---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating generally to trespassing"
description: "Relating generally to trespassing"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 164"
citation: "West Virginia SB 164 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crime"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hunt"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 44
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-10"
last_action: "2024-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/77c6d980-f7b8-4147-938f-8aba37d61206"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=164&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "d6e3de76fdad203c7e585fa7e77f5e8f3a860a1cdfedef7a398850aa5a54f733"
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 164 (2024) — Relating generally to trespassing

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb164%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=164)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb164%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=164)
3. **sb164 h jud am _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/com_amends/sb164%20h%20jud%20am%20_1%20adopted.htm)
4. **sb164 hfa fast 3-7 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/sb164%20hfa%20fast%203-7%20_1%20adopted.htm)
5. **sb164 hfat fast 3-1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/sb164%20hfat%20fast%203-1%20adopted.htm)
6. **sb164 sfa takubo _1 3-1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/sb164%20sfa%20takubo%20_1%203-1%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **89–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hunt — primary (person)
- Deeds — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-10** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-10** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** Committee reference dispensed
- **2024-01-10** Immediate consideration
- **2024-01-10** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-01-11** On 2nd reading
- **2024-01-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-01-12** On 3rd reading
- **2024-01-12** Laid over on 3rd reading 01/12/2024
- **2024-01-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-01-15** Passed Senate (Roll No. 35) `passage`
- **2024-01-15** Ordered to House
- **2024-01-16** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-01-16** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-16** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-27** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-28** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-28** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-29** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-29** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-03-01** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-01** Passed House (Roll No. 425) `passage`
- **2024-03-01** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-03-01** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-03-04** House Message received
- **2024-03-04** Senate amends House amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 346)
- **2024-03-04** Senate requests House to concur
- **2024-03-09** House received Senate message
- **2024-03-09** House concurred in Senate amend with amend, passed bill (Roll No. 736)
- **2024-03-09** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-03-09** House Message received
- **2024-03-09** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 502)
- **2024-03-09** Communicated to House
- **2024-03-09** Completed legislative action
- **2024-03-09** House received Senate message
- **2024-03-19** To Governor 3/19/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/19/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/19/24 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-26** Approved by Governor 3/26/2024 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/26/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/26/24 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-23** Chapter 81, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/77c6d980-f7b8-4147-938f-8aba37d61206`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).