---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the law-enforcement authority of the director and officers of the division of protective services"
description: "Relating to the law-enforcement authority of the director and officers of the division of protective services"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 4275"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4275 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shott"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-24"
last_action: "2018-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/67c8df8a-8a7a-487c-a72c-3c636a7f6644"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4275&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "4549797695a432a0d8e22588c1c23fb2fc0b5b967dbfd0d52d3538c848774b45"
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 4275 (2018) — Relating to the law-enforcement authority of the director and officers of the division of protective services

## 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=HB4275%20SUB.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4275)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4275%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4275)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4275%20intr.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=4275)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · legislature
- PASSAGE — **97–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Shott — primary (person)
- Cowles — cosponsor (person)
- Hanshaw — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-24** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2018-01-24** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-24** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-01-24** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-02** By substitute, do pass
- **2018-02-05** On 1st reading, House Calendar
- **2018-02-05** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-02-06** On 2nd reading, House Calendar
- **2018-02-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-07** On 3rd reading, House Calendar
- **2018-02-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-07** Passed House (Roll No. 62) `passage`
- **2018-02-07** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-02-08** House Message received
- **2018-02-08** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-02-08** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-08** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-03** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-05** On 1st reading
- **2018-03-05** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-03-06** On 2nd reading
- **2018-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-03-07** On 3rd reading
- **2018-03-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-03-07** Passed Senate (Roll No. 387) `passage`
- **2018-03-07** Communicated to House
- **2018-03-07** Completed legislative action
- **2018-03-08** House received Senate message
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/15/18 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-15** To Governor 3/15/18 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-10** To Governor 3/15/18 - House 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 217, 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/67c8df8a-8a7a-487c-a72c-3c636a7f6644`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).