West Virginia 2020 Regular Session Status: Enacted 1 R cosponsors

SB 500 — Relating to Class Y special crossbow hunting permit

Last action — Chapter 230, Acts, Regular Session, 2020

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed House of Delegates
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 15, 2020. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 78% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 4 sponsors

    1 primary, 3 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 R).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

8 added · 137 removed

Plain-language change summary

In the latest version of SB 500, a small but significant change has been made to the text: the word “or” has been added in line 4 of section 42w. This adjustment likely broadens the criteria or options available under the bill, enhancing flexibility in its application. By making this change, the legislation could better accommodate various situations, potentially benefiting more stakeholders involved.

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SB500 H ANR AM #1 Fisher 3919   The Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources moved to amend the bill on page 1, section 42w, line 4, after the semicolon, by inserting the word “or”.
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Red = new code to be enacted WEST virginia legislature regular session Enrolled Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 500 Senators Hamilton, Pitsenbarger, Sypolt, and Cline, original sponsors [Passed February 12, 2020;
in effect 90 days from passage]     AN ACT to amend and reenact §20-2-42w of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to Class Y special crossbow hunting permit application requirements;
removing requirement for applicant to provide written release authorizing examination of all medical records regarding qualifying disability;
and removing language that completed permit form constitutes Class Y permit.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 2.
WILDLIFE RESOURCES.
§20-2-42w.
Class Y special crossbow hunting permit for certain disabled persons.
(a) A Class Y permit is a special statewide hunting permit entitling a person to hunt all wildlife during established archery and firearm seasons if the person meets the following requirements:
(1) He or she holds a Class Q permit;
or (2) He or she has a permanent and substantial loss of function in one or both hands while failing to meet the minimum standards of the upper extremity pinch, grip, and nine-hole peg tests administered under the direction of a licensed physician;
or (3) He or she has a permanent and substantial loss of function in one or both shoulders while failing to meet the minimum standards of the shoulder strength test administered under the direction of a licensed physician.
(b) The application form shall include a written statement or report prepared by the physician conducting the test no more than six months preceding the application and verifying that the applicant is physically disabled as described in this section.
The completed Class Y permit application shall be submitted to the division, which shall issue a wallet-sized card to the permittee.
The card and all other documents and identification required to be carried by this article shall be in the permittee’s possession when hunting.
(c) A Class Y permit shall be accompanied by a valid statewide hunting license or the applicant shall be exempt from hunting licenses as provided in this chapter.
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Action History

  1. Chapter 230, Acts, Regular Session, 2020

  2. Approved by Governor 2/24/20 - House Journal

  3. Approved by Governor 2/24/20

  4. To Governor 2/18/20 - House Journal

  5. To Governor 2/18/20 - Senate Journal

  6. To Governor 2/18/20

  7. House received Senate message

  8. Completed legislative action

  9. Communicated to House

  10. Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 119)

  11. House Message received

  12. Communicated to Senate

  13. Passed House (Roll No. 140)

  14. Read 3rd time

  15. From House Calendar, 3rd reading, placed on Special Calendar

  16. On 3rd reading, House Calendar

  17. From Special Calendar, 3rd reading, placed on House Calendar

  18. On 3rd reading, Special Calendar

  19. Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)

  20. Read 2nd time

  21. On 2nd reading, Special Calendar

  22. Read 1st time

  23. On 1st reading, Special Calendar

  24. With amendment, do pass

  25. To House Agriculture and Natural Resources

  26. To Agriculture and Natural Resources

  27. Introduced in House

  28. Ordered to House

  29. Passed Senate (Roll No. 33)

  30. Read 3rd time

  31. On 3rd reading

  32. Read 2nd time

  33. On 2nd reading

  34. Read 1st time

  35. On 1st reading

  36. Committee substitute reported

  37. To Natural Resources

  38. Introduced in Senate

  39. To Natural Resources

  40. Filed for introduction

Sponsors

  • Bill Hamilton · Primary
  • Pitsenbarger · Cosponsor
  • Sypolt · Cosponsor
  • Cline · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 3 co-sponsors · 148 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (3)

  • Pitsenbarger
  • Sypolt
  • Cline

Not signed on (148)

