---
type: "Bill"
title: "Remove statutory mandates that the sheriff of a county shall serve process or is responsible for cost of service or arrest by another law enforcement agency"
description: "Remove statutory mandates that the sheriff of a county shall serve process or is responsible for cost of service or arrest by another law enforcement agency"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 3265"
citation: "West Virginia HB 3265 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Heckert"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 39
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-03"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b398102e-5655-4f5d-803a-83676b99ba8c"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=3265&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "9921d75adcb83291095c58190f76a1ebb31c296b53367ea838bd30c2f994447e"
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 3265 (2023) — Remove statutory mandates that the sheriff of a county shall serve process or is responsible for cost of service or arrest by another law enforcement agency

## 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=hb3265%20sub.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3265)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3265%20sub%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3265)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3265%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3265)
4. **hb3265 s gov am _1 3-2 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/hb3265 s gov am _1 3-2 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Heckert — primary (person)
- Adkins — cosponsor (person)
- Cooper — cosponsor (person)
- Crouse — cosponsor (person)
- Foggin — cosponsor (person)
- Kump — cosponsor (person)
- Maynor — cosponsor (person)
- Miller — cosponsor (person)
- Ross — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-03** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-02-03** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-03** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-02-03** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-21** By substitute, do pass
- **2023-02-22** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-22** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-23** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-24** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-24** Passed House (Roll No. 243) `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-02-25** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-02-25** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-25** To Government Organization `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02** Reported do pass, with amendment `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-03** On 1st reading
- **2023-03-03** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-03-06** On 2nd reading
- **2023-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-06** Committee Amendment Reported
- **2023-03-06** On 3rd reading with right to amend, amendment pending
- **2023-03-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-07** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-07** Passed Senate (Roll No. 413) `passage`
- **2023-03-07** Senate requests House to concur
- **2023-03-10** House received Senate message
- **2023-03-10** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 633)
- **2023-03-10** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-03-10** Completed legislative action
- **2023-03-11** House Message received
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/27/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-27** To Governor 3/27/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/27/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/28/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/28/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-28** Approved by Governor 3/28/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 92, Acts, Regular Session, 2023 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b398102e-5655-4f5d-803a-83676b99ba8c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).