---
type: "Bill"
title: "Uniform Recognition and Enforcement of Canadian Domestic Violence Protective Orders Act"
description: "Uniform Recognition and Enforcement of Canadian Domestic Violence Protective Orders Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 4252"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4252 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crime", "Domestic Relations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steele"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 36
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-10"
last_action: "2024-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f2f07ed0-06b3-487f-be10-88bcc76b0aec"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4252&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "a59339c5e37451c5c771f5a41b85a35f1222b532ca653ba80b3c2f3d6a4bb388"
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 4252 (2024) — Uniform Recognition and Enforcement of Canadian Domestic Violence Protective Orders Act

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4252%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=4252)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4252%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=4252)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- EFFECT July 01, 2024 — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **29–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Steele — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-10** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-10** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-10** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-15** Do pass
- **2024-01-16** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-01-16** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-01-17** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-01-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-01-18** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-01-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-01-18** Passed House (Roll No. 10) `passage`
- **2024-01-18** Effective July 1, 2024 (Roll No. 11)
- **2024-01-18** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-01-22** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-01-22** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-22** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-26** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-29** On 1st reading
- **2024-01-29** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-01-30** On 2nd reading
- **2024-01-30** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-01-31** On 3rd reading
- **2024-01-31** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-01-31** Passed Senate (Roll No. 85) `passage`
- **2024-01-31** Communicated to House
- **2024-01-31** Completed legislative action
- **2024-01-31** Effective ninety days from passage
- **2024-02-01** House received Senate message
- **2024-02-02** To Governor 2/2/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-02-05** To Governor 2/2/2024 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-02-06** To Governor 2/2/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-02-08** Approved by Governor 2/7/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-02-08** Approved by Governor 2/7/2024 `executive-signature`
- **2024-02-08** Approved by Governor 2/8/2028 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-22** Chapter 94, 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/f2f07ed0-06b3-487f-be10-88bcc76b0aec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).