---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to military interpersonal violence"
description: "Relating to military interpersonal violence"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 4366"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4366 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crime", "Domestic Relations", "Military and Veterans"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Smith, D."]
version_count: 7
action_count: 43
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-15"
last_action: "2026-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/17f62a7c-8803-48eb-b914-e47a2d758fb0"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4366&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "4285d42d69fc693fdd057b278b02f49c2cb0450e9b17c5cba5966944bf3a6918"
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 4366 (2026) — Relating to military interpersonal violence

## 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=hb4366%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4366)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4366%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4366)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4366%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4366)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4366%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4366)
5. **hb4366 hfat akers 1-30 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/hb4366%20hfat%20akers%201-30%20adopted.htm)
6. **hb4366 s mil am _1 3-1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/hb4366%20s%20mil%20am%20_1%203-1%20adopted.htm)
7. **hb4366 s mil amt _1 3-1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/hb4366%20s%20mil%20amt%20_1%203-1%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Smith, D. — primary (person)
- Heckert — cosponsor (person)
- Hillenbrand — cosponsor (person)
- Marple — cosponsor (person)
- Ridenour — cosponsor (person)
- Sheedy — cosponsor (person)
- Watt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-15** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-01-15** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-15** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-01-15** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-21** To House Homeland Security `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-21** Markup Discussion
- **2026-01-22** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-23** Markup Discussion
- **2026-01-28** By substitute, do pass
- **2026-01-29** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-01-30** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-01-30** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-02** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-02** Passed House (Roll No. 36) `passage`
- **2026-02-02** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2026-02-02** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-02-03** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-02-03** To Military then Judiciary
- **2026-02-03** To Military
- **2026-03-06** Reported do pass with amend and title amend but first to Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-06** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-09** Reported do pass, as amended by Military `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-09** Immediate consideration
- **2026-03-09** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-03-10** On 2nd reading
- **2026-03-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-10** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2026-03-11** On 3rd reading
- **2026-03-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-11** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 459) `passage`
- **2026-03-11** Senate requests House to concur
- **2026-03-14** House received Senate message
- **2026-03-14** House concurred in Senate amendment and title amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 630)
- **2026-03-14** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-03-14** Completed legislative action
- **2026-03-14** House Message received
- **2026-03-14** To Governor 3/18/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-18** To Governor 3/18/2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/25/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-25** Approved by Governor 3/25/2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/25/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-29** Chapter 228, Acts, 1st Extraordinary Session, 2025 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/17f62a7c-8803-48eb-b914-e47a2d758fb0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).