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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Distracted Driving Act"
+description: "Distracted Driving Act"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 2218"
+citation: "West Virginia HB 2218 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Motor Vehicles"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Westfall"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 45
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-01-11"
+last_action: "2023-05-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/91248349-24fc-4177-ba1f-392190e5769d"
+source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2218&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "91c2b004794ff11af8d2fad17129a1d35d7220a6bb4fcf2c5cd0de0140415ee5"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wv"]
+---
+
+# West Virginia HB 2218 (2023) — Distracted Driving Act
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2218%20sub.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=2218)
+2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2218%20sub%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=2218)
+3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2218%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=2218)
+4. **hb2218 s jud am _1 3-6 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/hb2218 s jud am _1 3-6 adopted.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **25–7** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Westfall — primary (person)
+- Fast — cosponsor (person)
+- Fluharty — cosponsor (person)
+- Garcia — cosponsor (person)
+- Kelly — cosponsor (person)
+- Kump — cosponsor (person)
+- Warner — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-11** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2023-01-11** To Technology and Infrastructure then Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-11** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2023-01-11** To House Technology and Infrastructure `referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-13** With amendment, do pass, but first to Judiciary `committee-passage`
+- **2023-01-13** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-07** By substitute, do pass
+- **2023-02-08** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2023-02-08** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2023-02-09** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2023-02-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-10** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2023-02-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-02-10** Passed House (Roll No. 112) `passage`
+- **2023-02-10** Communicated to Senate
+- **2023-02-13** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2023-02-13** To Transportation and Infrastructure then Judiciary
+- **2023-02-13** To Transportation and Infrastructure
+- **2023-02-28** Reported do pass with amend and title amend but first to Judiciary `committee-passage`
+- **2023-02-28** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-07** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
+- **2023-03-07** Immediate consideration
+- **2023-03-07** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2023-03-08** On 2nd reading
+- **2023-03-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-03-08** T&I committee amendment withdrawn by unanimous consent
+- **2023-03-08** Judiciary committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2023-03-09** On 3rd reading
+- **2023-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-09** Passed Senate (Roll No. 451) `passage`
+- **2023-03-09** T&I committee title amendment withdrawn by unanimous consent (Voice vote)
+- **2023-03-09** Judiciary committee title amendment adopted
+- **2023-03-09** Senate requests House to concur
+- **2023-03-11** House received Senate message
+- **2023-03-11** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 718)
+- **2023-03-11** Communicated to Senate
+- **2023-03-11** Completed legislative action
+- **2023-03-11** House Message received
+- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/20/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-20** To Governor 3/20/2023 `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/20/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/28/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/28/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2023-03-28** Approved by Governor 3/28/2023 `executive-signature`
+- **2023-05-01** Chapter 323, Acts, Regular Session, 2023 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/91248349-24fc-4177-ba1f-392190e5769d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+