---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to felony offense of sexual intercourse, intrusion, or contact with student"
description: "Relating to felony offense of sexual intercourse, intrusion, or contact with student"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 504"
citation: "West Virginia SB 504 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crime", "Education (K12)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Clements"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 40
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-19"
last_action: "2024-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d4faa41a-0855-49c1-a8a9-89c2168bc524"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=504&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "380ce16f25ca84cbdbf4d0a0815efcd001d5d9b6852ec261ca7ece36e372b5ea"
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 504 (2024) — Relating to felony offense of sexual intercourse, intrusion, or contact with student

## 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=sb504%20sub1.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=504)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb504%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=504)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb504%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=504)
4. **sb504 h jud am _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/com_amends/sb504%20h%20jud%20am%20_1%20adopted.htm)
5. **sb504 h jud am _1 as amended adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/com_amends/sb504%20h%20jud%20am%20_1%20as%20amended%20adopted.htm)
6. **sb504 hfa fast 3-4 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/sb504%20hfa%20fast%203-4%20_1%20adopted.htm)
7. **sb504 hfat fast 3-5 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/sb504%20hfat%20fast%203-5%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **94–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Clements — primary (person)
- Deeds — cosponsor (person)
- Grady — cosponsor (person)
- Woelfel — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-19** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-19** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-22** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-01-22** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-01** Committee substitute reported
- **2024-02-02** On 1st reading
- **2024-02-02** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-05** On 2nd reading
- **2024-02-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-06** On 3rd reading
- **2024-02-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-06** Passed Senate (Roll No. 97) `passage`
- **2024-02-06** Ordered to House
- **2024-02-07** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-02-07** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-01** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-01** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-03-04** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-04** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2024-03-04** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-03-04** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-03-05** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-05** Passed House (Roll No. 464) `passage`
- **2024-03-05** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2024-03-05** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-03-06** House Message received
- **2024-03-06** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 377)
- **2024-03-06** Communicated to House
- **2024-03-06** Completed legislative action
- **2024-03-06** House received Senate message
- **2024-03-13** To Governor 3/13/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/13/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/13/2024 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-22** Approved by Governor 3/22/2024 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/22/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/22/24 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-23** Chapter 83, 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/d4faa41a-0855-49c1-a8a9-89c2168bc524`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).