Proposed West Virginia Firearm Legislation HB4096
Legislation Overview
Title: Preserving and protecting the right to keep and bear arms
Subject: Crime
Description: The purpose of this bill is to define acts which constitute infringements of the right to keep and bear arms, to articulate the constitutional limits on such infringements, to declare all such infringements to be against the rights of the people and to be legally void, and to provide remedies for acts taken under the color of federal law.
Session: 2026 Regular Session
Last Action: To House Judiciary
Last Action Date: January 14, 2026
Sponsors
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1 sponsors: Chuck Horst (R);
Percentage of House Of Delegates sponsoring bill: 1% (1 of 100)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Jan 14, 2026 | Filed for introduction |
| House | Jan 14, 2026 | To Judiciary |
| House | Jan 14, 2026 | Introduced in House |
| House | Jan 14, 2026 | To House Judiciary |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | not available | state link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
There have not been any votes on this bill
Link: link to state bill page
