---
type: "Bill"
title: "Expanding categories of eligible federal law-enforcement officers authorized to enforce state laws"
description: "Expanding categories of eligible federal law-enforcement officers authorized to enforce state laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 944"
citation: "West Virginia SB 944 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Military and Veterans", "Public Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Weld"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-02-16"
last_action: "2026-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/92f86a7d-76ef-47de-a02b-ca5bb6513d76"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=944&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "4b3427fa979f548173ce0ee3789e46a6c21de884075666b90ff402af8449bd45"
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 944 (2026) — Expanding categories of eligible federal law-enforcement officers authorized to enforce state laws

## 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=sb944%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=944)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb944%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=944)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **87–4** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-16** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-02-16** To Military
- **2026-02-16** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-02-16** To Military
- **2026-02-20** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-21** On 1st reading
- **2026-02-21** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-23** On 2nd reading
- **2026-02-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-24** On 3rd reading
- **2026-02-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-24** Passed Senate (Roll No. 218) `passage`
- **2026-02-24** Ordered to House
- **2026-02-25** House received Senate message
- **2026-02-25** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-02-25** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-25** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-06** Markup Discussion
- **2026-03-10** Do pass
- **2026-03-11** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-11** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-03-12** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-13** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-14** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-14** Passed House (Roll No. 609) `passage`
- **2026-03-14** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-03-14** Completed legislative action
- **2026-03-14** House Message received
- **2026-03-18** To Governor 3/18/2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-14** To Governor 3/18/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-19** Approved by Governor 3/19/2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/19/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/19/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-25** Chapter 208, 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/92f86a7d-76ef-47de-a02b-ca5bb6513d76`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).