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legislation/us/states/wv/2024/sb-778.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Amending certain qualifying offenses to enhance sentences of repeat offenders"
+description: "Amending certain qualifying offenses to enhance sentences of repeat offenders"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "SB 778"
+citation: "West Virginia SB 778 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Boards and Commissions", "Crime"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Weld"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 34
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-02-14"
+last_action: "2024-04-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/94ba9371-0879-4cf3-b50d-b4f227e0f908"
+source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=778&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "d98b5b752d99a7910fcd001938784d3b8ffc8002bbfa091e6ae2f85d61c82aa8"
+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 778 (2024) — Amending certain qualifying offenses to enhance sentences of repeat offenders
+
+## 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=sb778%20sub1.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=778)
+2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb778%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=778)
+3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb778%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=778)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **94–0** (pass) · lower
+- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Weld — primary (person)
+- Deeds — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-02-14** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2024-02-14** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-14** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2024-02-14** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-21** Committee substitute reported
+- **2024-02-21** Immediate consideration
+- **2024-02-21** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2024-02-22** On 2nd reading
+- **2024-02-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2024-02-23** On 3rd reading
+- **2024-02-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2024-02-23** Passed Senate (Roll No. 226) `passage`
+- **2024-02-23** Ordered to House
+- **2024-02-26** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2024-02-26** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-06** Do pass
+- **2024-03-07** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2024-03-06** Immediate consideration
+- **2024-03-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2024-03-07** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2024-03-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2024-03-08** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2024-03-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2024-03-08** Passed House (Roll No. 684) `passage`
+- **2024-03-08** Communicated to Senate
+- **2024-03-08** Completed legislative action
+- **2024-03-09** House Message received
+- **2024-03-12** To Governor 3/12/2024 `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/12/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/12/2024 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/2024 `executive-signature`
+- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/24 - House Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2024-04-23** Chapter 85, 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/94ba9371-0879-4cf3-b50d-b4f227e0f908`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+