---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adding the crimes of murder and armed robbery to the list of offenses for which a prosecutor may apply for an order authorizing interception"
description: "Adding the crimes of murder and armed robbery to the list of offenses for which a prosecutor may apply for an order authorizing interception"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 4502"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4502 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crime"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barrett"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 39
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-02-12"
last_action: "2018-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bff657dc-f906-479e-924a-71da531dd367"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4502&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "33e540dfcdd0695599cacc94c3cb43d1b4111e9871fb50fb63e2314412631c63"
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 4502 (2018) — Adding the crimes of murder and armed robbery to the list of offenses for which a prosecutor may apply for an order authorizing interception

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4502%20SUB.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4502)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4502%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4502)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4502%20intr.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4502)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **97–0** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE — **92–1** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Barrett — primary (person)
- Canestraro — cosponsor (person)
- Harshbarger — cosponsor (person)
- Kessinger — cosponsor (person)
- Lovejoy — cosponsor (person)
- Miller, R. — cosponsor (person)
- Moore — cosponsor (person)
- Sobonya — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-02-12** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2018-02-12** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-12** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-02-12** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-20** By substitute, do pass
- **2018-02-21** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-02-21** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-02-22** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-02-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-23** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-02-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-23** Passed House (Roll No. 208) `passage`
- **2018-02-23** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-02-26** House Message received
- **2018-02-26** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-02-26** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-26** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-02** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-03** On 1st reading
- **2018-03-03** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-03-05** On 2nd reading
- **2018-03-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-05** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2018-03-06** On 3rd reading
- **2018-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-06** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 367) `passage`
- **2018-03-06** Senate requests House to concur
- **2018-03-07** House received Senate message
- **2018-03-07** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 361)
- **2018-03-07** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-03-07** Completed legislative action
- **2018-03-08** House Message received
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/15/18 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-15** To Governor 3/15/18 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/15/18 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 - House Journal
- **2018-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-10** Approved by Governor 3/27/18 - Senate Journal
- **2018-04-17** Chapter 64, Acts, Regular Session, 2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bff657dc-f906-479e-924a-71da531dd367`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).