---
type: "Bill"
title: "Patrol Officer Cassie Marie Johnson Memorial Act"
description: "Patrol Officer Cassie Marie Johnson Memorial Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 490"
citation: "West Virginia SB 490 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crime"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Deeds"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 41
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-27"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/19d4f5be-17b3-4800-9543-c81dd043f062"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=490&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "e59406288d1510b1acc3d7efc6a9ba95ae1b1463d59f957e699993319ab6a2be"
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 490 (2023) — Patrol Officer Cassie Marie Johnson Memorial 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=sb490%20sub1.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=490)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb490%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=490)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb490%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=490)
4. **sb490 hfa capito and kirby 3-1 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb490 hfa capito and kirby 3-1 _1 adopted.htm)
5. **sb490 hfat capito 3-3 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2023/RS/floor_amends/sb490 hfat capito 3-3 adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Deeds — primary (person)
- Grady — cosponsor (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffries — cosponsor (person)
- Karnes — cosponsor (person)
- Maroney — cosponsor (person)
- Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Phillips — cosponsor (person)
- Plymale — cosponsor (person)
- Roberts — cosponsor (person)
- Stuart — cosponsor (person)
- Swope — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Trump — cosponsor (person)
- Weld — cosponsor (person)
- Woodrum — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-27** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-27** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-27** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-01-27** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07** Committee substitute reported
- **2023-02-08** On 1st reading
- **2023-02-08** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-09** On 2nd reading
- **2023-02-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-10** On 3rd reading
- **2023-02-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-10** Passed Senate (Roll No. 161) `passage`
- **2023-02-10** Ordered to House
- **2023-02-13** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-02-13** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-01** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-01** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-03-02** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-02** Amendment pending
- **2023-03-03** On 3rd reading with right to amend, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-03** Committee amendment withdrawn (Voice)
- **2023-03-03** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2023-03-03** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-03** Passed House (Roll No. 443) `passage`
- **2023-03-03** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2023-03-03** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-03-06** House Message received
- **2023-03-06** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 393)
- **2023-03-06** Communicated to House
- **2023-03-06** Completed legislative action
- **2023-03-08** House received Senate message
- **2023-03-08** To Governor 3/8/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-08** To Governor 3/8/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-13** Approved by Governor 3/13/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/13/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/13/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 102, 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/19d4f5be-17b3-4800-9543-c81dd043f062`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).