West Virginia House Bill 2519 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 10-1)
Status: Introduced on January 8 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-01-08 - To House Judiciary
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

The purpose of this bill is to allow a person who holds a current and valid license to carry a concealed deadly weapon to carry such a weapon on the campus and in the buildings of a state institution of higher education. It provides exceptions and immunity to an institution for a licensee’s intentional or unintentional use of a firearm while carrying it under the act. The bill seeks to acknowledge that violence against disarmed law-abiding citizens is an increasing, but unnecessary, occurrence. The bill is an attempt by the Legislature to reaffirm a law-abiding citizen's Second Amendment Right, the right to protect themselves by allowing legally licensed and permitted employees, staff, and students of public universities the right to legally carry a concealed weapon within specified limitations.

The Campus Self Defense Act

Del. Jim Butler [R]	Del. Zachery Maynard [R]	Del. Scott Cadle [R]	Del. Geoff Foster [R]
Del. Caleb Hanna [R]	Del. Paul Espinosa [R]	Del. Joshua Higginbotham [R]	Del. Pat McGeehan [R]
Del. Eric Householder [R]	Del. John Hardy [R]	Del. Randal Swartzmiller [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-01-08	House	To House Judiciary
2020-01-08	House	Introduced in House
2020-01-08	House	To Judiciary then Finance
2020-01-08	House	Filed for introduction

HB2519 (Carry Over) 2019-03-01 - To Judiciary

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18B	1	3	Amended Code	Citation Text
18B	1	6	Amended Code	Citation Text
18B	1B	4	Amended Code	Citation Text
18B	2A	4	Amended Code	Citation Text
18B	2B	6	Amended Code	Citation Text
18B	4	5b	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2519&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill
Text	http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2519%20intr.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=2519