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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Directing Prosecuting Attorneys Institute to make training available to certain new prosecuting attorneys"
+description: "Directing Prosecuting Attorneys Institute to make training available to certain new prosecuting attorneys"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "SB 451"
+citation: "West Virginia SB 451 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["County Officials"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Phillips"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 46
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2024-01-15"
+last_action: "2024-04-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/10c68620-cae5-4e4a-8c04-522267ce0768"
+source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=451&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "654e1e6b9d6cf3b7fb91d79e6a5ae205f6909f739cae32cb1d20b9d92bea47df"
+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 SB 451 (2024) — Directing Prosecuting Attorneys Institute to make training available to certain new prosecuting attorneys
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb451%20sub1.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=451)
+2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb451%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=451)
+3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb451%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=451)
+4. **sb451 h jud am _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/com_amends/sb451%20h%20jud%20am%20_1%20adopted.htm)
+5. **sb451 hfat fast 3-1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/sb451%20hfat%20fast%203-1%20adopted.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **95–0** (pass) · lower
+- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **96–1** (pass) · lower
+- PASSAGE — **93–4** (pass) · lower
+- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper
+- RECEDE — **66–31** (pass) · lower
+- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **93–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Phillips — primary (person)
+- Deeds — cosponsor (person)
+- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
+- Jeffries — cosponsor (person)
+- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
+- Plymale — cosponsor (person)
+- Queen — cosponsor (person)
+- Rucker — cosponsor (person)
+- Smith — cosponsor (person)
+- Stuart — cosponsor (person)
+- Swope — cosponsor (person)
+- Takubo — cosponsor (person)
+- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
+- Trump — cosponsor (person)
+- Woelfel — cosponsor (person)
+- Woodrum — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-15** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2024-01-15** To Judiciary then Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-15** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2024-01-15** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-25** Committee substitute reported, but first to Finance
+- **2024-01-25** 2nd reference dispensed
+- **2024-01-26** On 1st reading
+- **2024-01-26** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2024-01-29** On 2nd reading
+- **2024-01-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2024-01-30** On 3rd reading
+- **2024-01-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2024-01-30** Passed Senate (Roll No. 76) `passage`
+- **2024-01-30** Effective from passage (Roll No. 76)
+- **2024-01-30** Ordered to House
+- **2024-01-31** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2024-01-31** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-27** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
+- **2024-02-28** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2024-02-28** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2024-02-29** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2024-02-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2024-02-29** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2024-03-01** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2024-03-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2024-03-01** Passed House (Roll No. 430) `passage`
+- **2024-03-01** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2024-03-01** Effective from passage (Roll No. 431)
+- **2024-03-01** Communicated to Senate
+- **2024-03-04** House Message received
+- **2024-03-04** Senate refused to concur; requested House recede(Voice vote)
+- **2024-03-04** Communicated to House
+- **2024-03-06** House received Senate message
+- **2024-03-06** House receded (Roll No. 485)
+- **2024-03-06** Passed House (Roll No. 486) `passage`
+- **2024-03-06** Effective from passage (Roll No. 487)
+- **2024-03-06** Communicated to Senate
+- **2024-03-06** Completed legislative action
+- **2024-03-07** House Message received
+- **2024-03-11** To Governor 3/11/2024 `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/11/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/11/2024 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-03-26** Approved by Governor 3/26/2024 `executive-signature`
+- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/26/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/26/24 - House Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2024-04-23** Chapter 64, 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/10c68620-cae5-4e4a-8c04-522267ce0768`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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