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A bill to release only the names of concealed weapon permit holders to the public was amended Thursday. The publicly available information would include zip codes under an amendment added by the Senate State Agencies and Governmental Affairs Committee.

Sen. Bill Pritchard, R-Elkins, voted against the amendment. Pritchard said that releasing the name and zip code of a permit holder would give enough information to let people use the Internet to find out addresses, phone numbers and other information.