---
type: "Bill"
title: "Directing Prosecuting Attorneys Institute to make training available to certain new prosecuting attorneys"
description: "Directing Prosecuting Attorneys Institute to make training available to certain new prosecuting attorneys"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 451"
citation: "West Virginia SB 451 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County Officials"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Phillips"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 46
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-15"
last_action: "2024-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/10c68620-cae5-4e4a-8c04-522267ce0768"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=451&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "654e1e6b9d6cf3b7fb91d79e6a5ae205f6909f739cae32cb1d20b9d92bea47df"
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 451 (2024) — Directing Prosecuting Attorneys Institute to make training available to certain new prosecuting attorneys

## 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=sb451%20sub1.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=451)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb451%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=451)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb451%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=451)
4. **sb451 h jud am _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/com_amends/sb451%20h%20jud%20am%20_1%20adopted.htm)
5. **sb451 hfat fast 3-1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/sb451%20hfat%20fast%203-1%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **96–1** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **93–4** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- RECEDE — **66–31** (pass) · lower
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Phillips — primary (person)
- Deeds — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffries — cosponsor (person)
- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Plymale — cosponsor (person)
- Queen — cosponsor (person)
- Rucker — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Stuart — cosponsor (person)
- Swope — cosponsor (person)
- Takubo — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Trump — cosponsor (person)
- Woelfel — cosponsor (person)
- Woodrum — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-15** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-15** To Judiciary then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-15** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-01-15** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-25** Committee substitute reported, but first to Finance
- **2024-01-25** 2nd reference dispensed
- **2024-01-26** On 1st reading
- **2024-01-26** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-01-29** On 2nd reading
- **2024-01-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-01-30** On 3rd reading
- **2024-01-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-01-30** Passed Senate (Roll No. 76) `passage`
- **2024-01-30** Effective from passage (Roll No. 76)
- **2024-01-30** Ordered to House
- **2024-01-31** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-01-31** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-27** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-28** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-28** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-29** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-02-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-29** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-03-01** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-01** Passed House (Roll No. 430) `passage`
- **2024-03-01** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-03-01** Effective from passage (Roll No. 431)
- **2024-03-01** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-03-04** House Message received
- **2024-03-04** Senate refused to concur; requested House recede(Voice vote)
- **2024-03-04** Communicated to House
- **2024-03-06** House received Senate message
- **2024-03-06** House receded (Roll No. 485)
- **2024-03-06** Passed House (Roll No. 486) `passage`
- **2024-03-06** Effective from passage (Roll No. 487)
- **2024-03-06** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-03-06** Completed legislative action
- **2024-03-07** House Message received
- **2024-03-11** To Governor 3/11/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/11/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/11/2024 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-26** Approved by Governor 3/26/2024 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/26/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/26/24 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-23** Chapter 64, 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/10c68620-cae5-4e4a-8c04-522267ce0768`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).