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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act"
+description: "Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "HB 4297"
+citation: "West Virginia HB 4297 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Actions", "Suits and Liens", "Uniform Laws"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Brooks"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 41
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2024-01-10"
+last_action: "2024-04-22"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d7cc3607-0fa4-456c-880d-d06233bc7929"
+source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4297&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "699383a508922565040b3bdd33911bb23320e79ee7828f99d847ace0d97f143b"
+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 4297 (2024) — Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4297%20eng.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=4297)
+2. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4297%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=4297)
+3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2024_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb4297 intr.pdf)
+4. **hb4297 hfa kelly 2-13 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/hb4297%20hfa%20kelly%202-13%20_1%20adopted.htm)
+5. **hb4297 s jud am _1 3-4 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/com_amends/hb4297%20s%20jud%20am%20_1%203-4%20adopted.htm)
+6. **hb4297 s jud amt _1 3-5 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/com_amends/hb4297%20s%20jud%20amt%20_1%203-5%20adopted.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
+- PASSAGE — **95–0** (pass) · lower
+- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **96–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Brooks — primary (person)
+- Chiarelli — cosponsor (person)
+- DeVault — cosponsor (person)
+- Hott — cosponsor (person)
+- Kelly — cosponsor (person)
+- Kirby — cosponsor (person)
+- Mallow — cosponsor (person)
+- Maynor — cosponsor (person)
+- Pritt, E. — cosponsor (person)
+- Steele — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-10** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2024-01-10** To Jails and Prisons then Judiciary
+- **2024-01-10** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2024-02-02** Do pass, but first to Judiciary
+- **2024-02-02** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-12** Do pass
+- **2024-02-13** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2024-02-13** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2024-02-14** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2024-02-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2024-02-14** Amendment reported by the Clerk
+- **2024-02-14** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2024-02-15** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2024-02-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-15** Passed House (Roll No. 187) `passage`
+- **2024-02-15** Communicated to Senate
+- **2024-02-20** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2024-02-20** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-20** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-06** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
+- **2024-03-06** Immediate consideration
+- **2024-03-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2024-03-07** On 2nd reading
+- **2024-03-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2024-03-07** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2024-03-08** On 3rd reading
+- **2024-03-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2024-03-08** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 431) `passage`
+- **2024-03-08** Senate requests House to concur
+- **2024-03-09** House received Senate message
+- **2024-03-09** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 734)
+- **2024-03-09** Communicated to Senate
+- **2024-03-09** Completed legislative action
+- **2024-03-09** House Message received
+- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/21/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-03-21** To Governor 3/21/2024 `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/21/2024 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2024-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/24 `executive-signature`
+- **2024-04-01** Approved by Governor 3/9/24 - House Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2024-04-22** Chapter 60, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d7cc3607-0fa4-456c-880d-d06233bc7929`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+