republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2018/sb-244.md

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Bill	Specifying conditions for unlawful possession of firearm at school-sponsored activities	Specifying conditions for unlawful possession of firearm at school-sponsored activities	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2018	SB 244	West Virginia SB 244 (2018)	bill	Crime	enacted	Azinger	4	51	4	2018-01-11	2018-04-23	openstates	ocd-bill/47ff09d1-52cc-4c52-9025-2a267effb2f4	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=244&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	05fac7b4149ed37bd14006d12519d729bf1d69ca1483090871c3f304aab5f8d3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. Engrossed Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/47ff09d1-52cc-4c52-9025-2a267effb2f4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).