completed legislative action
- **2026-03-14** To Governor 3/25/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-25** To Governor 3/25/26 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-14** Became law without Governor's signature - Senate Journal
- **2026-04-02** Became law 4/2/2026
- **2026-03-14** Became law without Governor's signature- House Journal
- **2026-06-29** Chapter 291, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/47c1bc9e-5015-4f4f-9da7-829d2b7bb039`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).