---
type: "Bill"
title: "Defining and establishing the crime of cyberbullying"
description: "Defining and establishing the crime of cyberbullying"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 2655"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2655 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts", "Juveniles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Upson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 39
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-10"
last_action: "2018-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/83380b69-01b1-4229-a113-48ca8a8e2eb7"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2655&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "3f8876df44ecd9925920eef2db05f6a5d6abf0a4695faf90779937126816e017"
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 2655 (2018) — Defining and establishing the crime of cyberbullying

## 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=HB2655%20SUB.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=2655)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2655%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=2655)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2655%20intr.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=2655)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **85–1** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE — **94–1** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Upson — primary (person)
- Blair — cosponsor (person)
- Espinosa — cosponsor (person)
- Higginbotham — cosponsor (person)
- Hill — cosponsor (person)
- Householder — cosponsor (person)
- Longstreth — cosponsor (person)
- Phillips — cosponsor (person)
- Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Sobonya — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-10** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2018-01-10** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-10** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-01-10** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-31** By substitute, do pass
- **2018-02-01** On 1st reading, House Calendar
- **2018-02-01** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-02-02** On 2nd reading, House Calendar
- **2018-02-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-05** On 3rd reading, House Calendar
- **2018-02-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-05** Passed House (Roll No. 42) `passage`
- **2018-02-05** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-02-06** House Message received
- **2018-02-06** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-02-06** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-06** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-07** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-07** Immediate consideration
- **2018-03-07** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-03-08** On 2nd reading
- **2018-03-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-08** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2018-03-09** On 3rd reading
- **2018-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-09** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 417) `passage`
- **2018-03-09** Senate requests House to concur
- **2018-03-10** House received Senate message
- **2018-03-10** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 534)
- **2018-03-10** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-03-10** Completed legislative action
- **2018-03-10** House Message received
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/19/18 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-19** To Governor 3/19/18 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/19/18 - Senate 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
- **2018-04-16** Chapter 60, 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/83380b69-01b1-4229-a113-48ca8a8e2eb7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).