---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amending the requirements to become an elected prosecutor"
description: "Amending the requirements to become an elected prosecutor"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 3215"
citation: "West Virginia HB 3215 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brown"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 38
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-16"
last_action: "2021-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4682201f-fcd0-4423-8d74-3af284d82e29"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=3215&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "120ded3cdd4e8e6eaab78aaaf5964b2422a0697421d4155a13e36b025ae94d7c"
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 3215 (2021) — Amending the requirements to become an elected prosecutor

## 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=HB3215%20SUB.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=3215)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB3215%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=3215)
3. **HB3215 S JUD AM _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/com_amends/HB3215 S JUD AM _1 adopted.htm)
4. **HB3215 S JUD AMT adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2021/RS/com_amends/HB3215 S JUD AMT adopted.htm)
5. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB3215%20INTR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=3215)

## Votes

- Passage — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brown — primary (person)
- Pinson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-16** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2021-03-16** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-16** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2021-03-16** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-19** By substitute, do pass
- **2021-03-22** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-22** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-03-23** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-24** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-24** Passed House (Roll No. 270) `passage`
- **2021-03-24** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-03-25** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-03-25** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-25** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-07** On 1st reading
- **2021-04-07** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-04-08** On 2nd reading
- **2021-04-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-08** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2021-04-09** On 3rd reading
- **2021-04-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-09** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 425) `passage`
- **2021-04-09** Senate requests House to concur
- **2021-04-10** House received Senate message
- **2021-04-10** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 604)
- **2021-04-10** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-04-10** Completed legislative action
- **2021-04-10** House Message received
- **2021-04-10** To Governor 4/22/21 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-22** To Governor 4/22/21 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-10** To Governor 4/22/21 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/26/21 - Senate Journal
- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/26/21 - House Journal
- **2021-04-26** Approved by Governor 4/26/21 `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-20** Chapter 109, Acts, Regular Session, 2021

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4682201f-fcd0-4423-8d74-3af284d82e29`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).