republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2021/hb-2694.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Create the 2nd Amendment Preservation Act	Create the 2nd Amendment Preservation Act	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2021	HB 2694	West Virginia HB 2694 (2021)	bill	Human Rights	enacted	Steele	9	47	1	2021-02-23	2021-05-20	openstates	ocd-bill/d4fb7b4e-0448-4b2b-ad50-87d4cb4fd4d7	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2694&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	c72f6e096ff27112d4107d330ca634a88d5382002e90abbd857b862203ae7599	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia HB 2694 (2021) — Create the 2nd Amendment Preservation Act

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. HB2694 HFA CAPITO 3-25 _1 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/HB2694 HFA CAPITO 3-25 _1 adopted.htm)
5. HB2694 HFA D JEFFRIES AM _1 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/HB2694 HFA D JEFFRIES AM _1 adopted.htm)
6. HB2694 HFAT _1 CAPITO 4-10 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/HB2694 HFAT _1 CAPITO 4-10 adopted.htm)
7. HB2694 S JUD AMT _1 4-6 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/com_amends/HB2694 S JUD AMT _1 4-6 adopted.htm)
8. HB2694 SFA TRUMP 4-9 _1 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/floor_amends/HB2694 SFA TRUMP 4-9 _1 adopted.htm)
9. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage — 0–0 (fail) · upper

Sponsors

• Steele — primary (person)
• Clark — cosponsor (person)
• Foster — cosponsor (person)
• Graves — cosponsor (person)
• Howell — cosponsor (person)
• Jeffries, D. — cosponsor (person)
• Maynard — cosponsor (person)
• Pack, J. — cosponsor (person)
• Phillips — cosponsor (person)
• Summers — cosponsor (person)
• Sypolt — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-23 Filed for introduction filing
• 2021-02-23 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2021-02-23 Introduced in House introduction
• 2021-02-23 To House Judiciary referral-committee
• 2021-03-23 By substitute, do pass
• 2021-03-24 On 1st reading, Special Calendar
• 2021-03-24 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2021-03-25 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2021-03-25 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2021-03-25 Amendment pending
• 2021-03-26 On 3rd reading with right to amend, Special Calendar
• 2021-03-26 Amendment reported by the Clerk
• 2021-03-26 Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2021-03-26 Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2021-03-26 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2021-03-26 Passed House (Roll No. 295) passage
• 2021-03-26 Communicated to Senate
• 2021-03-27 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2021-03-27 To Government Organization then Judiciary referral-committee
• 2021-03-27 To Government Organization referral-committee
• 2021-03-31 Reported do pass, but first to Judiciary committee-passage
• 2021-03-31 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2021-04-07 Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment committee-passage
• 2021-04-08 On 1st reading
• 2021-04-08 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2021-04-09 On 2nd reading
• 2021-04-09 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2021-04-10 On 3rd reading with right to amend
• 2021-04-10 Committee amendment withdrawn by unanimous consent
• 2021-04-10 Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2021-04-10 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2021-04-10 Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 470) passage
• 2021-04-10 Senate requests House to concur
• 2021-04-10 House received Senate message
• 2021-04-10 House concurred in Senate amend with title amend, passed (Roll No. 646)
• 2021-04-10 Communicated to Senate
• 2021-04-10 House Message received
• 2021-04-10 Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 491)
• 2021-04-10 Communicated to House
• 2021-04-10 Completed legislative action
• 2021-04-10 To Governor 4/22/21 - House Journal executive-receipt
• 2021-04-22 To Governor 4/22/21 executive-receipt
• 2021-04-10 To Governor 4/22/21 - Senate Journal executive-receipt
• 2021-04-10 Approved by Governor 4/27/21 - Senate Journal
• 2021-04-10 Approved by Governor 4/27/21 - House Journal
• 2021-04-27 Approved by Governor 4/27/21 executive-signature
• 2021-05-20 Chapter 277, Acts, Regular Session, 2021

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d4fb7b4e-0448-4b2b-ad50-87d4cb4fd4d7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).