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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibiting municipalities from limiting persons' rights to possess certain weapons"
description: "Prohibiting municipalities from limiting persons' rights to possess certain weapons"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 96"
citation: "West Virginia SB 96 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crime"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Trump"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 39
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-08"
last_action: "2020-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c7afd40e-fdd2-44dd-88aa-d5c0f3524e7f"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=96&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "b7d6ef56758f8e7410bcc9f2a92f642e6be04eeee187d53709fe682f895aebde"
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 SB 96 (2020) — Prohibiting municipalities from limiting persons' rights to possess certain weapons
## 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=SB96%20SUB1.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=96)
2. **Committee Substitute for the Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB96%20SUB2.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=96)
3. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB96%20SUB2%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=96)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB96%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=96)
## Votes
- PASSAGE — **8117** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **302** (pass) · upper
- H JUD AM #1**2767** (fail) · lower
## Sponsors
- Trump — primary (person)
- Azinger — cosponsor (person)
- Cline — cosponsor (person)
- Facemire — cosponsor (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Maynard — cosponsor (person)
- Roberts — cosponsor (person)
- Romano — cosponsor (person)
- Rucker — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Sypolt — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-01-08** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-01-08** To Government Organization then Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-08** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-01-08** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-17** Committee substitute reported, but first to Judiciary
- **2020-01-17** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-05** Committee substitute for committee substitute reported
- **2020-02-06** On 1st reading
- **2020-02-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-07** On 2nd reading
- **2020-02-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-10** On 3rd reading
- **2020-02-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-10** Passed Senate (Roll No. 89) `passage`
- **2020-02-10** Ordered to House
- **2020-02-11** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-02-11** To Political Subdivisions then Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-11** To House Political Subdivisions `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-25** With amendment, do pass, but first to Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-25** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-27** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-28** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-28** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-29** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-29** Committee amendment rejected (Roll No. 436)
- **2020-03-02** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-03-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-02** Passed House (Roll No. 438) `passage`
- **2020-03-02** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-03-02** Completed legislative action
- **2020-03-03** House Message received
- **2020-03-13** To Governor 3/13/20 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/13/20 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/13/20 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-25** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - Senate Journal
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/25/20 - House Journal
- **2020-04-14** Chapter 64, Acts, Regular Session, 2020
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c7afd40e-fdd2-44dd-88aa-d5c0f3524e7f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).