---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating generally to probation officer field training"
description: "Relating generally to probation officer field training"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 3448"
citation: "West Virginia HB 3448 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kelly"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 38
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-14"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d2c696b-c9ef-420c-92ad-e463da3f4090"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=3448&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "1099f931d7ccc64089a4870348e2a24d1e2cfe09df44edb10c80cc46d4b9ce8e"
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 3448 (2023) — Relating generally to probation officer field training

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3448%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3448)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3448%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=3448)
3. **hb3448 s jud am _1 3-2 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/hb3448 s jud am _1 3-2 adopted.htm)
4. **hb3448 s jud amt _1 3-2 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/com_amends/hb3448 s jud amt _1 3-2 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kelly — primary (person)
- Hott — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-14** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-02-14** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-02-14** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-21** 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. 246) `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-02-25** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-02-25** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-25** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-02** Immediate consideration
- **2023-03-02** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-03-03** On 2nd reading
- **2023-03-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-03** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-06** On 3rd reading
- **2023-03-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-06** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 391) `passage`
- **2023-03-06** Senate requests House to concur
- **2023-03-07** House received Senate message
- **2023-03-07** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 535)
- **2023-03-07** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-03-07** Completed legislative action
- **2023-03-08** House Message received
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/20/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-20** To Governor 3/20/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/20/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-29** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/29/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 111, 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/0d2c696b-c9ef-420c-92ad-e463da3f4090`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).