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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Prohibiting municipalities from limiting persons' rights to possess certain weapons"
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description: "Prohibiting municipalities from limiting persons' rights to possess certain weapons"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
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legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "SB 96"
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citation: "West Virginia SB 96 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Crime"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Trump"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 39
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2020-01-08"
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last_action: "2020-04-14"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c7afd40e-fdd2-44dd-88aa-d5c0f3524e7f"
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source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=96&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
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source_hash: "b7d6ef56758f8e7410bcc9f2a92f642e6be04eeee187d53709fe682f895aebde"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wv"]
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---
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# West Virginia SB 96 (2020) — Prohibiting municipalities from limiting persons' rights to possess certain weapons
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB96%20SUB1.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=96)
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2. **Committee Substitute for the Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB96%20SUB2.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=96)
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3. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB96%20SUB2%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=96)
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4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB96%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=96)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **81–17** (pass) · lower
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- Passage — **30–2** (pass) · upper
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- H JUD AM #1 — **27–67** (fail) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Trump — primary (person)
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- Azinger — cosponsor (person)
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- Cline — cosponsor (person)
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- Facemire — cosponsor (person)
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- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
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- Maynard — cosponsor (person)
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- Roberts — cosponsor (person)
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- Romano — cosponsor (person)
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- Rucker — cosponsor (person)
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- Smith — cosponsor (person)
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- Sypolt — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-08** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2020-01-08** To Government Organization then Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-08** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
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- **2020-01-08** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-17** Committee substitute reported, but first to Judiciary
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- **2020-01-17** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-05** Committee substitute for committee substitute reported
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- **2020-02-06** On 1st reading
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- **2020-02-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-07** On 2nd reading
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- **2020-02-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-10** On 3rd reading
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- **2020-02-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-10** Passed Senate (Roll No. 89) `passage`
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- **2020-02-10** Ordered to House
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- **2020-02-11** Introduced in House `introduction`
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- **2020-02-11** To Political Subdivisions then Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-11** To House Political Subdivisions `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-25** With amendment, do pass, but first to Judiciary `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-25** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-27** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-28** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
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- **2020-02-28** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-29** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2020-02-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-29** Committee amendment rejected (Roll No. 436)
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- **2020-03-02** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2020-03-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2020-03-02** Passed House (Roll No. 438) `passage`
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- **2020-03-02** Communicated to Senate
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- **2020-03-02** Completed legislative action
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- **2020-03-03** House Message received
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- **2020-03-13** To Governor 3/13/20 `executive-receipt`
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- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/13/20 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/13/20 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2020-03-25** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 `executive-signature`
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- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - Senate Journal
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- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - House Journal
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- **2020-04-14** Chapter 64, Acts, Regular Session, 2020
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c7afd40e-fdd2-44dd-88aa-d5c0f3524e7f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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