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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Modifying parole eligibility for crime of second degree murder and voluntary manslaughter"
+description: "Modifying parole eligibility for crime of second degree murder and voluntary manslaughter"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 137"
+citation: "West Virginia SB 137 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Crime"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Deeds"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 40
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2026-01-14"
+last_action: "2026-06-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e01a992-85bb-4e7f-840b-b6c68a95ce7c"
+source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=137&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "2b25ec95374fd7b7ea0d6ca34d73f4472b2b3ce24504b96e7806c078e9c83e28"
+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 137 (2026) — Modifying parole eligibility for crime of second degree murder and voluntary manslaughter
+
+## 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=sb137%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=137)
+2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb137%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=137)
+3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb137%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=137)
+4. **sb137 h jud am _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/sb137%20h%20jud%20am%20_1%20adopted.htm)
+5. **sb137 hfat akers 3-6 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/sb137%20hfat%20akers%203-6%20adopted.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **30–2** (pass) · upper
+- HFA FLANIGAN & MASTERS 3-5 #1 — **45–47** (fail) · lower
+- PASSAGE — **95–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Deeds — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-14** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2026-01-14** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-14** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2026-01-14** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-20** Committee substitute reported
+- **2026-01-21** On 1st reading
+- **2026-01-21** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2026-01-22** On 2nd reading
+- **2026-01-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2026-01-23** On 3rd reading
+- **2026-01-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2026-01-23** Passed Senate (Roll No. 7) `passage`
+- **2026-01-23** Ordered to House
+- **2026-01-27** House received Senate message
+- **2026-01-27** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2026-01-27** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-27** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-02** Markup Discussion
+- **2026-03-04** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
+- **2026-03-05** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-03-05** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2026-03-06** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-06** Amendment reported by the Clerk
+- **2026-03-06** Amendment rejected (Roll No. 360) `amendment-failure`
+- **2026-03-06** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2026-03-09** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-09** Passed House (Roll No. 361) `passage`
+- **2026-03-09** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
+- **2026-03-09** Communicated to Senate
+- **2026-03-11** House Message received
+- **2026-03-11** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 420)
+- **2026-03-11** Communicated to House
+- **2026-03-11** Completed legislative action
+- **2026-03-12** To Governor 3/12/2026 `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-04-01** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 `executive-signature`
+- **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`
+- **2026-06-25** Chapter 98, 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/6e01a992-85bb-4e7f-840b-b6c68a95ce7c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+