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SB 196 WV
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WV · session 2025 · Senate · bill

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Introduced Feb 12, 2025

Latest action (Aug 8, 2025) Chapter 74, Acts, Regular Session, 2025

Sponsor (1)

  • Deeds Republican · primary
3 coauthors / cosponsors
  • Taylor Republican · cosponsor
  • Woodrum Republican · cosponsor
  • Willis · cosponsor

Action history (45)

  1. Feb 12, 2025 Filed for introduction · upper
  2. Feb 12, 2025 To Judiciary · upper
  3. Feb 12, 2025 Introduced in Senate · upper
  4. Feb 12, 2025 To Judiciary · upper
  5. Mar 5, 2025 Committee substitute reported · upper
  6. Mar 6, 2025 On 1st reading · upper
  7. Mar 6, 2025 Read 1st time · upper
  8. Mar 7, 2025 On 2nd reading · upper
  9. Mar 7, 2025 Laid over on 2nd reading 3/7/2025 · upper
  10. Mar 10, 2025 Read 2nd time · upper
  11. Mar 10, 2025 Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote) · upper
  12. Mar 11, 2025 On 3rd reading · upper
  13. Mar 11, 2025 Deferred until foot of 3rd reading · upper
  14. Mar 11, 2025 Read 3rd time · upper
  15. Mar 11, 2025 Passed Senate (Roll No. 95) · upper
  16. Mar 11, 2025 Title amendment adopted · upper
  17. Mar 11, 2025 Ordered to House · upper
  18. Mar 12, 2025 House received Senate message · lower
  19. Mar 12, 2025 Introduced in House · lower
  20. Mar 12, 2025 To Judiciary · lower
  21. Mar 12, 2025 To House Judiciary · lower
  22. Apr 7, 2025 House received Senate message · lower
  23. Apr 9, 2025 With amendment, do pass · lower
  24. Apr 9, 2025 Immediate consideration · lower
  25. Apr 9, 2025 Read 1st time · lower
  26. Apr 10, 2025 On 2nd reading, Special Calendar · lower
  27. Apr 10, 2025 Read 2nd time · lower
  28. Apr 10, 2025 Amendment reported by the Clerk · lower
  29. Apr 10, 2025 Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote) · lower
  30. Apr 11, 2025 On 3rd reading, Special Calendar · lower
  31. Apr 11, 2025 Read 3rd time · lower
  32. Apr 11, 2025 Passed House (Roll No. 502) · lower
  33. Apr 11, 2025 Title amendment adopted (Voice vote) · lower
  34. Apr 11, 2025 Communicated to Senate · lower
  35. Apr 12, 2025 House Message received · upper
  36. Apr 12, 2025 Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 549) · upper
  37. Apr 12, 2025 Communicated to House · upper
  38. Apr 12, 2025 Completed legislative action · upper
  39. Apr 21, 2025 To Governor 4/21/2025 · upper
  40. Apr 12, 2025 To Governor 4/21/2025 - Senate Journal · upper
  41. Apr 12, 2025 To Governor 4/21/2025 - House Journal · lower
  42. Apr 24, 2025 Approved by Governor 4/24/2025 · upper
  43. Apr 12, 2025 Approved by Governor 4/24/2025 - Senate Journal · upper
  44. Apr 12, 2025 Approved by Governor 4/24/2025 - House Journal · lower
  45. Aug 8, 2025 Chapter 74, Acts, Regular Session, 2025 · upper
Subjects
Crime

Text versions (16)

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

  • Enrolled Committee Substitute · HTML
  • Enrolled Committee Substitute · PDF
  • Enrolled Committee Substitute · application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document
  • Engrossed Committee Substitute · HTML
  • Engrossed Committee Substitute · PDF
  • Engrossed Committee Substitute · application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document
  • Committee Substitute · HTML
  • Committee Substitute · PDF
  • Committee Substitute · application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document
  • Introduced Version · HTML
  • Introduced Version · PDF
  • Introduced Version · application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document
  • sb196 hfat akers 4-10 adopted.htm · HTML
  • sb196 h jud am _1 adopted.htm · HTML
  • sb196 sfa helton _1 3-7 adopted.htm · HTML
  • sb196 sfat helton _1 3-7 adopted.htm · HTML

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