WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE

2023 REGULAR SESSION

Introduced

House Bill 3122

By Delegates Vance, Butler, Burkhammer, Longanacre, Dean, Kirby, Dillon, Nestor, Brooks, Toney, and Cooper

[Introduced January 27, 2023; Referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources then the Judiciary]

A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §20-2-5l, relating to permitting certain types of rifles using an encapsulated propellant charge that loads from the breech, with the bullet loaded from the muzzle, during any muzzleloader season; and providing an exception.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

ARTICLE 2. WILDLIFE RESOURCES.

§20-2-5l. Use of certain rifles to hunt in muzzleloader season.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this code to the contrary, any person lawfully entitled to hunt may hunt with a rifle using an encapsulated propellant charge that loads from the breech, with the bullet loaded from the muzzle, during any muzzleloader season: Provided, That such rifle may not be used for hunting during the Mountaineer Heritage season.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to permit certain types of rifles using an encapsulated propellant charge that loads from the breech.

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