---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to appointment of officers of the West Virginia State Police"
description: "Relating to appointment of officers of the West Virginia State Police"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 3515"
citation: "West Virginia HB 3515 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Akers"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-28"
last_action: "2025-07-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b6d97814-5927-4caf-8226-d68d1de3964a"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=3515&year=2025&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "4f4252524b55f715ccc82d7b011508fcadcd6bdbe3cbaaf249f4e800280b1e37"
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 3515 (2025) — Relating to appointment of officers of the West Virginia State Police

## Version chain

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

1. **Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3515%20eng.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=3515)
2. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3515%20enr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=3515)
3. **Originating in Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb3515%20org.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=3515)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Akers — primary (person)
- Maynor — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-31** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-03-28** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2025-03-28** Originating in House Judiciary
- **2025-03-28** Do pass
- **2025-03-31** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-03-31** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2025-04-01** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-04-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-02** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-04-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-02** Passed House (Roll No. 364) `passage`
- **2025-04-02** Communicated to Senate
- **2025-04-03** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-03** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-03** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-08** Immediate consideration
- **2025-04-08** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2025-04-09** On 2nd reading
- **2025-04-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-10** On 3rd reading with right to amend
- **2025-04-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-10** Passed Senate (Roll No. 448) `passage`
- **2025-04-10** Communicated to House
- **2025-04-10** Completed legislative action
- **2025-04-22** To Governor 4/22/2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-12** To Governor 4/22/2025 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-12** To Governor 4/22/2025 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-25** Approved by Governor 4/25/2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-12** Approved by Governor 4/25/2025 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-12** Approved by Governor 4/25/2025 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2025-07-31** Chapter 162, Acts, Regular Session, 2025 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b6d97814-5927-4caf-8226-d68d1de3964a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).