---
type: "Bill"
title: "Campus Self-Defense Act"
description: "Campus Self-Defense Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 10"
citation: "West Virginia SB 10 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education (Higher)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Phillips"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/51fc77e6-a166-438a-8587-3a5acf55acfc"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=10&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "70232cc9d64c68d0d8b3fa7fd96cc9ca5bd76aa43ee5f4f971e8464f9a95f66e"
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 SB 10 (2023) — Campus Self-Defense Act

## 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=sb10%20sub1.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=10)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb10%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=10)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb10%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=10)

## Votes

- Passage — **29–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Phillips — primary (person)
- Azinger — cosponsor (person)
- Barrett — cosponsor (person)
- Deeds — cosponsor (person)
- Grady — cosponsor (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Karnes — cosponsor (person)
- Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Maynard — cosponsor (person)
- Roberts — cosponsor (person)
- Rucker — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Stuart — cosponsor (person)
- Tarr — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Woodrum — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-11** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-11** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-01-11** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19** Committee substitute reported
- **2023-01-20** On 1st reading
- **2023-01-20** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-01-23** On 2nd reading
- **2023-01-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-01-24** On 3rd reading
- **2023-01-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-01-24** Passed Senate (Roll No. 63) `passage`
- **2023-01-24** Effective from passage (Roll No. 63)
- **2023-01-24** Ordered to House
- **2023-01-25** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-01-25** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16** Do pass
- **2023-02-17** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-17** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-20** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-20** Amendment rejected (Voice vote) `amendment-failure`
- **2023-02-20** Amendment rejected (Voice vote) `amendment-failure`
- **2023-02-21** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-21** Passed House (Roll No. 192) `passage`
- **2023-02-21** Effective from passage (Roll No. 193)
- **2023-02-21** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-02-21** Completed legislative action
- **2023-02-22** House Message received
- **2023-02-24** To Governor 2/24/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-02-27** To Governor 2/24/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-01** Approved by Governor 3/1/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-02** Approved by Governor 3/1/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 174, 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/51fc77e6-a166-438a-8587-3a5acf55acfc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).