---
type: "Bill"
title: "To recognize unborn child as distinct victim in a DUI causing death"
description: "To recognize unborn child as distinct victim in a DUI causing death"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 3302"
citation: "West Virginia HB 3302 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crime"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Westfall"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 55
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a9f6ee66-3d94-4201-a7a9-da11ec8945f5"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=3302&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "e0e3a4e4a48c4eca4f237cd3b3227c6bc33fe53a159dc2874584c9143c527751"
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 3302 (2023) — To recognize unborn child as distinct victim in a DUI causing death

## 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=hb3302%20sub.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3302)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3302%20sub%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3302)
3. **House adopted conference report and passed bill (Roll No. 786)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/2023/RS/votes/house/00786.pdf)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3302%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3302)
5. **Senate adopted conference report and passed bill (Roll No. 626)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/2023/RS/votes/senate/03-11-0626.pdf)
6. **hb3302 s jud am _1 3-1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/hb3302 s jud am _1 3-1 adopted.htm)
7. **hb3302 s jud amt _1 3-1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/hb3302 s jud amt _1 3-1 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Westfall — primary (person)
- Burkhammer — cosponsor (person)
- Capito — cosponsor (person)
- Fast — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly — cosponsor (person)
- Kimble — cosponsor (person)
- Kump — cosponsor (person)
- Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Pinson — cosponsor (person)
- Pritt, C. — cosponsor (person)
- Steele — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-06** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-02-06** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-06** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-02-06** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** By substitute, do pass
- **2023-02-10** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-10** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-13** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-14** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-14** Passed House (Roll No. 142) `passage`
- **2023-02-14** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-02-15** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-02-15** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-02** On 1st reading
- **2023-03-02** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-03-03** On 2nd reading
- **2023-03-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-06** On 3rd reading with right to amend
- **2023-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-06** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-06** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 388) `passage`
- **2023-03-06** Senate requests House to concur
- **2023-03-09** House received Senate message
- **2023-03-09** House refused to concur and requested Senate to recede (Roll No. 588)
- **2023-03-09** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-03-11** House Message received
- **2023-03-11** Senate refused to recede; requested conference (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-11** Senate appoints conference committee: Deeds, Hamilton, Woelfel
- **2023-03-11** Communicated to House
- **2023-03-11** House received Senate message
- **2023-03-11** House agreed to conference
- **2023-03-11** House appointed conferees: Kelly, Garcia, Ward
- **2023-03-11** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-03-11** To conference
- **2023-03-11** House Message received
- **2023-03-11** Conference report filed - Senate
- **2023-03-11** Conference report filed - House
- **2023-03-11** Conference report received-House
- **2023-03-11** House adopted conference report and passed bill (Roll No. 786)
- **2023-03-11** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-03-11** House Message received
- **2023-03-11** Senate adopted conference report and passed bill (Roll No. 626)
- **2023-03-11** Communicated to House
- **2023-03-11** Completed legislative action
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/15/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/15/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-15** To Governor 3/15/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/15/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/15/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-15** Approved by Governor 3/15/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 104, 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/a9f6ee66-3d94-4201-a7a9-da11ec8945f5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).