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Allow all law enforcement officers to purchase gun upon retirement
Allow all law enforcement officers to purchase gun upon retirement
us/states/wv
West Virginia Legislature
2025
HB 3181
West Virginia HB 3181 (2025)
enacted
6
42
2
2025-03-06
2025-07-31
openstates
ocd-bill/f03339dc-d382-4db2-b3f0-49fecf3008d4
https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=3181&year=2025&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill 57618865318e87d8afb7a16b561cfa2b0ba228e6fa97a0465b21f7ebfb06f598
2026-07-01
https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06
reported
West Virginia HB 3181 (2025) — Allow all law enforcement officers to purchase gun upon retirement
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source Engrossed Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source Enrolled Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source hb3181 s gov am _1 4-9 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source hb3181 sfat rucker _1 4-9 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source
Votes
PASSAGE — 97– (pass) · lower
Passage — 34– (pass) · upper
Howell, G. — primary (person)
Heckert — cosponsor (person)
Kelly — cosponsor (person)
Linville — cosponsor (person)
Marple — cosponsor (person)
Masters — cosponsor (person)
Phillips — cosponsor (person)
Pinson — cosponsor (person)
Ridenour — cosponsor (person)
Stephens — cosponsor (person)
Ward — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2025-03-06 Filed for introduction filing2025-03-06 To Judiciary referral-committee2025-03-06 Introduced in House introduction2025-03-06 To House Judiciary referral-committee2025-03-24 Markup Discussion2025-03-26 By substitute, do pass2025-03-27 On 1st reading, Special Calendar2025-03-27 Read 1st time reading-12025-03-28 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar2025-03-28 Read 2nd time reading-22025-03-31 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar2025-03-31 Read 3rd time reading-32025-03-31 Passed House (Roll No. 283) passage2025-03-31 Communicated to Senate2025-04-01 Introduced in Senate introduction2025-04-01 To Government Organization referral-committee2025-04-01 To Government Organization referral-committee2025-04-09 Reported do pass, with amendment committee-passage2025-04-09 Immediate consideration2025-04-09 Read 1st time reading-12025-04-10 On 2nd reading2025-04-10 Read 2nd time reading-22025-04-10 Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)2025-04-11 On 3rd reading2025-04-11 Read 3rd time reading-32025-04-11 Passed Senate (Roll No. 490) passage2025-04-11 Title amendment adopted2025-04-11 Senate requests House to concur2025-04-12 House received Senate message2025-04-12 House refused to concur; requested Senate to recede (Voice)2025-04-12 Communicated to Senate2025-04-12 House Message received2025-04-12 Senate receded and passed (Roll No. 592)2025-04-12 Communicated to House2025-04-12 Completed legislative action2025-04-22 To Governor 4/22/2025 executive-receipt2025-04-12 To Governor 4/22/2025 - House Journal executive-receipt2025-04-12 To Governor 4/22/2025 - Senate Journal executive-receipt2025-04-28 Approved by Governor 4/28/2025 executive-signature2025-04-12 Approved by Governor 4/28/2025 - House Journal executive-signature2025-04-12 Approved by Governor 4/28/2025 - Senate Journal executive-signature2025-07-31 Chapter 161, Acts, Regular Session, 2025 became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01 ; origin ocd-bill/f03339dc-d382-4db2-b3f0-49fecf3008d4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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