republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2021/sb-458.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	Relating to possession of firearms by individuals during state of emergency	Relating to possession of firearms by individuals during state of emergency	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2021	SB 458	West Virginia SB 458 (2021)	bill	Public Safety	enacted	Phillips	4	37	1	2021-02-25	2021-05-24	openstates	ocd-bill/fb9e4828-3b79-4fa6-8b8d-828f81d93156	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=458&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	ae50336e2610c420b722107aea14477264bac9c4fecae1f42908022108c6b2b0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia SB 458 (2021) — Relating to possession of firearms by individuals during state of emergency

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
2. Enrolled Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
3. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source
4. SB458 H JUD AM _1 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/com_amends/SB458 H JUD AM _1 adopted.htm)

Votes

• Passage — 0–0 (fail) · upper

Sponsors

• Phillips — primary (person)
• Azinger — cosponsor (person)
• Grady — cosponsor (person)
• Karnes — cosponsor (person)
• Maynard — cosponsor (person)
• Roberts — cosponsor (person)
• Rucker — cosponsor (person)
• Smith — cosponsor (person)
• Woodrum — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-25 Filed for introduction filing
• 2021-02-25 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2021-02-25 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2021-02-25 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2021-03-24 Committee substitute reported
• 2021-03-25 On 1st reading
• 2021-03-25 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2021-03-26 On 2nd reading
• 2021-03-26 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2021-03-27 On 3rd reading
• 2021-03-27 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2021-03-27 Passed Senate (Roll No. 217) passage
• 2021-03-27 Ordered to House
• 2021-03-29 Introduced in House introduction
• 2021-03-29 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2021-03-29 To House Judiciary referral-committee
• 2021-04-05 With amendment, do pass committee-passage
• 2021-04-06 On 1st reading, Special Calendar
• 2021-04-06 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2021-04-07 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2021-04-07 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2021-04-07 Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2021-04-08 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
• 2021-04-08 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2021-04-08 Passed House (Roll No. 515) passage
• 2021-04-08 Communicated to Senate
• 2021-04-09 House Message received
• 2021-04-09 Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 395)
• 2021-04-09 Communicated to House
• 2021-04-09 Completed legislative action
• 2021-04-16 To Governor 4/16/21 executive-receipt
• 2021-04-10 To Governor 4/16/21 - Senate Journal executive-receipt
• 2021-04-10 To Governor 4/16/21 - House Journal executive-receipt
• 2021-04-21 Approved by Governor 4/21/21 executive-signature
• 2021-04-10 Approved by Governor 4/21/21 - Senate Journal
• 2021-04-10 Approved by Governor 4/21/21 - House Journal
• 2021-05-24 Chapter 276, Acts, Regular Session, 2021

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fb9e4828-3b79-4fa6-8b8d-828f81d93156. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).