Proposed West Virginia Firearm Legislation SB186
Legislation Overview
Title: Prohibiting financial institutions from discriminating against firearms businesses
Subject: Banking and Finance
Description: The purpose of this bill is to prohibit financial institutions from discriminating against firearms businesses. The bill specifies civil remedies. The bill provides for attorneys fees and costs for a successful action. The bill provides for a statute of limitations on civil actions. The bill provides for potential loss of state business to a financial institution found to have violated this article. Finally, the bill provides for an effective date.
Session: 2024 Regular Session
Last Action: To Judiciary
Last Action Date: January 10, 2024
Sponsors
Note: the first sponsor listed is normally the primary sponsor. If a sponsor's name is a hyperlink you can click on it to 'follow the money'.
8 sponsors: Rupert Phillips (R); Bill Hamilton (R); Laura Wakim Chapman (R); Mike Stuart (R); Amy Nichole Grady (R); Glenn Jeffries (D); Robert Karnes (R); Michael Maroney (R);
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 24% (8 of 34)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Jan 10, 2024 | Filed for introduction |
| Senate | Jan 10, 2024 | To Judiciary |
| Senate | Jan 10, 2024 | Introduced in Senate |
| Senate | Jan 10, 2024 | To 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
