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West Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 597: Eliminating restriction to carry firearm on State Capitol Complex grounds

In committee 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

SB 597 is a bill introduced in the West Virginia Senate on February 25, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Eliminating restriction to carry firearm on State Capitol Complex grounds. Primary sponsor: Mark Maynard (Republican). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (February 25, 2025): To Government Organization.

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
Mark MaynardPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate6
Patricia RuckerCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate16

“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. To Government Organization
  2. Introduced in Senate
  3. To Government Organization then Judiciary
  4. Filed for introduction

Sources

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