republic-os/legislation/us/states/wv/2026/hb-4106.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	Allowing constitutional carry for 18- to 20-year-olds	Allowing constitutional carry for 18- to 20-year-olds	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2026	HB 4106	West Virginia HB 4106 (2026)	bill	Crime	enacted	Horst	8	49	4	2026-01-14	2026-04-01	openstates	ocd-bill/c22c33c7-5437-42d7-9cbe-d566fd333a65	https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4106&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	ecd252bdf3ff598bf2ab2d323d27a6a7055cfdc3960d5f52a9facacf06d8fc8c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wv

West Virginia HB 4106 (2026) — Allowing constitutional carry for 18- to 20-year-olds

Version chain

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

1. Engrossed Version (committee substitute) — source
2. Enrolled Version (committee substitute) — source
3. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source
4. hb4106 hfa akers 3-13 _1 adopted adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source
5. hb4106 hfa akers 3-13 _1 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source
6. hb4106 hfat mcgeehan 3-14 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source
7. hb4106 s jud am 3-12 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source
8. hb4106 s jud amt 3-12 adopted.htm (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passage — 31–3 (pass) · upper
• PASSAGE — 87–9 (pass) · lower
• PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — 89–8 (pass) · lower
• PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — 85–8 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Horst — primary (person)
• Brooks — cosponsor (person)
• Dean — cosponsor (person)
• Holstein — cosponsor (person)
• Kimble — cosponsor (person)
• Mallow — cosponsor (person)
• Martin — cosponsor (person)
• Masters — cosponsor (person)
• Phillips — cosponsor (person)
• Ridenour — cosponsor (person)
• Ward — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-14 Filed for introduction filing
• 2026-01-14 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-01-14 Introduced in House introduction
• 2026-01-14 To House Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-02-06 To House Homeland Security referral-committee
• 2026-02-06 Markup Discussion
• 2026-02-09 To House Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-02-10 Markup Discussion
• 2026-02-12 Do pass
• 2026-02-13 On 1st reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-02-13 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2026-02-16 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-02-16 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-02-16 Amendment reported by the Clerk
• 2026-02-16 Amendment rejected (Voice vote) amendment-failure
• 2026-02-17 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
• 2026-02-17 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-02-17 Passed House (Roll No. 101) passage
• 2026-02-17 Communicated to Senate
• 2026-02-18 Introduced in Senate introduction
• 2026-02-18 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-02-18 To Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-03-11 Without recommendation, but first rereferred to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-03-11 Immediate consideration
• 2026-03-11 Read 1st time reading-1
• 2026-03-11 On 2nd reading, rereferred to Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-03-12 Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment committee-passage
• 2026-03-12 Immediate consideration
• 2026-03-12 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2026-03-13 On 3rd reading with right to amend
• 2026-03-13 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2026-03-13 Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
• 2026-03-13 Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 530) passage
• 2026-03-13 Senate requests House to concur
• 2026-03-14 House received Senate message
• 2026-03-14 House refused to agree to Senate title amendment (Voice vote)
• 2026-03-14 House concurred in Senate amendment with amendment (Roll No. 596)
• 2026-03-14 Motion to reconsider
• 2026-03-14 House concurred in Senate amendment with amendment (Roll No. 688)
• 2026-03-14 Communicated to Senate
• 2026-03-14 House Message received
• 2026-03-14 Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 701)
• 2026-03-14 Communicated to House
• 2026-03-14 Completed legislative action
• 2026-03-14 To Governor 3/25/2026 - Senate Journal executive-receipt
• 2026-03-25 To Governor 3/25/2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-03-14 Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - Senate Journal executive-signature
• 2026-03-14 Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - House Journal executive-signature
• 2026-04-01 Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c22c33c7-5437-42d7-9cbe-d566fd333a65. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).