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type: "Bill"
title: "Permitting certain types of rifles using an encapsulated propellant charge that loads from the breech"
description: "Permitting certain types of rifles using an encapsulated propellant charge that loads from the breech"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 3122"
citation: "West Virginia HB 3122 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Natural Resources"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Vance"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 39
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-27"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b20084e-f890-4834-a1e4-0dd83352cefb"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=3122&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "0e76f757d9e4c562b14bb6c7a6e34fec173fe524c19e597e556e34755adaf616"
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 HB 3122 (2023) — Permitting certain types of rifles using an encapsulated propellant charge that loads from the breech
## 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=hb3122%20sub.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3122)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3122%20sub%20eng.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3122)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3122%20sub%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3122)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3122%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3122)
5. **hb3122 hfa capito and vance 2-13 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/hb3122 hfa capito and vance 2-13 _1 adopted.htm)
## Votes
- Passage — **340** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Vance — primary (person)
- Brooks — cosponsor (person)
- Burkhammer — cosponsor (person)
- Butler — cosponsor (person)
- Cooper — cosponsor (person)
- Dean — cosponsor (person)
- Dillon — cosponsor (person)
- Kirby — cosponsor (person)
- Longanacre — cosponsor (person)
- Nestor — cosponsor (person)
- Toney — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-27** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-27** To Agriculture and Natural Resources then Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-27** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-01-27** To House Agriculture and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Do pass, but first to Judiciary
- **2023-02-08** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** By substitute, do pass
- **2023-02-10** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-10** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-13** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-13** Postponed on 2nd reading, Special Calendar, until 2/14/23
- **2023-02-14** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-14** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-02-15** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-15** Passed House (Roll No. 156) `passage`
- **2023-02-15** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-02-16** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-02-16** To Agriculture and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16** To Agriculture and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-21** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-21** Immediate consideration
- **2023-02-21** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-22** On 2nd reading
- **2023-02-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-23** On 3rd reading
- **2023-02-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-23** Passed Senate (Roll No. 256) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Communicated to House
- **2023-02-23** Completed legislative action
- **2023-02-23** House received Senate message
- **2023-02-27** To Governor 2/27/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-02-27** To Governor 2/27/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-02-28** To Governor 2/27/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-06** Approved by Governor 3/4/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-06** Approved by Governor 3/4/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-04** Approved by Governor 3/4/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 222, Acts, Regular Session, 2023 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6b20084e-f890-4834-a1e4-0dd83352cefb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).