---
type: "Bill"
title: "Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act"
description: "Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 4297"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4297 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Actions", "Suits and Liens", "Uniform Laws"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brooks"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 41
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-10"
last_action: "2024-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d7cc3607-0fa4-456c-880d-d06233bc7929"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4297&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "699383a508922565040b3bdd33911bb23320e79ee7828f99d847ace0d97f143b"
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 4297 (2024) — Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act

## 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=hb4297%20eng.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=4297)
2. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4297%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=4297)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Text_HTML/2024_SESSIONS/RS/bills/hb4297 intr.pdf)
4. **hb4297 hfa kelly 2-13 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/hb4297%20hfa%20kelly%202-13%20_1%20adopted.htm)
5. **hb4297 s jud am _1 3-4 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/com_amends/hb4297%20s%20jud%20am%20_1%203-4%20adopted.htm)
6. **hb4297 s jud amt _1 3-5 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/com_amends/hb4297%20s%20jud%20amt%20_1%203-5%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brooks — primary (person)
- Chiarelli — cosponsor (person)
- DeVault — cosponsor (person)
- Hott — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly — cosponsor (person)
- Kirby — cosponsor (person)
- Mallow — cosponsor (person)
- Maynor — cosponsor (person)
- Pritt, E. — cosponsor (person)
- Steele — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-10** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-10** To Jails and Prisons then Judiciary
- **2024-01-10** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-02-02** Do pass, but first to Judiciary
- **2024-02-02** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-12** Do pass
- **2024-02-13** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-13** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-14** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-14** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2024-02-14** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-02-15** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-15** Passed House (Roll No. 187) `passage`
- **2024-02-15** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-02-20** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-02-20** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-20** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-06** Reported do pass, with amendment and title amendment `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-06** Immediate consideration
- **2024-03-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-03-07** On 2nd reading
- **2024-03-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-07** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-03-08** On 3rd reading
- **2024-03-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-08** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 431) `passage`
- **2024-03-08** Senate requests House to concur
- **2024-03-09** House received Senate message
- **2024-03-09** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 734)
- **2024-03-09** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-03-09** Completed legislative action
- **2024-03-09** 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 3/27/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/24 `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-01** Approved by Governor 3/9/24 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-22** Chapter 60, 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/d7cc3607-0fa4-456c-880d-d06233bc7929`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).