SENATE
HOUSE
JOINT
BILL STATUS
STATE LAW
REPORTS
EDUCATIONAL
CONTACT
home
home
Introduced Version House Bill 2835 History

   |  Email
Key: Green = existing Code. Red = new code to be enacted

WEST virginia Legislature

2017 regular session

Introduced

House Bill 2835

By Delegates Howell, Dean, Hill, Foster, G., Martin, Hamrick, Criss, Lewis, Sypolt, Fast and Paynter

[Introduced March 8, 2017;
Referred to the Committee on Education then the Judiciary..]

A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §18B-4-5b, relating to permitting an individual with a current West Virginia issued license to carry a concealed deadly weapon to carry such weapon on the campus of a state institution of higher education.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:


That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated §18B-4-5b, to read as follows:


ARTICLE 4. GENERAL ADMINISTRATION.


§18B-4-5b. Concealed carry on higher education campuses; exceptions.

(a) An individual in possession of a license to carry a concealed deadly weapon shall be permitted to carry a concealed deadly weapon on the campus of a state institution of higher education: Provided, That an institution of higher education may prohibit concealed carry of a deadly weapon within a particular building on the institution’s campus if both of the following conditions are met:

(1) The institution of higher education provides armed security officers to monitor the building; and

(2) The institution of higher education provides screening for dangerous deadly weapons at the entrances to the building during hours when the building is occupied.

(b) For the purposes of this section, a “license to carry a concealed deadly weapon” refers to a current license, lawfully issued by the State of West Virginia pursuant to section four or section four-a of article seven, chapter sixty-one of this code.

 

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to permit an individual with a current West Virginia issued license to carry a concealed deadly weapon to carry such weapon on the campus of a state institution of higher education.

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

This Web site is maintained by the West Virginia Legislature's Office of Reference & Information.  |  Terms of Use  |   Email WebmasterWebmaster   |   © 2024 West Virginia Legislature **


X

Print On Demand

Name:
Email:
Phone:

Print