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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Updating crime of sexual extortion"
+description: "Updating crime of sexual extortion"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "SB 240"
+citation: "West Virginia SB 240 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Crime"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Hamilton"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 40
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-02-12"
+last_action: "2025-08-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b477d77-f951-4570-99d9-ad42e44f5e9c"
+source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=240&year=2025&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "1ae0699799c718518a3e1a0254e3d416cf1b374a29de2fae086fe2a6b54e48cd"
+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 240 (2025) — Updating crime of sexual extortion
+
+## 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=sb240%20sub1.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=240)
+2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb240%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=240)
+3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb240%20intr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=240)
+4. **sb240 hfa hornby 3-7 _1 adopted adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/floor_amends/sb240%20hfa%20hornby%203-7%20_1%20adopted%20adopted.htm)
+5. **sb240 hfa hornby 3-7 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/floor_amends/sb240%20hfa%20hornby%203-7%20_1%20adopted.htm)
+6. **sb240 hfa hornby 3-7 _1adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/floor_amends/sb240%20hfa%20hornby%203-7%20_1adopted.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper
+- PASSAGE — **97–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Hamilton — primary (person)
+- Deeds — cosponsor (person)
+- Rucker — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-12** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2025-02-12** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-12** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2025-02-12** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-19** Committee substitute reported
+- **2025-02-20** On 1st reading
+- **2025-02-20** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2025-02-21** On 2nd reading
+- **2025-02-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2025-02-24** On 3rd reading
+- **2025-02-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-02-24** Passed Senate (Roll No. 21) `passage`
+- **2025-02-24** Ordered to House
+- **2025-02-25** House received Senate message
+- **2025-02-25** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2025-02-25** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-25** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-03** Markup Discussion
+- **2025-03-05** Do pass
+- **2025-03-06** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2025-03-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2025-03-07** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2025-03-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2025-03-07** Amendment reported by the Clerk
+- **2025-03-07** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2025-03-10** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2025-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-10** Passed House (Roll No. 44) `passage`
+- **2025-03-10** Communicated to Senate
+- **2025-03-14** House Message received
+- **2025-03-14** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 109)
+- **2025-03-14** Communicated to House
+- **2025-03-14** Completed legislative action
+- **2025-03-17** House received Senate message
+- **2025-03-18** To Governor 3/18/2025 `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-03-19** To Governor 3/18/2025 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-03-26** To Governor 3/18/2025 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-03-24** Approved by Governor 3/25/2025 - House Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2025-03-24** Approved by Governor 3/24/2025 `executive-signature`
+- **2025-08-08** Chapter 75, Acts, Regular Session, 2025 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1b477d77-f951-4570-99d9-ad42e44f5e9c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+