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type: "Bill"
title: "Create the 2nd Amendment Preservation Act"
description: "Create the 2nd Amendment Preservation Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 2694"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2694 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Human Rights"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steele"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 47
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-23"
last_action: "2021-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d4fb7b4e-0448-4b2b-ad50-87d4cb4fd4d7"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2694&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "c72f6e096ff27112d4107d330ca634a88d5382002e90abbd857b862203ae7599"
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 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](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2694%20SUB.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2694)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2694%20SUB%20ENG.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2694)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2694%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2694)
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](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2694%20INTR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2694)
## Votes
- Passage — **00** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d4fb7b4e-0448-4b2b-ad50-87d4cb4fd4d7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).