---
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).