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+type: "Bill"
+title: "The Joanna Phillips Domestic Violence Prevention Act"
+description: "The Joanna Phillips Domestic Violence Prevention Act"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 5101"
+citation: "West Virginia HB 5101 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Crime"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Leavitt"]
+version_count: 11
+action_count: 48
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2026-02-03"
+last_action: "2026-06-29"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/94f0f11b-77b4-4f5d-b9b8-c53a1afe968e"
+source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=5101&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "74bf51e1e01eb2812dd91eb010f04141a57d1a6a7c37be3d58a956ad9a4e273f"
+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 5101 (2026) — The Joanna Phillips Domestic Violence Prevention Act
+
+## 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=hb5101%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5101)
+2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5101%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5101)
+3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5101%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5101)
+4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5101%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5101)
+5. **hb5101 hfa mcgeehan 3-14 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/hb5101%20hfa%20mcgeehan%203-14%20_1%20adopted.htm)
+6. **hb5101 hfat akers 2-17 2 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/hb5101%20hfat%20akers%202-17%202%20adopted.htm)
+7. **hb5101 hfat mcgeehan 3-14 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/hb5101%20hfat%20mcgeehan%203-14%20adopted.htm)
+8. **hb5101 s jud am _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/hb5101%20s%20jud%20am%20_1%20adopted.htm)
+9. **hb5101 s jud amt adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/hb5101%20s%20jud%20amt%20adopted.htm)
+10. **hb5101 sfa garcia _1 3-13 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/hb5101%20sfa%20garcia%20_1%203-13%20adopted.htm)
+11. **hb5101 sfat garcia _1 3-13 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/hb5101%20sfat%20garcia%20_1%203-13%20adopted.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
+- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **97–0** (pass) · lower
+- PASSAGE — **93–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Leavitt — primary (person)
+- Akers — cosponsor (person)
+- Cannon, D. — cosponsor (person)
+- Dittman — cosponsor (person)
+- Drennan — cosponsor (person)
+- Ferrell — cosponsor (person)
+- Howell, T. — cosponsor (person)
+- Kimble — cosponsor (person)
+- Maynor — cosponsor (person)
+- Moore — cosponsor (person)
+- Roop — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-03** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2026-02-03** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-03** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2026-02-03** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-04** To House Legal Services `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-04** Markup Discussion
+- **2026-02-05** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-06** Markup Discussion
+- **2026-02-12** By substitute, do pass
+- **2026-02-13** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-02-13** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2026-02-16** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-02-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-17** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-02-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-17** Passed House (Roll No. 112) `passage`
+- **2026-02-17** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2026-02-17** Communicated to Senate
+- **2026-02-18** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2026-02-18** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-18** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-11** Reported do pass, with amendment `committee-passage`
+- **2026-03-11** Immediate consideration
+- **2026-03-11** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2026-03-12** On 2nd reading
+- **2026-03-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-12** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2026-03-13** On 3rd reading
+- **2026-03-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-13** Unanimous consent to amend on 3rd reading
+- **2026-03-13** Amended on 3rd reading (Voice vote)
+- **2026-03-13** Passed Senate (Roll No. 557) `passage`
+- **2026-03-13** Com. title amendment withdrawn by unanimous consent
+- **2026-03-13** Title amendment adopted
+- **2026-03-13** Senate requests House to concur
+- **2026-03-14** House received Senate message
+- **2026-03-14** House concurred in Senate amendment with amendment and title amendment (Roll No. 645)
+- **2026-03-14** Communicated to Senate
+- **2026-03-14** House Message received
+- **2026-03-14** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 683)
+- **2026-03-14** Communicated to House
+- **2026-03-14** Completed legislative action
+- **2026-03-14** To Governor 3/25/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-25** To Governor 3/25/26 `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2026-04-01** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 `executive-signature`
+- **2026-06-29** Chapter 95, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/94f0f11b-77b4-4f5d-b9b8-c53a1afe968e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+