---
type: "Bill"
title: "West Virginia Critical Infrastructure Protection Act"
description: "West Virginia Critical Infrastructure Protection Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 5091"
citation: "West Virginia HB 5091 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crime", "Real and Personal Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ferrell"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 41
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-25"
last_action: "2024-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ffb77691-1f86-460f-981b-e6d84da555cf"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=5091&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "1d58804f2e9ff6f43a2800f0651a7c2b5e975ec9ba5b14222c485f29974b9d3c"
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 5091 (2024) — West Virginia Critical Infrastructure Protection Act

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5091%20sub.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=5091)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5091%20sub%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=5091)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5091%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=5091)
4. **hb5091 s jud amt _1 2-28 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/com_amends/hb5091%20s%20jud%20amt%20_1%202-28%20adopted.htm)
5. **hb5091 sfa plymale _1 3-4 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/hb5091%20sfa%20plymale%20_1%203-4%20adopted.htm)
6. **hb5091 sfat plymale _1 3-4 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/hb5091%20sfat%20plymale%20_1%203-4%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **94–4** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **88–7** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ferrell — primary (person)
- Adkins — cosponsor (person)
- Cannon — cosponsor (person)
- Clark, W. — cosponsor (person)
- Crouse — cosponsor (person)
- DeVault — cosponsor (person)
- Espinosa — cosponsor (person)
- Mallow — cosponsor (person)
- Mazzocchi — cosponsor (person)
- Shamblin — cosponsor (person)
- Tully — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-25** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-25** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-25** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-01-25** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-01** By substitute, do pass
- **2024-02-02** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-02** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-05** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-06** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-06** Passed House (Roll No. 104) `passage`
- **2024-02-06** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-02-07** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-02-07** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-07** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-29** Immediate consideration
- **2024-02-29** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-03-01** On 2nd reading
- **2024-03-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-04** On 3rd reading with right to amend
- **2024-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-04** Committee amendment withdrawn by unanimous consent
- **2024-03-04** Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-03-04** Passed Senate (Roll No. 337) `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Committee title amendment withdrawn by unanimous consent
- **2024-03-04** Floor title amendment adopted
- **2024-03-04** Senate requests House to concur
- **2024-03-07** House received Senate message
- **2024-03-07** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 519)
- **2024-03-07** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-03-07** Completed legislative action
- **2024-03-08** House Message received
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/21/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-21** To Governor 3/21/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/21/2024 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/26/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-26** Approved by Governor 3/26/24 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/26/24 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-22** Chapter 89, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ffb77691-1f86-460f-981b-e6d84da555cf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).