---
type: "Bill"
title: "Lauren's Law"
description: "Lauren's Law"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 196"
citation: "West Virginia SB 196 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crime"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Deeds"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 45
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-12"
last_action: "2025-08-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/20dfbf7f-aa50-4882-ac34-3bf999415749"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=196&year=2025&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "2a855b24e6f852e6efc9c57956dcad4989efbd3cbe0683a03ea7489ce59d1b89"
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 196 (2025) — Lauren's Law

## 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=sb196%20sub1.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=196)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb196%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=196)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb196%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=196)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb196%20intr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=196)
5. **sb196 h jud am _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/floor_amends/sb196%20h%20jud%20am%20_1%20adopted.htm)
6. **sb196 hfat akers 4-10 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/floor_amends/sb196%20hfat%20akers%204-10%20adopted.htm)
7. **sb196 sfa helton _1 3-7 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/floor_amends/sb196%20sfa%20helton%20_1%203-7%20adopted.htm)
8. **sb196 sfat helton _1 3-7 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/floor_amends/sb196%20sfat%20helton%20_1%203-7%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **98–1** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **32–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Deeds — primary (person)
- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Willis — cosponsor (person)
- Woodrum — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-12** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-12** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-12** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2025-02-12** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05** Committee substitute reported
- **2025-03-06** On 1st reading
- **2025-03-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2025-03-07** On 2nd reading
- **2025-03-07** Laid over on 2nd reading 3/7/2025
- **2025-03-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-03-10** Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2025-03-11** On 3rd reading
- **2025-03-11** Deferred until foot of 3rd reading
- **2025-03-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-03-11** Passed Senate (Roll No. 95) `passage`
- **2025-03-11** Title amendment adopted
- **2025-03-11** Ordered to House
- **2025-03-12** House received Senate message
- **2025-03-12** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2025-03-12** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-12** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-07** House received Senate message
- **2025-04-09** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-09** Immediate consideration
- **2025-04-09** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2025-04-10** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-04-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-10** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2025-04-10** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2025-04-11** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-04-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-11** Passed House (Roll No. 502) `passage`
- **2025-04-11** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2025-04-11** Communicated to Senate
- **2025-04-12** House Message received
- **2025-04-12** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 549)
- **2025-04-12** Communicated to House
- **2025-04-12** Completed legislative action
- **2025-04-21** To Governor 4/21/2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-12** To Governor 4/21/2025 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-12** To Governor 4/21/2025 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-24** Approved by Governor 4/24/2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-12** Approved by Governor 4/24/2025 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-12** Approved by Governor 4/24/2025 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2025-08-08** Chapter 74, Acts, Regular Session, 2025 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/20dfbf7f-aa50-4882-ac34-3bf999415749`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).