Passed West Virginia Firearm Legislation HB2067

Legislation Overview

Title: West Virginia Firearms Liability Clarification Act

Subject: Consumer Protection

Description: The purpose of this bill is to create the West Virginia Firearms Liability Clarification Act. The bill provides for a short title. The bill sets forth legislative findings and the intent of the article. The bill provides for definitions. The bill provides limitations on negligent marketing claims. The bill creates a predicate exception limitation. The bill sets forth enforcement and penalties. The bill creates a private right of action. The bill provides for severability. Finally, the bill provides for an effective date.

Session: 2025 Regular Session

Last Action: Approved by Governor 4/25/2025 - Senate Journal

Last Action Date: April 12, 2025

History

Chamber	Date	Action
House	Apr 28, 2025	Approved by Governor 4/25/2025
House	Apr 25, 2025	Approved by Governor 4/25/2025
House	Apr 14, 2025	To Governor 4/14/2025
House	Apr 14, 2025	To Governor 4/12/2025 - House Journal
House	Apr 12, 2025	Approved by Governor 4/25/2025 - House Journal
Senate	Apr 12, 2025	Approved by Governor 4/25/2025 - Senate Journal
House	Apr 12, 2025	Approved by Governor 4/25/2025 - House Journal
Senate	Apr 12, 2025	To Governor 4/14/2025 - Senate Journal
Senate	Apr 10, 2025	House Message received
House	Apr 9, 2025	House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 425)
House	Apr 9, 2025	Completed legislative action
House	Apr 9, 2025	Communicated to Senate
House	Apr 9, 2025	House received Senate message
Senate	Apr 8, 2025	Read 3rd time
Senate	Apr 8, 2025	Senate requests House to concur
Senate	Apr 8, 2025	Title amendment adopted
Senate	Apr 8, 2025	Passed Senate (Roll No. 360)
Senate	Apr 8, 2025	On 3rd reading
Senate	Apr 7, 2025	On 2nd reading
Senate	Apr 7, 2025	Read 2nd time
Senate	Apr 7, 2025	Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
Senate	Apr 4, 2025	Read 1st time
Senate	Apr 4, 2025	Immediate consideration
Senate	Apr 4, 2025	Reported do pass, with amendment
Senate	Mar 20, 2025	Introduced in Senate
Senate	Mar 20, 2025	To Government Organization
Senate	Mar 20, 2025	To Government Organization
House	Mar 19, 2025	On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
House	Mar 19, 2025	Communicated to Senate
House	Mar 19, 2025	Passed House (Roll No. 111)
House	Mar 19, 2025	Read 3rd time
House	Mar 18, 2025	On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
House	Mar 18, 2025	Read 2nd time
House	Mar 17, 2025	Read 1st time
House	Mar 17, 2025	On 1st reading, Special Calendar
House	Mar 14, 2025	By substitute, do pass
House	Feb 28, 2025	Markup Discussion
House	Feb 27, 2025	To House Courts
House	Feb 12, 2025	Introduced in House
House	Feb 12, 2025	To House Judiciary
House	Feb 12, 2025	To Judiciary
House	Feb 12, 2025	Filed for introduction

Texts

Type	Date	State Link	Text
Enrolled	not available	state link	bill text
Engrossed	not available	state link	bill text
Comm Sub	not available	state link	bill text
Introduced	not available	state link	bill text

Amendments

Title	Description	Date	State Link	Text	Adopted
hb2067 sfat rucker _1 4-7	hb2067 sfat rucker _1 4-7	Apr 7, 2025	State Link	amendment text	No
hb2067 s gov am 3-31	hb2067 s gov am 3-31	Mar 31, 2025	State Link	amendment text	No
hb2067 s gov am 3-31 adopted	hb2067 s gov am 3-31 adopted	Mar 31, 2025	State Link	amendment text	Yes

Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call

Description	Vote Date	Yea Votes	Nay Votes	No Votes	Absent	Passed
Passed House (Roll No. 111)	03/19/2025	91	7	0	2	Yes
Adkins, Stanley (R) Yea Akers, James (R) Yea Amos, Michael (R) Yea Anders, Chris (R) Yea Anderson, William (R) Yea Barnhart, Trenton (R) Yea Bridges, Jordan (R) Yea Brooks, Eric (R) Yea Browning, Ryan (R) Yea Burkhammer, Adam (R) Yea Butler, Jim (R) Yea Campbell, Jeff (R) Yea Cannon, David (R) Yea Cannon, Jarred (R) Yea Canterbury, Denny (R) Yea Chiarelli, Eugene (R) Yea Clark, Thomas (R) Yea Clark, Wayne (R) Yea Clay, Marshall (R) Yea Coop-Gonzalez, Elias (R) Yea Cooper, Roy (R) Yea Criss, Adrian (R) Yea Crouse, Kathie (R) Yea Dean, Daniel (R) Yea Devault, Mike (R) Yea Dillon, Henry (R) Yea Dittman, Lori (R) Yea Drennan, Sarah (R) Yea Eldridge, Jeff (D) Yea Ellington, Joe (R) Yea Fehrenbacher, Bob (R) Yea Ferrell, Dana (R) Yea Flanigan, Bill (R) Yea Fluharty, Shawn (D) Nay Foggin, Dave (R) Yea Funkhouser, Raymond (R) Yea Garcia, Rick (D) Nay Gearheart, Marty (R) Yea Green, David (R) Yea Hall, Walter (R) Yea Hamilton, Anitra (D) Nay Hansen, Evan (D) Nay Hanshaw, Roger (R) Absent Heckert, Scot (R) Yea Hillenbrand, Rick (R) Yea Hite, Michael (R) Yea Holstein, Joshua (R) Yea Hornbuckle, Sean (D) Nay Hornby, Michael (R) Yea Horst, Charles (R) Yea Hott, John (R) Yea Howell, Gary (R) Yea Howell, Tresa (R) Yea Jeffries, Warren (R) Yea Jennings, D. Roland (R) Yea Kelly, David (R) Yea Kimble, Laura (R) Yea Kump, Larry (R) Yea Kyle, Jonathan (R) Yea Leavitt, Tristan (R) Yea Lewis, Hollis (D) Nay Linville, Daniel (R) Yea Lucas, Patrick (R) Yea Mallow, Phil (R) Yea Marple, Keith (R) Yea Martin, Carl (R) Yea Masters, Ian (R) Yea Maynor, Jordan (R) Yea McCormick, David (R) Yea McGeehan, Pat (R) Yea Miller, George (R) Yea Moore, Erica (R) Yea Parsons, Frederick (R) Absent Petitto, Mickey (R) Yea Phillips, Chris (R) Yea Pinson, Jonathan (R) Yea Pritt, David (D) Yea Pushkin, Mike (D) Nay Ridenour, William (R) Yea Riley, Clay (R) Yea Rohrbach, Matthew (R) Yea Roop, Carl (R) Yea Schaaf-Mazzocchi, Margitta (R) Yea Shamblin, Andy (R) Yea Sheedy, Charles (R) Yea Smith, Bryan (R) Yea Smith, Douglas (R) Yea Statler, Joseph (R) Yea Steele, Brandon (R) Yea Stephens, Jeffrey (R) Yea Street, George (R) Yea Toney, Christopher (R) Yea Vance, Adam (R) Yea Ward, Bryan (R) Yea White, Lisa (R) Yea Williams, John (D) Yea Willis, Jimmy (R) Yea Worrell, Evan (R) Yea Young, Kayla (D) Yea Zatezalo, Mark (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
Passed Senate (Roll No. 360)	04/8/2025	34	0	0	0	Yes
