WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE

2024 REGULAR SESSION

Introduced

House Bill 5315

By Delegates Steele, Phillips, McGeehan, Horst, Martin, Brooks, Foster, Crouse, Ward, Dean, and Maynor

[Introduced January 29, 2024; Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary]

A BILL to repeal §61-7-9 of the West Virginia Code, 1931, as amended, relating to the possession of machine guns.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

ARTICLE 7. DANGEROUS WEAPONS.

§61-7-9. Possession of machine guns, penalties.

[Repealed]

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to repeal the prohibition of the possession and the criminal penalties for that offense.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.