---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clarifying criminal offense of harassment"
description: "Clarifying criminal offense of harassment"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 132"
citation: "West Virginia SB 132 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crime"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boley"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ed10151-5a93-4051-b190-44afcc91ddcd"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=132&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "2f24b3684d55b024d8f59bc90a1e23542febd4b9c2c16a6488430f1944dd9806"
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 132 (2023) — Clarifying criminal offense of harassment

## 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=sb132%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=132)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb132%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=132)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Boley — primary (person)
- Azinger — cosponsor (person)
- Barrett — cosponsor (person)
- Clements — cosponsor (person)
- Deeds — cosponsor (person)
- Grady — cosponsor (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffries — cosponsor (person)
- Karnes — cosponsor (person)
- Maroney — cosponsor (person)
- Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Oliverio — cosponsor (person)
- Phillips — cosponsor (person)
- Plymale — cosponsor (person)
- Queen — cosponsor (person)
- Roberts — cosponsor (person)
- Rucker — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Stover — cosponsor (person)
- Stuart — cosponsor (person)
- Takubo — cosponsor (person)
- Trump — cosponsor (person)
- Weld — cosponsor (person)
- Woelfel — 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** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-01-11** Immediate consideration
- **2023-01-11** Committee reference dispensed
- **2023-01-11** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-01-11** Constitutional Rule Suspended (Roll No. 13)
- **2023-01-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-01-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-01-11** Passed Senate (Roll No. 14) `passage`
- **2023-01-11** Ordered to House
- **2023-01-16** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-01-16** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-16** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26** Do pass
- **2023-01-27** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-01-27** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-01-30** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-01-30** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-01-31** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-01-31** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-01-31** Passed House (Roll No. 49) `passage`
- **2023-01-31** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-01-31** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-02-01** House Message received
- **2023-02-01** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 111)
- **2023-02-01** Communicated to House
- **2023-02-01** Completed legislative action
- **2023-02-02** House received Senate message
- **2023-02-03** To Governor 2/3/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-02-06** To Governor 2/3/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-02-06** To Governor 2/3/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-02-06** Approved by Governor 2/6/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-02-07** Approved by Governor 2/6/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-02-07** Approved by Governor 2/6/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 99, 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/9ed10151-5a93-4051-b190-44afcc91ddcd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).