republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2024/hb-5261.md

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Bill	Relating to the definition of small arms for purposes of taxation	Relating to the definition of small arms for purposes of taxation	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2024	HB 5261	West Virginia HB 5261 (2024)	bill	Taxation	enacted	Horst	2	34	3	2024-01-29	2024-04-22	openstates	ocd-bill/daf20cc2-d2fd-4ccd-a7bb-a8cf5012bfe1	https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=5261&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	b937316095b4a51c21b9abb6147ac4a8d5da16df76a39cad9c21a25945e53b47	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia HB 5261 (2024) — Relating to the definition of small arms for purposes of taxation

Version chain

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

1. Enrolled Version (committee substitute) — source
2. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• EFFECT July 01, 2024 — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage — 34–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Horst — primary (person)
• Criss — cosponsor (person)
• Hardy — cosponsor (person)
• Hite — cosponsor (person)
• Howell — cosponsor (person)
• Maynor — cosponsor (person)
• McGeehan — cosponsor (person)
• Phillips — cosponsor (person)
• Steele — cosponsor (person)
• Summers — cosponsor (person)
• Thorne — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-29 Filed for introduction filing
• 2024-01-29 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2024-01-29 Introduced in House introduction
• 2024-01-29 To House Judiciary referral-committee
• 2024-02-08 Do pass
• 2024-02-09 On 1st reading, Special Calendar
• 2024-02-09 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2024-02-12 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2024-02-12 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2024-02-13 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
• 2024-02-13 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2024-02-13 Passed House (Roll No. 164) passage
• 2024-02-13 Effective July 1, 2024 (Roll No. 165)
• 2024-02-13 Communicated to Senate
• 2024-02-14 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2024-02-14 Committee reference dispensed
• 2024-02-15 On 1st reading
• 2024-02-15 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2024-02-16 On 2nd reading
• 2024-02-16 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2024-02-19 On 3rd reading
• 2024-02-19 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2024-02-19 Passed Senate (Roll No. 170) passage
• 2024-02-19 Effective July 1, 2024 (Roll No. 170)
• 2024-02-19 Communicated to House
• 2024-02-19 Completed legislative action
• 2024-02-20 House received Senate message
• 2024-02-29 To Governor 2/29/2024 - Senate Journal executive-receipt
• 2024-03-01 To Governor 2/29/2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-03-01 To Governor 2/29/2024 - House Journal executive-receipt
• 2024-03-06 Approved by Governor 3/6/2024 - Senate Journal executive-signature
• 2024-03-07 Approved by Governor 3/6/2024 executive-signature
• 2024-03-07 Approved by Governor 3/6/2024 - House Journal executive-signature
• 2024-04-22 Chapter 262, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/daf20cc2-d2fd-4ccd-a7bb-a8cf5012bfe1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).