148 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

PASSAGE

Passed 98 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 25000
Unaffiliated 68002
Democrat 5000
Total 98002
% of votes cast 98%0%0%2%
How each member voted (100)
Member Party Vote
Kessinger — Yea
Rowan — Yea
Angelucci — Yea
Espinosa — Yea
Kump — Yea
Rowe — Yea
Atkinson — Yea
Evans — Yea
Lavender-Bowe — Yea
Shott — Yea
Fast — Yea
Little — Yea
Skaff — Yea
Barnhart — Yea
Fleischauer — Yea
Longstreth — Yea
Sponaugle — Yea
Lovejoy — Yea
Staggers — Yea
Foster — Yea
Mandt — Yea
Steele — Yea
Bates — Yea
Graves — Yea
Storch — Yea
Bibby — Yea
Hamrick — Yea
Summers — Yea
Boggs — Yea
Hanna — Yea
Maynard — Yea
Swartzmiller — Yea
Brown, N. — Yea
Sypolt — Yea
Brown, S. — Yea
Hardy — Yea
Miley — Yea
Thompson, C. — Yea
Hartman — Yea
Thompson, R. — Yea
Byrd — Yea
Hicks — Yea
Nelson — Yea
Tomblin — Yea
Cadle — Yea
Higginbotham — Yea
Pack — Yea
Hill — Yea
Paynter — Yea
Walker — Yea
Canestraro — Yea
Pethtel — Yea
Waxman — Yea
Capito — Yea
Phillips — Yea
Westfall — Yea
Caputo — Yea
Householder — Yea
Porterfield — Yea
Wilson — Yea
Cowles — Yea
Pyles — Yea
Jeffries, J. — Yea
Zukoff — Yea
Robinson — Yea
Diserio — Yea
Rodighiero — Yea
Doyle — Yea
Estep-Burton — Not Voting
Linville — Not Voting
Evan Hansen Democrat Yea
John Williams Democrat Yea
Mike Pushkin Democrat Yea
Sean Hornbuckle Democrat Yea
Shawn Fluharty Democrat Yea
Ben Queen Republican Yea
Betsy Kelly Republican Yea
Betsy Kelly Republican Yea
Carl Martin Republican Yea
Christopher W. Toney Republican Yea
D. Rolland Jennings Republican Yea
Dean Jeffries Republican Yea
Evan Worrell Republican Yea
Gary G. Howell Republican Yea
George Miller Republican Yea
Jason Barrett Republican Yea
Jeff Campbell Republican Yea
Jim Butler Republican Yea
Joe Ellington Republican Yea
John Paul Hott Republican Yea
Mark Dean Republican Yea
Matthew Rohrbach Republican Yea
Mike Azinger Republican Yea
Pat McGeehan Republican Yea
Patrick Martin Republican Yea
Roger Hanshaw Republican Yea
Roy Cooper Republican Yea
T. Kevan Bartlett Republican Yea
Vernon Criss Republican Yea
William Anderson Republican Yea

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Passage

Passed 32 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 2000
Unaffiliated 30002
Total 32002
% of votes cast 94%0%0%6%
How each member voted (34)
Member Party Vote
LINDSAY — Yea
SMITH — Yea
BALDWIN — Yea
MANN — Yea
STOLLINGS — Yea
BEACH — Yea
MARONEY — Yea
SWOPE — Yea
BLAIR — Not Voting
MAYNARD — Yea
SYPOLT — Yea
BOLEY — Yea
PALUMBO — Yea
TAKUBO — Yea
PITSENBARGER — Yea
TARR — Yea
CLINE — Yea
PLYMALE — Yea
TRUMP — Yea
FACEMIRE — Yea
PREZIOSO — Yea
UNGER — Yea
HAMILTON — Yea
ROBERTS — Not Voting
WELD — Yea
HARDESTY — Yea
ROMANO — Yea
WOELFEL — Yea
IHLENFELD — Yea
RUCKER — Yea
MR PRESIDENT — Yea
JEFFRIES — Yea
Charles H. Clements Republican Yea
Mike Azinger Republican Yea

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Subjects

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Who sponsors SB 500?
SB 500 is sponsored by Bill Hamilton (Republican), Pitsenbarger, Sypolt, and Cline.
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