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West Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 5319: Camping ban on certain public property.

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 5319 is a bill introduced in the West Virginia House on February 9, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Camping ban on certain public property. Primary sponsor: Geno Chiarelli (Republican). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (March 11, 2026): On 2nd reading, rereferred to Judiciary.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Geno ChiarelliPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse78
Ryan BrowningCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse28

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. On 2nd reading, rereferred to Judiciary
  2. Read 1st time
  3. Immediate consideration
  4. Without recommendation, but first rereferred to Judiciary
  5. To Judiciary
  6. To Judiciary
  7. Introduced in Senate
  8. Communicated to Senate
  9. Passed House (Roll No. 266)
  10. Read 3rd time
  11. On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
  12. Amendment rejected (Voice vote)

Showing 12 most recent of 23 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source