Azinger, Mike (R) Yea Barrett, Jason (D) Yea Bartlett, Kevan (R) Yea Boley, Donna (R) Yea Charnock, Anne (R) Yea Clements, Charles (R) Yea Deeds, Vince (R) Yea Fuller, Scott (R) Yea Garcia, Joseph (D) Yea Grady, Amy (R) Yea Hamilton, Bill (R) Yea Hart, Craig (R) Yea Helton, Brian (R) Yea Jeffries, Glenn (D) Yea Martin, Patrick (R) Yea Maynard, Mark (R) Yea Morris, Robert (R) Yea Oliverio, Mike (R) Yea Phillips, Rupert (D) Yea Queen, Bennett (R) Yea Roberts, Rollan (R) Yea Rose, Christopher (R) Yea Rucker, Patricia (R) Yea Smith, Randy (R) Yea Stuart, Mike (R) Yea Takubo, Tamejiro (R) Yea Tarr, Eric (R) Yea Taylor, John (R) Yea Thorne, Darren (R) Yea Wakim Chapman, Laura (R) Yea Weld, Ryan (R) Yea Willis, Tom (R) Yea Woelfel, Michael (D) Yea Woodrum, Jack (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 425)	04/9/2025	88	9	0	3	Yes
Adkins, Stanley (R) Yea Akers, James (R) Yea Amos, Michael (R) Yea Anders, Chris (R) Yea Anderson, William (R) Yea Barnhart, Trenton (R) Yea Bridges, Jordan (R) Yea Brooks, Eric (R) Yea Browning, Ryan (R) Yea Burkhammer, Adam (R) Yea Butler, Jim (R) Yea Campbell, Jeff (R) Yea Cannon, David (R) Yea Cannon, Jarred (R) Yea Canterbury, Denny (R) Yea Chiarelli, Eugene (R) Yea Clark, Thomas (R) Yea Clark, Wayne (R) Absent Clay, Marshall (R) Yea Coop-Gonzalez, Elias (R) Yea Cooper, Roy (R) Yea Criss, Adrian (R) Yea Crouse, Kathie (R) Yea Dean, Daniel (R) Yea Devault, Mike (R) Yea Dillon, Henry (R) Yea Dittman, Lori (R) Yea Drennan, Sarah (R) Yea Eldridge, Jeff (D) Yea Ellington, Joe (R) Yea Fehrenbacher, Bob (R) Yea Ferrell, Dana (R) Yea Flanigan, Bill (R) Yea Fluharty, Shawn (D) Nay Foggin, Dave (R) Yea Funkhouser, Raymond (R) Yea Garcia, Rick (D) Nay Gearheart, Marty (R) Yea Green, David (R) Yea Hall, Walter (R) Yea Hamilton, Anitra (D) Nay Hansen, Evan (D) Nay Hanshaw, Roger (R) Yea Heckert, Scot (R) Yea Hillenbrand, Rick (R) Yea Hite, Michael (R) Yea Holstein, Joshua (R) Yea Hornbuckle, Sean (D) Nay Hornby, Michael (R) Yea Horst, Charles (R) Yea Hott, John (R) Yea Howell, Gary (R) Yea Howell, Tresa (R) Yea Jeffries, Warren (R) Yea Jennings, D. Roland (R) Yea Kelly, David (R) Yea Kimble, Laura (R) Yea Kump, Larry (R) Yea Kyle, Jonathan (R) Yea Leavitt, Tristan (R) Yea Lewis, Hollis (D) Nay Linville, Daniel (R) Yea Lucas, Patrick (R) Yea Mallow, Phil (R) Yea Marple, Keith (R) Yea Martin, Carl (R) Yea Masters, Ian (R) Yea Maynor, Jordan (R) Yea McCormick, David (R) Yea McGeehan, Pat (R) Yea Miller, George (R) Yea Moore, Erica (R) Yea Parsons, Frederick (R) Yea Petitto, Mickey (R) Yea Phillips, Chris (R) Yea Pinson, Jonathan (R) Yea Pritt, David (D) Yea Pushkin, Mike (D) Nay Ridenour, William (R) Absent Riley, Clay (R) Yea Rohrbach, Matthew (R) Yea Roop, Carl (R) Yea Schaaf-Mazzocchi, Margitta (R) Yea Shamblin, Andy (R) Yea Sheedy, Charles (R) Yea Smith, Bryan (R) Yea Smith, Douglas (R) Yea Statler, Joseph (R) Yea Steele, Brandon (R) Yea Stephens, Jeffrey (R) Yea Street, George (R) Yea Toney, Christopher (R) Yea Vance, Adam (R) Absent Ward, Bryan (R) Yea White, Lisa (R) Yea Williams, John (D) Nay Willis, Jimmy (R) Yea Worrell, Evan (R) Yea Young, Kayla (D) Nay Zatezalo, Mark (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name

Link: link to state bill page