West Virginia 2020 Regular Session Status: Enacted 2 R cosponsors

SB 470 — Relating to use of crossbow to hunt

Last action — Chapter 228, Acts, Regular Session, 2020

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    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 82% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

How often bills like it became law.

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 6 sponsors

    1 primary, 5 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (2 R).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

12 added · 129 removed

Plain-language change summary

The amendment to Bill SB 470 changes the title and focuses on new regulations regarding hunting with crossbows. It specifies a decrease in the length of crossbow bolts and outlines how to measure them. This matters because it potentially makes hunting regulations clearer and could affect safety and compliance standards for hunters using crossbows in West Virginia.

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SB470 SFAT #1 Hamilton 1-23 Schindzielorz    Senator Hamilton moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:
COMMISSION JOINT RULES STAFF INFO BILL STATUS BILL STATUS BILL TRACKING STATE LAW WEST VIRGINIA CODE ACTS OF THE LEGISLATURE CODE OF 1931 WV CONSTITUTION US CONSTITUTION REPORTS AGENCY REPORTS AGENCY GRANT AWARDS PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS POST AUDITS EDUCATIONAL CITIZEN’S GUIDE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM PAGE PROGRAM PUBLICATIONS PHOTO GALLERY CAPITOL HISTORY HOW A BILL BECOMES LAW CONTACT SENATE ROSTER HOUSE ROSTER PUBLIC INFO.
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Sub for Senate Bill 470—A Bill to amend and reenact §20-2-5g of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to the use of a crossbow to hunt;
Red = new code to be enacted WEST virginia legislature regular session Enrolled Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 470 Senators Cline, Hamilton, Pitsenbarger, Sypolt, Roberts, and Azinger, original sponsors [Passed February 11, 2020;
in effect 90 days from passage]     AN ACT to amend and reenact §20-2-5g of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to the use of a crossbow to hunt;
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
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ARTICLE 2.
WILDLIFE RESOURCES.
§20-2-5g.
Use of a crossbow to hunt.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code to the contrary, any person lawfully entitled to hunt may hunt with a crossbow during big game firearms season.
A person who possesses a valid Class Y permit may also hunt with a crossbow in accordance with §20-2-42w of this code.
Further, the director shall designate a separate season for crossbow hunting and identify which species of wildlife may be hunted with a crossbow.
(b) Only crossbows meeting all of the following specifications may be used for hunting in West Virginia:
(1) The crossbow has a minimum draw weight of 125 pounds;
(2) The crossbow has a working safety;
and (3) The crossbow is used with bolts and arrows not less than 16 inches in length as measured from the leading end of the shaft, including the insert, to the trailing end of the shaft, including the nock, with a broad head having at least two sharp cutting edges, measuring at least three fourths of an inch in width.
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Action History

  1. Chapter 228, 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 Message received

  8. Completed legislative action

  9. Communicated to Senate

  10. Passed House (Roll No. 138)

  11. Read 3rd time

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

  13. On 3rd reading, House Calendar

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

  15. On 3rd reading, Special Calendar

  16. Read 2nd time

  17. On 2nd reading, Special Calendar

  18. Read 1st time

  19. On 1st reading, Special Calendar

  20. Do pass

  21. To House Agriculture and Natural Resources

  22. To Agriculture and Natural Resources

  23. Introduced in House

  24. Ordered to House

  25. Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 31)

  26. Read 3rd time

  27. On 3rd reading

  28. Read 2nd time

  29. On 2nd reading

  30. Read 1st time

  31. On 1st reading

  32. Committee substitute reported

  33. To Natural Resources

  34. Introduced in Senate

  35. To Natural Resources

  36. Filed for introduction

Sponsors

  • Cline · Primary
  • Bill Hamilton · Cosponsor
  • Pitsenbarger · Cosponsor
  • Sypolt · Cosponsor
  • Roberts · Cosponsor
  • Mike Azinger · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 5 co-sponsors · 146 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Cline

Co-sponsors (5)

Not signed on (146)

146 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

PASSAGE

Passed 95 Yea · 3 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 25000
Unaffiliated 65302
Democrat 5000
Total 95302
% of votes cast 95%3%0%2%
How each member voted (100)
Member Party Vote
Doyle — Yea
Rowan — Yea
Angelucci — Yea
Kessinger — Yea
Rowe — Yea
Atkinson — Yea
Espinosa — Yea
Kump — Yea
Shott — Yea
Evans — Yea
Lavender-Bowe — Yea
Skaff — Yea
Barnhart — Yea
Fast — Yea
Little — Yea
Sponaugle — Yea
Fleischauer — Yea
Longstreth — Yea
Staggers — Yea
Lovejoy — Yea
Steele — Yea
Bates — Yea
Foster — Yea
Mandt — Yea
Storch — Yea
Bibby — Yea
Graves — Yea
Summers — Yea
Boggs — Yea
Hamrick — Yea
Swartzmiller — Yea
Brown, N. — Yea
Hanna — Yea
Maynard — Yea
Sypolt — Yea
Brown, S. — Yea
Thompson, C. — Yea
Hartman — Yea
Miley — Yea
Thompson, R. — Yea
Byrd — Yea
Hicks — Yea
Tomblin — Yea
Cadle — Yea
Higginbotham — Yea
Nelson — Yea
Hill — Yea
Pethtel — Yea
Walker — Yea
Canestraro — Yea
Phillips — Yea
Waxman — Yea
Capito — Yea
Porterfield — Yea
Westfall — Yea
Caputo — Yea
Householder — Yea
Pyles — Yea
Wilson — Yea
Cowles — Yea
Jeffries, J. — Yea
Robinson — Yea
Zukoff — Yea
Rodighiero — Yea
Diserio — Yea
Hardy — Nay
Pack — Nay
Paynter — Nay
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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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 470?
SB 470 is sponsored by Cline, Bill Hamilton (Republican), Pitsenbarger, Sypolt, Roberts, and Mike Azinger (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 470?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 15, 2020. Enacted.
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